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DIY & Home Improvement

Warpy

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1. Surface prep is everything.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 04:56 PM

Sep 2015

You'll have to scuff up that mirror finish so something else will stick to it. Then get a metal primer. I've had good luck with Krylon spray primer for metal stuff, my kitchen cabinet hardware was done 18 years ago and has never worn nor chipped.

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Trying to renew an old 80's era wall-mounted light fixture for a bathroom. [View all] FSogol Sep 2015 OP

Surface prep is everything. Warpy Sep 2015 #1

Preparation is the key edgineered Sep 2015 #2