Covering A Mirror With Paint

4 frame out your mirrored wall to make it look like one large mirror.

Covering a mirror with paint.

Hold the can 12 to 18 inches from the mirror for best results. You can embrace them and make them look like an intentional part of your design plan. You have two paint options for painting glass. Paint the mirror surface with a thin even coat of surface conditioning primer applied with a low nap paint roller.

Pop out the glass panes if the glazing is super old and cracked it should come out easily. If not use a utility knife and or a 5 in 1 painter s tool to cut out the glazing and then remove the glass. Place the mirror atop newspapers or a tarp and rest the mirror flat otherwise the paint may run a bit if you spray a bit too heavily. Painting over a mirror preparation.

Chalk paint drys very quickly. You could also buy or make a painting or tapestry that is slightly smaller adhere it to the center of the mirror. Mirrored window with spray paint instructions. Cut extra wide molding to fit around the mirror and paint or stain it.

Transparent paints allow you to see. Paint entire mirror frame 2 3 coats of white chalk paint allowing dry time between coats. Synthetic or natural fiber. Then attach it to the mirror using glue or spray adhesive.

Clean the window with windex to get rid of any dust dirt and grime. Then you can paint over them and peel the letters off once the paint dries. Here are a few ways to make those mirrors work for you. Tape off mirror with painter s tape for easier clean up in the end.

Allow the primer to dry for 30 minutes. Use french linen to apply a wash over the white coat. The mirror appears to be made up of square tiles apply a repeatative pattern that pleases you in each square. With glaze paint and a faux finish technique you can make the mirror look like mercury glass.

You could use it to display framed art work or photos hang them on the mirror with heavy duty double faced tape. Cleaning the mirror with standard glass cleaner such as windex helps remove dust dirt and oils so the. Use thin overlapping bursts of paint starting slightly before the mirror and ending slightly beyond it. Ignore it style away there s an inclination when your walls are covered with paper mirror basically anything that isn t paint to avoid covering them up too much.

30 minutes is the approximate time for each light coat to dry. As a designer i see the same thing with clients and art nobody wants to place a chair or lamp where it might partially obscure a large painting on the wall behind.