Krylon Fusion is "fantastic for plastic", and many other uses. ANY spraypaint will too though... Rust-oleums's Universal-series, and the 2X line will do fine as well. The 2X-series has many more colors to choose from though! Make sure the 2B-painted surfaces are cleaned, and ideally, scuff-sanded. Especially where the wear-areas are. Faron

Hey just checking back. I didn't have to do anything really time consuming or special on any of the 3 lamps. I took them outside and sprayed on PAM. I then put on gloves to protect my nails and scrubbed the metal with PAM saturated steel wool...used very fine. I next used paper towels to get off the rust and oil residue. I used a spray grease cutter to get off the PAM after that. The finish was so pretty at that point so all I did was put in the milky looking primer...it dries clear and you can then coat it with the SF. I didn't wait at all. It dries very fast. I used a tiny brush like from a kid's watercolor set. The SF dries very fast also. I didn't seal it. You can use as much or as little as you want and feather the edges. Use less and then look at it and see if you want more coverage. The original metal will probably be so pretty that you might not use much so clean 1st. Good Luck. c

Hi, I am in the middle of painting my oak cabinets. The prep is long and grueling..but worth it. I used a product called Pore-o-Pac, oil based. It is a brush on wood grain filler. Very time consuming, did 2 coats on each door front (not the backs) and all the cabinet frames. You cannot see the grain through the paint. This is what I did: Sanded the surfaces with 180 sandpaper, washed with TSP. Let dry thoroughly (and then a little longer)...Then painted the grain filler on. (My little trick is to buy an empty one gallon container, dump the qt size grain filler can into it. This way you can stir it up very nicely. You can thin this product with mineral spirits.) You leave it on for a few minutes, then use the scraper to scrape across the grain at a 45 degree angle. Next it says to wipe it off in the direction of the grain lightly (I guess so as to not pull it out of the grain). Let it dry for 24 hours. Then, if you really want to hide that grain..do it a 2nd time. I even did 3 coats on 2 doors that were very heavily grained. Also, as you are scraping it off, I would just dump it back into my container, if the product started to get too thick--just add the mineral spirits! It does take a long time, but really--no grain! Oh yeah, another little tip: The ends of my cabinets are laminate--the fake wood to look like the grain. I used a product that is a primer for painting over plastic. I got it at Lowe's, it is their brand--sort of like the Krylon Fusion, but it was a clear primer. After I sealed off the area where there would be overspray, I just followed the directions, and then I was able to follow it with the primer I used on the cabinets! So far so good. Make sure there is plenty of ventilation!!!!! As I mentioned up above, I bought 2 quarts of this stuff, it really goes a long way. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Pore-o-Pac

Pictures cannot really show what a difference it made. In one of the pictures, I put the back of one of the doors up against a newly painted door to show the difference. It is slightly blurry, but the gist is there. The other pictures just show the whole kitchen. We are in the process of tiling the floor and back splash, and painting, and replacing the counters. I added more cabinets, that is why you might notice the counter is a bit short. I used the Krylon Fusion paint because it sticks best to plastic, and I used the Satin, as opposed to gloss. I will tile the ends of the cabinets. It would have been possible to take them off the wall and paint them as well. I never painted the inside of the doors, but now that I think of it, I probably should have. The inside would have to be done first, so that any overspray could be covered up on the front when the front was painted. The cabinets are frameless, so you don't notice the color difference unless the door is open.