I just finished a new project check back monday i refinished a french provincial end table.
Rub n buff door hinges how to.
If you like the look of the handles with the piece there s a simple way to give the handles new life.
If you don t know rub n buff is a fantastic metallic paste used to give almost anything a metal finish.
Rub n buff is a product i ve used for years.
I had no intention on taking all the doors off completely so i removed one hinge per door at a time so i wouldn t have to.
I noticed you mentioned in one response that you sealed the pulls and nothing came off anymore but in a response the following year to another commentor you said it had mostly worn off the most used pulls and were slowly replacing them.
That doesn t always need to be the case.
Rub n buff is an oil petroleum based product so like products should be used for diluting it.
Ebony rub n buff.
It can be applied to any clean dry surface as well as over previously painted surfaces sample done on black finish.
A tube of rub n buff will run you under 4 and each hinge requires only a smidgen.
I used a full tube of the pearl blue and a part of a tube of silver leaf for that desk.
I decided to use rub n buff to give them a much needed update.
I just love those little tubes of magic.
Silver leaf rub n buff 1 2 fl.
Edited to add it does sometimes help to sand lightly before applying to achieve a nice smooth finish.
I sanded and cleaned the hinges but the product wouldn t adhere i think the hinge surfaces are just too slick for the product.
15 ml tube one tube covers up to 20 square feet rub n buff is a wax base metallic finish that is formulated from imported carnauba waxes fine metallic powders and select pigments.
Antique gold rub n buff.
A little silver leaf r b on the brass hinges was all it took to match the new doorknobs without going through the labor of taking down and then rehanging the doors.
You don t need to prime first 2.
Updating hinges with rub n buff.
Often the first thing you do to update a piece of furniture you re making over is replacing the handles.
I use deglosser to apply my rub n buff to large areas.
Check it out here for the door handle all i did was lightly sand the handle with a fine grit paper apply rub n buff with my finger then buff it with an old cotton rag.
I started with the center hinges on each door and when those were all done i moved to the upper hinges and lastly the lower.
And i wasn t able to remove a couple of my sliding closet door circular inset handles so i had to mask off the doors and hand paint them.
The awesome thing about rub n buff is that 1.
But yes paint thinner does evaporate fast.
You can use it on almost any surface wood metal glass etc.
I had already chosen polished nickel hardware which i will share more about soon so my hinges needed to coordinate.
Here i am years later trying to figure out if i need to seal drawer handles they i rub n buff ed silver leaf on the 1930s chest of drawrers for my kid s room.
If you ve never used this product before i wrote a post years ago sharing a simple how to and some tips.
