[aisle] Have you painted metal library shelves?

[Sullivan, Kathy]

Though I've not needed to paint our fairly new shelves, I've painted other
metal things with pretty-good success. It's a process though. It helps to
lightly sand all of the surfaces first with fine-grade steel wool. I've
used Rustoleum products to spray paint and to brush paint, using a foam
brush. Both can work well, but I'd encourage you to experiment first on the
underside of a shelf. Good luck!
:) Kathy

*Kathy Sullivan*
*Princeville Junior Senior H.S. Library Media Ctr.*
*P.C.U.S.D. #326*
*302 Cordis Avenue, **Princeville, IL  61559*
*309.385-4660  x1574*
*ksullivan at princeville326.org <ksullivan at princeville326.org> *

*"Today a reader - tomorrow a leader."  *- Margaret Fuller
*"Think before you speak. read before you think." *- Fran Lebowitz



On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:31 AM Janet Jenkins via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Although I have never had metal shelving, our auto class saved about 50
> metal bookends that looked awful. The teacher had the kids treat it like a
> rusty car paint project and used "car-grade" paint. Fifteen years later,
> they still look good!
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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