I have to admit, I had a very hard time getting the textured front of the fridge to look as good as I wanted it to. I decided to do at least one more coat on day four before I did the top coat. After the third coat it still showed some white through although it was looking much better. You’ll need to have paper or a drop cloth down. Make sure to wipe off the squeegee after each swipe because it will drip paint all over the place. I waited about two hours and then did the same thing again. After that was done, I did the other side, then the top front and bottom front of the fridge. Do one line top to bottom, then next to it, etc., all the way to the other edge of the fridge side. Then I used the included foam squeegee to smooth the paint from top to bottom. I used the roller to roll a thin coat of paint onto the fridge on one side. I lined my paint tray with aluminum foil and poured about a fifth of the paint into it. On day three I did three coats of the liquid stainless steel paint on the outside of the fridge. I had to do four coats of the stainless steel paint on the inside surfaces. You can store it inside a plastic baggie between uses so it doesn’t dry out. Stir longer than you think that you need to and scrape along the bottom and sides of the can, and then stir again before each coat.įor the inside of the fridge I used the included foam paintbrush. The stainless steel flecks are at the bottom and must be thoroughly stirred throughout the paint. Stir, stir, and stir some more…įirst step is to open up the stainless steel paint and stir for quite a long while with the included paint stirrer. I decided on day one to just paint the inside textured surfaces of the fridge (I didn’t paint the inside food area, just the textured areas at the edges that would show) and get that done so I could leave the fridge closed for the rest of the paint job. Then I cleaned the entire fridge well with Windex. I first did a light sanding of the fridge since it was a glossy textured surface. I ended up having to sand down areas a few times and add more coats. I’m not sure if this was the best choice because it took forever to dry, and was sticky for a long time. I painted the handles black with Rustoleum gloss black enamel. I also taped over the fridge logo with painter’s tape.
Every plastic part on the fridge that I wanted to cover with the Liquid Stainless Steel, such as the water overflow tray cover, was also primed. I was going to paint the handles black, so the first thing I did was clean them and paint them two coats with Zinsser 1-2-3 Primer. On the first day I took everything off of the fridge, including magnets, pictures, and even the handles. I actually worked on this over a couple of weeks since I was still working my day job from home. I also very recently painted my countertop with Giani Countertop paint and loved the look of that. I’d already painted my dishwasher stainless steel. Well, The Quiet Cruiser is still stuck at home so I decided to partner with Giani again and paint my older white refrigerator with liquid stainless steel. The Fridge itself is holding up well and looks good. Not sure what else would be good to paint the handles. We had to repaint with spray paint, which came out kind of rough. The Rustoleum enamel did not hold up at all. One thing that I’d have done differently was use something else to paint the door handles. It’s been 10 months since I painted my fridge.
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