Cleaning Paint Off Old Door Hinges

Obviously using steel wool will scuff your hardware.

Cleaning paint off old door hinges.

It may take a. Fill the pot halfway with water and set it on the stove on high heat. Old paint rust goo comes right off. The next day the paint will be soft and ready to fall off the metal.

In this case i remove old paint from hinges. Lift the hinges out with tongs and wear gloves as you scrape and buff off all the paint. This was by far the most laborious way to remove paint. Remove paint from door hinges without removing them.

Remove any paint that is present on the hinges or the hinge pins with a paint remover. Don t worry about taking a door down or boiling hinges in vinegar or. Make sure that your hardware surface is still wet and use the sponge or cloth to apply bkf to your hardware. Save yourself time and energy with this simple and easy hack to removing paint on door hinges.

I also used the pliers to flip it over so i could heat up the other side as well. I held the hinge in place with my needlenose pliers. This video will give you a. Cook the hinges on high for about an hour or so.

The paint will bubble up on the hinges and pins. Put on the lid and let the contents of the pot cook all night. Set the hinges in the pot and boil for 15 20 minutes. Fill an old pot with water and bring it to a simmer.

Apply bar keepers friend powdered cleanser or soft liquid cleanser to a wet non abrasive sponge or cloth. Use a 1 inch putty knife to remove the paint after it bubbles up. Apply the paint remover with a 1 inch paint brush. Cover with water add a couple of tablespoons of liquid laundry detergent and turn the heat to medium.

Once you have the hinge off place it on your protected surface. Avoid applying the cleanser directly on the surface of your furniture hardware hinges handles or knobs. Take an old crock pot can be found at any thrift store add water to cover hinges and a couple of squirts of dishwashing liquid. Ask this old house painter mauro henrique demonstrates how to strip paint off of old door hardware.

This is my first attempt at produci. While wearing gloves i used my heat gun to loosen up the dried on paint. Use plastic tongs to remove hardware from the crockpot without scratching it. I also set my sink s strainer in place to catch the paint flecks as they were removed.