Sterling silver spray paint love!



My new favourite product

I have been looking at so many faux mercury glass tutorials on peoples blogs that I thought I'd like to try it. I knew where I could get some hurricane candle holders for $2 each so all I had to do was source the Krylon paint. Knowing that Spotlight stocks Krylon, I thought I'd look there. No luck but I did see some silver paints - there was the Krylon one that all the aficionados said wouldn't work and Champion Sterling Silver. I hadn't read anything about Champion so I thought I'd by some. It was under $20 and I can always use a bit of silver paint. Cut to a couple of hours later. It didn't work for mercury glass, but I did note what a gorgeous rich silver it was. So in the hunt for something to try it out on. I had a couple of blue plastic baskets in my craft room that I spray painted as an experiment - brilliant - they now look like chrome baskets. I was instantly in love. I contemplated spraying other furnishing items around the house - picture frames, a bronze lamp base - but couldn't find what else I wanted to paint. My house is a more tarnished silver house than a bright silver, so I decided to leave well enough alone.



The end result



A couple of weeks later as I was going through the stuff from my craft room, I was contemplating sending a small blue halogen desk lamp off to charity. It had been pretty when it was first new with a translucent blue case however it hadn't aged well and the pretty blue had faded and now had yellowish cast to it. I then wondered how it would look silver. The answer - fabulous. I wish I had taken photos of how dowdy the poor lamp had looked before. I found a photo of the lamp in a catalogue as a "before photo" but of course it is all fresh and blue not dingy and faded as mine had been. It was hard to get a good photo as this thing is just so shiny!

I do want to give it just one more coat. I touched it when it wasn't quite dry and have now got a 1 cm area that looks like a smudge that I'm not entirely happy with. The trouble is I love it so much that I don't want to have to turn it off to do it and wait for it to dry



Cream lamp before

 I also found a cream version this morning that had been in my daughter's room (she now has a cool black lamp and doesn't want it)  and it is currently out in the carport drying from a new silver treatment so I will have a cute almost matching pair for my desk.

Mid spray. I also found a couple more plastic baskets to spray!





Pretty silver though!

 Watch this space for the cream lamp after!

Lessons learned. When people say other brands don't work, don't be afraid to try - they may not work, but you may make other wonderful discoveries. Don't be too hasty waiting for paint to dry. Wear gloves when spray painting!