restoring the whiteness to radiator?

Doglover88

as above really, the rad in my new place put up with a few yrs of a couple with an 80 a day fag habit, and isnt as bright as it used to be. Any ideas whats best to clean it? or do i repaint it?
Cheers
glen

Lara

Repaint it......................just doing mine in same colour as walls;)

heatherw_01

I bought some white radiator paint to paint my yellowing radiators and it looks great!

ianian99

git some TCUT used for restoring car paint.

gundo

Radiator paint or use Dulux Gloss (in the tin it says it's ok for rads). To be honest the Dulux Gloss looked at lot nicer the Rad paint (by Hammerite) is very thin and runs very easily although in the long run despite the tin's reassurances the Dulux Gloss may yellow.

If the rads are rusty (like mine are) then get a new rad. They will rust under the paint and leak when you least expect it, ruining a carpet and possibly worse. New rads are not expensive.

Doglover88

thanks people, have been looking at new rads and will be replacing it with a nice slimline one
thanks again