Countless hours have been spent gathered around the fire pit, under starlit skies, roasting marshmallows and making memories.
Our poor fire pit sure has seen better days and was in desperate need of some TLC.
When a new pit is not in the budget, try to revamp the old.
Take a strong wire brush and give the fire pit a good scrubbing, removing all rust flakes and powder.
Below is how the front and back of the fire pit looked after scrubbing off the rust and washing it all well with the hose.
Rust-oleum makes this specialty paint for high heat. Make sure to read all directions on the back of the can.
The paint dried fast and coated well, which made this a fast and easy project.
The front and backside, base and cover, were all spayed with the high heat paint and allowed to dry.
Huge improvement! The fire pit looks almost as good as when we bought it!
A wire brush, elbow grease, and a can of spray paint is all it took to breathe new life back into an old fire pit!
S’mores anyone?
Kim
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Looks good! I used the paint on variety of that type of paint for my brass fireplace surround...it works really well! I need a fire pit- we don't have one since the backyard is kinda the bottom of the list for improvements lol ;)
ReplyDeleteenjoy your 'new' fire pit!! :)
-Kristi
@ Creative Kristi
wow that looks awesome! i didn't even know you could paint a fire pit. great idea! :)
ReplyDeleteIt came out great!!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm, smores. My favourite.... :)
ReplyDeleteI have one just like yours and it could sure use a good paint job. We love sitting around and roasting marshmellows and hot dogs. So fun.
ReplyDeleteYes please! I LOVE me some s'mores!
ReplyDelete(And your fire pit re-do too!)
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Thanks for sharing that is fantastic to know! We have a large outdoor kitchen project going on right;)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great idea! It turned out awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow! Who knew a firepit could once again look like new?? BTW...have you ever tried peanut butter on your smores? It'll take you to a whole new level of heavenly smoreness :)
ReplyDeleteKim
Hey Kim...looks like new! I'll take two marshmallows please!
ReplyDelete*Lynne*
Wow! It looks brand new now & ready for spring.
ReplyDelete-Rene
THANK YOU for this! So ironic...Handsome dug a very cool fire pit out of someone's trash (I think I am rubbing off on him...hehehe) and it is very rusted out and needs to be painted. I asked this weekend, "I wonder if there is a high-heat spray paint we can blast that thing with." And enter your blog...this is so on our list for this weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the info!
~alicia
proof-of-love.blogspot.com
That turned out awesome! What a great revamp idea! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou guys did a fab job - great clear pictures on how to repair the fire pit! I will have to do a video on the process soon on my site.Publisher,familyfirepit.com
ReplyDeleteI would like an update on how it worked after you were done....Rust-Oleum does not recommend using this paint on direct exposure flames!
ReplyDeleteGreat question! It did great! No issues at all (no bubbling, flaking, chipping, etc). I certainly can't complain. ;)
DeleteJust started redo on mine! How long before it rusted again? How long did you wait to use after painting? Did your can drip?! Mine had paint dripping out the spray nozzle!! Made me mad LOL Great job and Thank you for this post!
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