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bathroom, heater, painting, postaday2011, powder room, spray paint
I really thought we’d have to tear out and replace this heater, it wouldn’t be too expensive to replace, but we wanted to see if we could salvage it first. I’m not even sure why we have this type of heater in the powder room, I know it doesn’t have any floor vents hooked up to our heat pump, but it’s a small room that in completely interior…
I really wish I’d taken a before pic. I think the original color was tan, but I couldn’t tell due to the vast amount of rust that had taken over the heater. It was so bad you needed a new tetanus shot just from looking at it. I cleaned off the heater and sanded it down. Then cleaned it and sanded it again. Lather, rinse, repeat… After many attempts I was able to get it mostly smooth. And then I covered the walls & floor carefully and applied a few base coats of Rust-Oleum.
Salvaging the Heater
After about 6 coats, it finally looked like a heater again. Thanks Rust-Oleum!
Have you salvaged anything rusty recently?
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Looks good, not sure how hot it will get and you might would have used high temp spray paint for grills and heaters, just don’t let the fumes get to ya.
Great advice! Actually, it has a separate controller and due to our heat pump, I don’t think we’ll ever turn it on. It’s just a temp fix until we eventually take it out and redo the flooring.
I bet the original color was that fleshy tan everyone used in the 70s and 80s!
Even though our house was built in ’93, I believe so!
We have a few rusty ones that we need to replaced, maybe we will try to save them first.
Let me know how it works for you!