You can also sand lightly in between coats.
Rub n buff for door hinges.
Edited to add it does sometimes help to sand lightly before applying to achieve a nice smooth finish.
If you leave too much residual paint on them when you apply the rub n buff it will come out bumpy.
Put a small amount of silver leaf rub n buff on your finger and rub it all over the hinges and screws.
Pick up a very small amount of rub n buff using fingertip and rub it evenly in a gentle rubbing motion rather than strokes over smooth surface or raised designs.
They are two totally different products and yet they are equally awesome in my opinion.
Continue this until you have the whole piece covered.
I ve used it on sconces.
Use a q tip to help get in the little crevices.
I love spray paint and rub n buff equally.
A couple of weeks later i finished up with all the upstairs hinges.
The more paint you get off the smoother the end finish will be.
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.
I did not take the hinges off just taped around them.
Buff with a soft cloth to acheive the hand rubbed lustrous finish.
However i ve been asked via email numerous times how i go about.
Rub n buff is a waxy metallic finish that comes in several golden shades such as gold leaf depicted but also look for antique gold and european gold.
You can use it on almost any surface wood metal glass etc.
Soak the hinges and screws in a mixture of hot water and dawn dish soap.
I did all the downstairs hinges in an afternoon.
Rub n buff is a waxy finish made from imported carnauba waxes fine metallic powders and pigments.
Make sure you try to get all the excess of the handle buffing it out with a clean side of the rag.
Add a small dollop of the compound to your cloth and start to rub it onto the hardware almost like your trying to clean it.
Use an old toothbrush to scrub them.
In fact the hinges look the best.
I tend to use grecian gold and antique gold over and over but it comes in 12 colors total you can buy a sampler of all the colors from amazon.
The awesome thing about rub n buff is that 1.
Krylon s gold leaf is the best metallic gold spray paint i ve found to date to mimic brass or give you a warm golden glow on your hardware.
Rub n buff dries in a few seconds.
The rub n buff has worn off the most used handles so i am slowly replacing them with nickel handles but i m leaving the hinges because they look great and no wearing off of rub.
