Painting Fire Surround .... Gas Fire

PottyHouse_2

Hi there, just wondered if anyone had any advice they could share.

We are currently buying a house with a "Mahogany" Style Fire Surround which surrounds a gas fire.

Instead of buying new furniture that compliments the fire I wondered ....

Is there anyway we could paint the surround - would we need specialist paint ??
or
Would it be easier just to buy another surround ?

Thanks

ormus

almost any paint will do, although water based (acrylic) paints are probably better.

PottyHouse_2

ormus wrote: »

almost any paint will do, although water based (acrylic) paints are probably better.

Thanks, wasn't sure if it had to be 'fire retardent' or if anybody even makes such a thing !!!!

ormus

yes you can buy high temp paint, but its fairly expensive and i doubt you really need it for your application.

emmell

Me and my brother have both done our fire surrounds with the same paint. It was specialized stone flek from places like B&Q. Mine was a mahogany finish with some scrolls on, I scraped the scrolls off, rubbed the surround down to give a key, sprayed it with primer, then a few coats of stone flek (available in different colours), then you use a sealer to finish off. It looks totally different a lot more modern.
My brother's gas fire was also brass finish surround and front so he sprayed them matt black. For the price of a few tins of spray paint the fire surrounds were completely transformed.
ML.

PottyHouse_2

Thanks Emmell,

thats very useful.

Saved a fortune then !