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Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1167
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:48 pm: | 
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I had the bathroom gutted. I cheaped out and said I would paint it myself. I HAVE painted it. Now I'm going to re-hang the doors, but the hinges are all f-ed up from years of sloppy painting without removing them.
I took the stems and the little balls that screw off and soaked them in paint stripper and rubbed them shiney with steel wool. I'm just going to paint the hinge parts that are on the door frame, so the hinges have a "striped" appearance: door part shiney, trim part painted trim color.
How do I prep the shiney hinge parts so they stay shiney. It's a bathroom, so it will be moist. I'm thinking some WD-40 would repell water. Should I use some silver polish? I know they aren't silver, probably, they are the undermetal of a brass plate that has disappeared.
Any advice?
J.B. |
rssounds
Citizen
Username: Rssounds
Post Number: 384
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:07 pm: |
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spray lacquer |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1171
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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Over what may be steel?
J.B. |
Ibeme
Citizen
Username: Ibeme
Post Number: 31
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 1:18 am: |
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To tell you the truth, I don't know what to finish the hinges with. the reason I'm writing is to advise you to leave the entire hinge unpainted. Painting any part of the hinge won't look right let alone the door frame side of it. FYI - a good source for nice hinges is outwater hardware:
http://www.outwaterhardware.com/index.asp |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11919
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 9:19 am: |
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As long as you are stripping the pins yah might as well do the hinges as well. It really makes for a nice look. Use spray lacquer outdoors or in a well venitalated area. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1183
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:44 pm: |
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I planned on removing the hinges and it had all the signs of me stripping the screw heads and giving up.
So I gave up first.
J.B.
I guess I'm getting what I asked for: "Obsessive Compulsive Door Hinge advice." |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11927
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:50 pm: |
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I know that feeling. Sometimes the friggin' things are so heavily painted you can't even see the slot. A little paint remover on the screw often helps and if you can see the slot using the edge of the screwdriver will usually clean it out. Also, have a full set of screwdrivers available since having the right size screw driver is important in starting the screw.
Don't worry about damaging the screws (as long as you can get them out). Replacements are readily available and nobody is ever going to notice. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1184
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:15 pm: |
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Bob K you've saved me from myself.
I'll do it right tonight.
J.B.
Boy am I glad I didn't start my "Should I do one more coat of paint, or just leave it" thread. |
kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 1298
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 8:22 am: |
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Don't paint any part of the hinge...it is meant to be seen as a symmetrical metal object on your painted door frame! |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1195
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 9:44 am: |
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kmk, I won't. My mother in law is visiting, and Mrs. J.B. made me re-hang the doors as is (it's the guest bathroom). MY mother was over and was saying, "just leave it it looks FINE."
I was like, "okay." But I won't be able to tolerate it. I'm just so annoyed that I have to clean up paint from some previous owner's lack of door removal and taping. I guess after 80 years that's inevitable.
J.B. |
dano
Citizen
Username: Dano
Post Number: 216
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 12:16 pm: |
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Jersey boy,
Clean the hinges thoroughly first. Take the hinges and put them in the oven on a cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 200 degrees. Remove from the oven and dip them in tounge oil. Let them sit for a day or 2. reinstall. The heat opens the pours in the metal and the oil will soak into them all and keep the hinge from tarnishing. good luck,
Dan  |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1210
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 12:44 pm: |
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Baked hinges with tounge oil. What wine should I serve with that?
That project is what will motivate me to remove the doors once again.
This concludes the competition for "Obsessive Compulsive Door Hinge Advice"
We have a winner! Dano gave the most Obsessive Compulsive Door Hinge advice imaginable, and the best part is I'm going to do it!
Thank you all for playing,
J.B. |
kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 1302
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 1:02 pm: |
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Please use tung oil though..... |
dano
Citizen
Username: Dano
Post Number: 217
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 3:39 pm: |
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Wow!! I don't know what to say... I'd like to first thank the academy of tung oil finishers as well as the editors of Today's Homeowner for their helpful hint and most of all to all those of you who have taken my sage advice all these years! |
dano
Citizen
Username: Dano
Post Number: 218
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 4:23 pm: |
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Wow!! I don't know what to say... I'd like to first thank the academy of tung oil finishers as well as the editors of Today's Homeowner for their helpful hint and most of all to all those of you who have taken my sage advice all these years! |
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