![]() We had this really hideous, not-so-much-anymore-silver five arm light in the dining room w/ the hideous frosted glass hurricane globes. done to it.because I ALSO have nothing but love for Big D, we've paid cash for all our projects and gotten awfully creative to do so. It took about an hour to finish, so yet again, the investment was in my time. Even though the can says you can use it outdoors, you never know…but even if they last till next summer, I’m totally happy with that! Now, I have no clue how this will hold up. I think coach lights this size in a similar look are going for at least $50 each now – so I figure I saved $100 by just painting them.Ĭan I get a hollaaa for spray paint? Whoop! Love it! I like the new finish even better than the old one, so I may spray the porch light as well. They pop off the house now, AND they match the porch light again too: Now the lights are about ten times brighter, which is a bonus. I ended up giving the glass a good cleaning – wow, they were nasty. I didn’t even use primer – I figured if the ORB paint ever wore off, I’d rather the pinky tone show through than white primer. I did two coats on everything – making sure to use very short, light sprays. I put the parts aside so I could spray paint them separately: It’s hard to explain the power of spray paint to a five-year-old. :)Ī sweet little girl from down the street even walked down to ask why I had paper all over the house. And it was extra fun because the paper taped to the garage caused quite a few what-is-that-chick- doing? looks as folks drove by. But that would have taken more time than just slapping some paper up there. YES…I know I could have just taken the lights down. Even more of the finish came off as I cleaned:Īnd this is the part where I am taking pictures of a dirty paper towel in our front lawn, realizing my neighbors are wondering why in the world is Sarah standing outside taking a picture of a dirty paper towel in her front lawn. ![]() I set all the parts aside and cleaned everything well. I had to pretty much take the whole thing apart: ![]() I thought I could just take the top off the light fixture and remove the glass, but that wasn’t working.
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