When we moved in to The Money-Pit 2.0 it came with all white appliances. We immediately bought a new fridge, stove, microwave and dishwasher but it wasn't in the budget to upgrade the trash compactor. (Did you know trash compactors cost between $500 and $1200? All for your GARBAGE?!)
Granted, the compactor had stainless steel trim and a black foot pedal, but the rest of her was shiny white!
Then one day I was browsing a linky party and I stumbled upon this post where Traci turned her white appliances into black and stainless with spray paint and SoftMetal film and I knew that was the answer. I bought 2 linear feet for a total cost of $25.80 (including shipping.) I bought my film here, although I am not specifically endorsing this company.
The install was a breeze. I used a couple of putty knives and a texture knock-down knife (aka a squeegee). You wet down the surface, apply the film, smooth out the bubbles and then trim it down with a razor blade. This is what I ended up with:
I was AMAZED with how real the stainless steel looked. It actually was reflective and had fine honing lines in it.
Once the film was all smoothed out, it looked nearly IDENTICAL to my authetic stainless dishwasher!
A fantastic $25 transformation! I can save the $1175 for my next project!
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Wow! What a great idea and it looks fairly easy to do. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving kind words about my kitchen remodel.
ReplyDeleteI love it. I'll have to give it a try. We are in a rental home at the moment. This would be a quick fix. Are you able to remove it without damage to the appliances?
ReplyDeleteThe film was like really thick contact paper. I was able to peel it off and reposition it. I would bet you could take it off later on down the line.. but you would probably need to use goo-gone or something like that to get the sticky adhesive off. As long as your appliance surface would tolerate that, I think you would be fine.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! It's quite a transformation. It makes it look brand new. Megan
ReplyDeleteLooks great and for that kind of savings, well worth it!
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful!! Will definitely have to keep this in mind for my white appliances.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! It looks great. I will keep this in mind when I'll redo the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteGreat Kim! It looks like you got a brand new appliance! what a difference!
ReplyDeleteNice idea! I love saving money. I'm featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com today!
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! Makes me think twice about some of those clearance appliances that are the wrong color. What an awesome transformation!
ReplyDeleteGenius girl...pure genius. That looks awesome. thanks for sharing your inspiration with the newbie party.
ReplyDeleteHuge savings and it looks great! I definitely got to check them out. I'm now an active follower!
ReplyDeleteWow! This looks fabulous and for so little $. I'm now following and look forward to seeing more of your creative goodness! :-)
ReplyDeleteSharla
Hi! I love the idea! This will be perfect for my little renovation project. I hope you don't mind but I added your blog page a a little link to mine.
ReplyDeleteCheck it out:
http://thewifeiam.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/looks-like-the-real-deal-stainless-steel/
Skylar
Wow, that turned out so perfect! I'd love for you to add it on my link party at: http://printabelle.com/?p=3188 Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am so super impressed and super excited! Our next place might have a VERY limited budget, so this would be perfect!!!
ReplyDeleteFBing this!
--Katie
@ Creatively Living
I found you at Handy Man Crafty Woman. This is a great solution to a common problem. I pasted a link to your post onmy FaceBook Group Page. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGenius! Thanks for sharing this idea - it may save me some moola too!! Loving it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out Kim. I am so glad you found my post helpful. Your compactor make-over is fabulous. Isn't that film wonderful. It doesn't show finger prints like the real stuff so I am thinking about putting over my already stainless dishwasher.
ReplyDeleteTraci
Very cool! Love the before and after pics. I found your link on Delightful Order's Link Party. I would love for you to post this on my link party at... http://www.doodlesandstitches.com/2012/05/link-party-time.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
It looks great! Thanks for sharing this with us @ the Sunday Round Up.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a wonderful week,
Rose
I had no idea this could be done, wonderful idea! Tanya :)
ReplyDeleteps- I am a new follower, creating over at http://twelveoeight.blogspot.com
This is amazing, I had no idea there was such a doing this to items. I need to do this to our dishwasher. We have a stainless steel fridge and everything else is white. blah!
ReplyDeleteLove how it looks, and I didn't know how much trash compacter cost! Thats crazy expensive!
Thanks for sharing at our Sunday Round Up! Can't wait to see what you have for us next weekend. Have a GREAT week!
xoxo
Heather
What a great idea. I love your blog title!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Much better price too :o)
ReplyDeleteYou are being featured tomorrow as the week's most clicked link!
Thanks for charing with us!
Stacey of Embracing Change
That looks great! What a huge difference! Thanks for sharing and I am a new follower!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great week!
Michelle
www.delicateconstruction.com
That's awesome! Great idea and it looks amazing! Love it!
ReplyDeleteWay to save some serious money! It looks real. Love this idea!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim - I just love what you have done with your kitchen and the appliances! Has the 'stainless steel' film stood up to knocks and scrapes fairly well or not? So glad that I have found your site as I'm a big DIY-er myself.
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