painting a cast iron fireplaces

matt_boro

hi,

i have fireplaces in 2 bedrooms of my house that i wish to paint black. what paint should i use?

they are currently painted in an old cream gloss, which i would rather not have to strip before painting, as there isnt that much detail to the fireplaces and they will only be used for decoration

thursday

Hammerite paint for metal
regards

Lube

You might need paint that resists some heat

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080903151214AAMXIjQ

ormus

OP stated that the fires are not used. so any oil based paint will do.

Grz.26

Just done this job, I brought a cast iron fire place off ebay, which was painted white, and in a sorry state. I got some stove paint and wow. It looks great, its just a spray can, cost £12 from fireplace shop. The results are really good!

Igol

Hammerite was fine for the ones in my bedrooms and 10 years on still looking good.

I doubt very much that you'd be able to use a bedroom open fire legally these days.

aahbarnes

Igol wrote: »

Hammerite was fine for the ones in my bedrooms and 10 years on still looking good.

I doubt very much that you'd be able to use a bedroom open fire legally these days.

Why not? No different than fire in a lounge.

a.w.buildingservices

first it is no ilegal to have a open fire in a bedroom , but second you say it does not have much detail , if you were to take a grinder with a wire brush on it you would proberly be suprised at the amount of detail that would show under the years of gloss paint

Grz.26

Why isint it legal to have a working 1 in bedroom? I thought as long as have herth and installed by qualified peeps it's shouldn't be a problem. Mines been done to building regs.