Paint brand and colour?

Question

Hello...
I have two very good quality metal coffee and end tables that I would like to re-paint. Currently, they are an antique gold with a black fleck. I would like to spray paint them with a more current colour. I was thinking that pewter might work well. Does anyone know of a good metal spray paint that would work for this project and if so, could they recommend a particular colour in the pewter family.
Thank you all!

Thank your for your response. I forgot to mention that I live in Canada, so we do not have Lowes here. I did check with Home Depot and they had very limited colours. Do you know if they sell Rustoleum in Canada?

Answer 1

I live in Canada and you can go to Canadian TIre or basically any paint store... You can use Corrostop paint, which has a wider range of color choice than the other brand... Don't forget that when you use spray paint, you'll want to prepare the item to be painted...

1. Wash the item to be painted with liquid TSP. Don't use the powder, as it is much harder to mix and is also toxic, as opposed to the liquid. Also, you won't have to rinse the liquid kind.
2. Lightly sand the piece of furniture (especially if it's already painted). Wipe off the dust with a soft damp cloth.
3. For better adherance for your spray paint, I suggest you use an oil-based primer (which you can get in a spray also) I suggest Bull's Eye 1-2-3 or Kilz. Not only will your color spray paint stick better, but the color you choose to paint will be true because it will be on a white background and not antique gold with black flecks... Painting over another color (or 2 in your case) will affect the true color of the new paint... and you may not like the effect!
4. Once the primer is completely dry, paint with the new color. It is much better to do 3 and even 4 very light coats with the new spray color. If you don't, especially since your table is vertical when you are painting, you may get long yucky drips, which are hard to remove...

Enjoy your new end tables.... and yes, pewter would look good... but so would stainless steel... which is all the rage!

Answer 2

I would check at lowes or home depot for the color But i like to use rustoleum for metal things that i spray