Painting rusty wrought iron door knock

loulou41

Please does anybody know what I can use to bring some shine in the above. I wonder whether hammerite will do? Thanks

WASHER

I've just recently painted my rusty wrought iron gate, never again, it tooks me days.

I used a wire brush to remove the rust, and applied some primer especially for rust, and gave it two coats of black gloss exterior paint.

They are very shiny looking and I am going to repaint them every couple of years to prevent having to remove rust etc.

laurel7172

Not sure about a door knocker, but I'd say your best chance of getting something that would stand up to door knocker wear and tear would be Hammerite.

The finish you get will depend on the effort you put in (unfortunately). If you apply Smoothrite to a well-prepared surface, you'll get smooth results. It won't make a bad surface disappear. I've just painted the rusty grille over my boiler flue with some Smoothrite I had in the cupboard. It looks exactly like I'd done it with Hammerite. But I've had good results with Smoothrite on well-prepares wrought iron.

redfazer

This may seem a bizarre suggestion, but black exhaust paint (from Halfords for example) coats well, is tough and dries with an attractive sheen (not shine). Have used this stuff to paint some inside door furniture (as well as my motorbike engine!)and it really does look good.

munkypuzzel

I agree,

I had my victorian door knocker (years of old paint and rust) stripped by the guys that strip pine doors. I then simply used car primer spray, and then cellulose black spray (b an q, halfords etc).

Brilliant finish, still looks as good today as when painted 5+ years ago,