is there anything you can paint onto brass that will stick. I'm trying to paint some brass things black. Regular spray paint might work, I honestly have no idea. Is there some special paint that I should use?

2/9/2006 9:01:32 PM

The surface is too smooth. If you rough up the brass with some sandpaper, you will be able to paint it, most likely.

2/9/2006 9:02:20 PM

If what you want to paint will not be getting much wear, then a couple LIGHT coats of spray paint would work good.

2/9/2006 10:08:46 PM

its on the brass pieces of a celing fan, I just want to paint them black

2/9/2006 10:12:55 PM

it will work great!! I painted our brass fan a dark green at least 3 years ago, and it still looks perfect. looks like it came that way. I didn't sand or anything. I put a coat(or 2 maybe, cant remember) of primer, then the paint. I just left the screws brass colored.

just be sure to keep the coats very light, like you will still be able to see the brass through the first coat.

2/9/2006 10:39:42 PM

^you use spray paint?

[Edited on February 10, 2006 at 7:27 AM. Reason : a]

2/10/2006 7:26:57 AM

yeah

2/10/2006 12:32:05 PM

2/10/2006 5:12:27 PM

^yeah. they offer paint made just for applications like yours. i know the "hammered" finish will stick.

2/10/2006 6:48:25 PM

should i rough it up with sandpaper first, or just paint it as is?

2/11/2006 11:06:30 AM

paint it as is.

2/11/2006 11:09:40 AM

sand it lightly, paint it with Killz, paint it black.

2/11/2006 1:27:07 PM

it'll look better w/o sanding. Just spraypaint it.

2/11/2006 5:06:42 PM