![How-to-Spray-Paint-Medicine-Cabinet.jpg How to Spray Paint Medicine Cabinet](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2RxvnLTRxcY/U5H4Tdb_C8I/AAAAAAAA7p8/FnfZOzW7yrE/How-to-Spray-Paint-Medicine-Cabinet.jpg?imgmax=800)
When I updated the guest bathroom, one of things I didn’t want to replace was the built in medicine cabinet. However, the problem was that the medicine cabinet was brass. Yes.. I know brass is supposed to be ‘trendy’ right now, but I am not a golden shiny brass kind of girl.
Unlike the brass sliding shower doors, which I removed or the lighting fixtures and faucet, which I replaced, the medicine cabinet needed to be transformed. And it needed to be transformed without being removed.
The key to this transformation was this:
![chrome paint.jpg Chrome paint](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HBsRkieOQ-Y/U5H4Z-F0XoI/AAAAAAAA7qM/Lrg55o8P4cM/chrome%252520paint.jpg?imgmax=800)
I admit, before I tried it, I was really skeptical. I mean how good of a finish could it really give me? But it was worth a shot. If it didn’t work I would have to replace the cabinet, but if it did, I would save more than $100.
First I taped off the mirror and walls:
![Spray-painting-brass.jpg Spray painting brass](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1Vjd6DWpS_E/U5H4Yc0QozI/AAAAAAAA7qE/5Fb-1Ewi0Yw/Spray-painting-brass.jpg?imgmax=800)
I also taped off the interior (since the brass frame wrapped around the door):
![taping-off-for-spray-painting.jpg Taping off for spray painting](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XJcRSVcxwNg/U5H4eTr_KiI/AAAAAAAA7qU/uw12_KpCmNg/taping-off-for-spray-painting.jpg?imgmax=800)
I roughed up the brass with some fine grit sandpaper and then sprayed away:
![spray-paint-medicine-cabinet.jpg Spray paint medicine cabinet](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_Vm_m_WwoLI/U5H4galojoI/AAAAAAAA7qc/P7ZCsMOUWFE/spray-paint-medicine-cabinet.jpg?imgmax=800)
The result?
![spray-painted-mirrored-cabinet.jpg Spray painted mirrored cabinet](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7XC7MO21NSo/U5H4iwKBlJI/AAAAAAAA7qk/mnzNIgjwIbw/spray-painted-mirrored-cabinet.jpg?imgmax=800)
It looked great. Not super shiny like chrome, but definitely silver metallic. Here is a photo of the interior:
![after-spray-painting-cabinet.jpg After spray painting cabinet](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q-d1BoTclaA/U5H4kpQgO7I/AAAAAAAA7qs/Yh-EtmZIrKk/after-spray-painting-cabinet.jpg?imgmax=800)
I originally painted this cabinet more almost 3 years ago. So how does it look today?
AWESOME. Here is a photo of it just this morning.
![spray-painted-brass-cabinet.jpg Spray painted brass cabinet](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Crq4Se06umM/U5H4mcQQdgI/AAAAAAAA7q0/mE82yM4bLTA/spray-painted-brass-cabinet.jpg?imgmax=800)
Even with the grubby little fingers on it all the time (and using windex on it over and over again..) the paint is in great shape:
![turning-brass-to-chrome.jpg Turning brass to chrome](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f6xt53bn5u4/U5H4pyAplhI/AAAAAAAA7q8/SzPTzzl5KDg/turning-brass-to-chrome.jpg?imgmax=800)
Here is how it looks in context with the other chrome fixtures:
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FtlJEbah1cw/Uz9TbkkR1fI/AAAAAAAA04Q/1ecaD7BXXb8/Bathroom-Makeover-Before-and-After.jpg?imgmax=800)
You don’t even notice it isn’t quite as shiny.
Don’t you just LOVE spray paint?
Looks great! But man, all that taping! (That's always the worst part for me!)
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