Painting A Glass Lamp Base

If you want an opaque glass painting use one or two layers of gesso as an initial base coat.

Painting a glass lamp base. But i snagged it for 4 00. Lamps like most home decor items may be trendy and stylish for a while but seem completely outdated a decade or two later even though the lamp is perfectly functional. So in total including the spray paint my lamp cost me around 13 00. The frugal homemaker took similar brassy lamps and spray painting them bright white.

Paint the lamp with the spray on primer paint combination using even slow strokes keeping the spray can a foot or so away from the lamp or per the paint manufacturer s recommendations. Once the gesso has dried you can cover it with a layer or two of the paint color of your choice. Some stained glass paints are available in bottles with squirt nozzles and others use a plastic tool to spread the paint over the surface. Painting a brass lamp base.

If you just want to add slight decorations to otherwise clear glass you can skip this step and move directly onto outlining your design on the glass. Restore a thrift store lamp or one that s been hiding in your attic for years. How to paint a lampshade and base. And while we are at it let s peek at 9 more spray painted lamp inspirations.