How To Get Paint Off Brass Door Hinges

This how to get paint off metal trick works on oil latex and spray paints but it may not remove some clear finishes like lacquer.

How to get paint off brass door hinges.

Don t worry about taking a door down or boiling hinges in vinegar or harsher chemicals. Let the brass sit in the ice water for about 5 minutes then transfer it to an old towel you re prepared to throw away. The paint came off easily the hardware didn t end up getting scuffed and it was a fairly pain free process. Today i ll show you 4 ways to remove paint from metal hinges and i ll tell you which is the easiest in my opinion.

Remove paint from door hinges without removing them. Almost every door hinge in our house has been painted over. And the next time the door needs painting do yourself a favor take the hardware off before the painter shows up. Cooking the hardware may stain or contaminate the pot so use an old one or buy a new one for less than 20.

All in all heat soaking your door knobs is the way to go. Rust accumulates on door hinges when moisture is allowed to build up on the surface of the metal. It will also make the brass much safer to handle. Taping off a hinge when you paint a door is not hard to do.

Protect the surrounding paint. Set the brass in a bowl of ice water. A beeswax furniture polish after stripping or a nonabrasive polish like flitz or maas can restore the sheen to solid brass or thickly plated hardware. During our master bedroom makeover i took off the door to paint and taking all the hinges off at once made them unbalanced when i went to reinstall them.

The moisture mixes with oxygen and forms rust. Take one off replace it tighten it and then replace the others one at a time. This simple trick will remove paint from hinges in a snap. The heat and moisture will soften the paint and often it will fall off as a single piece.

You can purchase pre cut painter s tape to cover hinges so there s really no excuse except laziness. Cooling off the brass immediately should make the paint even easier to remove. Step 1 cut the paint photo by eric piasecki. Here is a video showing how the paint falls off of the hardware from using this diy brass cleaner method.

Brass door hardware that s covered with old oil paint latex paint or spray paint can be safely and effectively cleaned without the use of harsh chemical strippers or special tools. Since the hardware is sitting in the still hot water i use my gloves to grab the brass hardware to keep from getting burned. So it would stay half open until i took the time to adjust them.