How To Change The Color Of A Porcelain Sink

I mentioned when I shared my bath makeover the changes I made in this room didn't require whatever major renovations. One project involved transforming the vanity with sink pigment, and today I want to show you lot how I did that.

My vision for an all-white bathroom with brass accents didn't include a budget for replacing the vanity. I've heard of people painting their sinks before, but I was actually skeptical nearly trying information technology.

Can you paint a bathroom sink?

Aye, you can! Although I was skeptical, after thinking this over I decided to go for it. I really couldn't live with the fair vanity and sink throwing off the whole vision for the bath.

Bathroom Sink Paint

I did a ton of research and ended up choosing Rustoleum Speciality Tub and Tile pigment for the sink and vanity peak. Rustoleum had ii options bachelor for this sink pigment. Option one is sold as a kit, requiring office A and role B to be mixed and painted on with a brush. Pick 2 was a spray paint already mixed.

I chose spray paint. The reason for that was after painting my niece's counters a few years ago (which came out beautiful) we decided to add a glaze. The glaze was one of those kits that needed to be mixed. Information technology was difficult to use and the results were non what I was hoping for, I vowed never to apply that or anything like information technology again.

What You Will Demand*:

Rust-oleum Speciality Tub and Tile Spray Paint in White

Plastic Driblet Cloths

Lime Abroad

Wet/Dry Sandpaper (I used 400 Dust)

Bleach

Scrubber Sponges

Soft Scrub or Comet

Protect Eyewear

Face Mask

Preparing To Use The Sink Pigment:

Remove the faucets and barricade the surround area.

Using spray paint indoors definitely presented some challenges as well. The prep needed to exist really expert to protect everything else in the bathroom. I went to boondocks using plastic drib cloths to cover everything in sight around the bath sink. My husband had removed the faucets for me too.

Merely looking at that yellow sink makes me cringe!

Once I had everything barricaded, I read the directions multiple times earlier attempting this. I followed the directions to the letter because I was actually nervous about messing this one upwards.

Prep and Clean the Sink

If your sink has any chips or cracks, they will need to exist filled in with liquid steel first. Fortunately, mine did not.

Clean the sink with a mix of bleach and water to eliminate any possible mildew. Repeat if necessary and rinse well with water. My sink didn't appear to have any mildew, simply I went ahead and did this step anyway.

Next, I cleaned the sink with an abrasive sponge and annoying cleaner as per the directions. They suggested Comet, but I used Soft Scrub. This step is to remove all oil, soap, grease and hard water deposits.

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The adjacent step says to remove all caulk and clean those areas with a non-oily solvent such as rubbing alcohol. I skipped this step completely. So maybe I didn't follow all the directions to the letter afterward all. 😉

Now you're gear up to scrub information technology again with an annoying pad and Lime Away. This step is to create a porous surface for better adhesion. Allow the lime abroad to sit on the sink for 5 minutes. Scrub the entire surface over again and rinse with water.

Adjacent up is sanding. Sand the entire surface with a wet/dry sandpaper. Rinse thoroughly with water after.

Allow the surface to dry for at least 90 minutes after this pace earlier painting. Wipe the sink with a clean tack cloth right before painting to remove any dust.

Using the Sink Pigment

The directions say to utilize this sink paint in a well-ventilated area and I cannot stress that plenty. Besides, make sure to have a mask and eye protection for this 1. Admittedly, I sometimes get lazy when information technology comes to the personal protective article of clothing with DIY projects, but DO NOT SKIP Information technology ON THIS PROJECT. The fumes are horrendous. And that'due south an understatement. Splurge on the amend quality respirator mask for this one!

How To Pigment A Bath Sink

Y'all use this paint simply like whatever other spray paint. Milk shake it well, hold the can 10-16″ abroad from the sink and spray in a steady dorsum and along move. Apply 2-iii light coats letting each 1 dry in between for 15 minutes.

The sink paint takes 15 minutes to dry to the touch but will take 3 days to fully cure. Before you brainstorm, be prepared to be without a sink for a time.

My Results

Though the fumes were so bad, I idea they might actually impale me I am really happy with how this turned out! The colour is a perfect, pure white. The but thing that I was non fully happy with is that the sink surface isn't perfectly smooth like information technology was prior to painting. It has slight texture similar to that of a bathtub surroundings. Within my sink came out even more than textured, I believe because information technology was harder to spray evenly inside the basin. That makes it a bit more difficult to clean now.

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While I was using this paint I vowed to never utilise it again due to the fumes. Notwithstanding, later seeing the results, I keep looking at my off-white downstairs sink and thinking possibly I will.

On a side annotation, I changed out the towel holder in here also since I shared it a few weeks agone.

The towel holder is actually a coat hook simply I love the manner information technology looks in here. The antique contumely terminate matches the other metals in the bath.

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Overall, I recollect using sink paint is a great temporary prepare to update a sink without replacing information technology. Whenever I paint any major elements in my home or someone else'southward (for example, these painted countertops), I practice it with an agreement that it's a temporary fix until the item can be fully replaced.

Here's a better look at the before and later on. Feel free to pin this!