Having spent years as a furniture refinisher, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to spray-paint metal objects, such as wrought-iron furniture, auto body parts and home appliances like stoves and ...

Here's our guide on how to prep and the things you might need to know before attempting to paint your boat. Owning an aluminum boat indeed brings many advantages when prepping for paint over a ...

We commissioned a new 75-gallon tank, but before installation, we wanted to give the aluminum surface a protective coating to thwart corrosion and help forestall the need to replace it again for ...

If done properly, aluminum gutters can be painted and should hold up for many years. Proper painting involves quite a lot of time to prepare the surface for the new paint. If you rush through the ...

Q: The white coating on our aluminum trim is peeling badly in places, particularly on the sunnier side of our house. The contractor who installed the siding, windows and trim in 2009 is no longer in ...

You also can use a regular paintbrush. Painting Aluminum Siding - "To change the color, the main thing with aluminum siding is that it will have chalky residue over the surface because of the ...

Aluminum Can Do Well in Salt and Freshwater When not in contact with other metals, aluminum can do quite well in both fresh and saltwater, needing only bottom paint for aluminum boats to prevent ...

When [bdk6] tried painting aluminum for electronic projects, he found it didn’t tend to stay painted. It would easily scratch off or, eventually, even flake off. The problem is the paint doesn ...

Nickel and chrome-plated pieces were common and stainless steel was used extensively, but in the late 1950s something new cropped up: aluminum trim. Lightweight and inexpensive it was also easy to ...