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Posted by on March 16, 2007, 2:42 pm
Hi,
I have just redid my bathroom and the hardware have a bronze finish. I
would like the A/C vent covers match the hardware as much possible. Is
there a paint solution to this problem? (I saw bronze finish vent
covers for around $70 on the internet, which I find too high.)
Thank you in advance!
Aaron Fude
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Posted by RicodJour on March 16, 2007, 2:47 pm
aaronf...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I have just redid my bathroom and the hardware have a bronze finish. I
> would like the A/C vent covers match the hardware as much possible. Is
> there a paint solution to this problem? (I saw bronze finish vent
> covers for around $70 on the internet, which I find too high.)
Matching oil-rubbed bronze fixtures is extremely difficult. Even
though it is supposed to be a standard finish - US10D - the fixture
colors are all over the place, the paint colors are all over the place
and the "standard" finish is, in this case, largely hypothetical.
Only way to know if you can get close enough is to buy some, try it,
and see if it meets your approval. If the registers aren't right next
to the fixtures, good enough is good enough.
R
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Posted by Rick Blaine on March 16, 2007, 6:49 pm
aaronfude@gmail.com wrote:
>I have just redid my bathroom and the hardware have a bronze finish. I
>would like the A/C vent covers match the hardware as much possible. Is
>there a paint solution to this problem? (I saw bronze finish vent
>covers for around $70 on the internet, which I find too high.)
We've used a dark brown "cammo" spray paint with good results. You could also
two tone it with a slightly lighter color if you really wanted.
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Posted by Roger Shoaf on March 16, 2007, 8:31 pm
If you go to a good paint store, they probably have spray cans that are a
pretty good match.
There is a difference between bronze, and oil rubbed bronze however. Bronze
is kind of a pink color, oil rubbed bronze is a dark brown. In real
architectural finish, like door handles the oil rubbed finish wears in use
to show nice highlights, Paint however will not five you this, but is does
look pretty close to the real deal before it highlights.
Here is an idea of the finishes, The computer doesn't really do it justice
but it is close.
http://www.historichouseparts.com/finishes.htm
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
> Hi,
>
> I have just redid my bathroom and the hardware have a bronze finish. I
> would like the A/C vent covers match the hardware as much possible. Is
> there a paint solution to this problem? (I saw bronze finish vent
> covers for around $70 on the internet, which I find too high.)
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Aaron Fude
>
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