Can You Paint Electric Heat Registers

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Can you paint electric heat registers.

It has a heat tolerance of up to 250 degrees. Before painting you ll need to sand off that rust. Honestly the hardest part of this whole project is the waiting. Yes you can use regular paint and no it won t smell when you crank the heat though it may the first time after you ve painted.

We painted all electric bases in a house at the homeowners request and the next year i got a call that all of the paint was peeling. Let each coat dry before the next one and be sure the entire thing is fully dry before bringing them back into the house. How to paint heat registers step 1. Rustoleum s clean metal primer is safe to use here since it s heat resistant up to 200 ºf 95 ºc.

Apply a coat of rust inhibiting metal paint to the heater cover and to the paintable section of the heater element using a clean foam paintbrush. They are also subjected to great fluctuations in temperature as they operate. 120 volt 750 watt 1500 watt 2 stage eco baseboard heater in white. Apply paint to the end caps.

Turn off the heater and allow the register to cool for four to six hours. I first lightly rubbed it down with some steel wool and gave it a good wipe down. Baseboard heaters can be painted along with the rest of a room or with an accent color to give some character to the border where your walls and floor meet. Rinse the register with wet rags.

You do not want drips of paint so do a total of 4 5 light coats to be sure you cover all parts of the metal register. If the registers are just hot water base any latex paint will be fine. If they are electric you need hiigh heat paint. Allow the paint to dry.

I got it mixed in simple white which is my go to white and got to work. Electric baseboard radiators on the other hand can theoretically reach temperatures as high as 150 200 ºf 65 95 ºc which exceeds the heat resistance of most paint. The challenge is that the heater covers unlike other paintable surfaces in your room are made of metal.