Painting Brass Fireplace Doors

Bright toned shiny brass is a common adornment for the doors of wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts.

Painting brass fireplace doors.

Painting brass fireplace doors was a great way to update our 1960s fireplace. Eventually we d love to replace this wood burning. Brass accents highlight decorative features and. You can paint over brass fireplace doors but it s very important to use the right paint.

So right before we headed to haiti rather than packing and prepping i decided to paint the paneling in in our living room. It brightened up the entire living room and made everything look better but it also accentuated the dated brass fireplace surround. Your doors may be solid brass or brass plated steel a magnet will not stick to solid brass but in either case the process is the same. Whether your brass fireplace doors have become dingy and tarnished or you re just ready for a change painting them is a fairly simple weekend project.

Bonus that it was easy and looks amazing. Some high heat paints are not meant to be used with a primer so make sure you read the instructions on the can. Your painted fireplace insert will look completely updated in 30 minutes or less. Additionally since my glass doors were easily removable they just screwed off i took them off and covered the inside of the fireplace with plastic as well.

Spray paint your brass fireplace trim with this simple tutorial. Lets talk about my fireplace.