How to paint a heated towel rail in the bathroom?

A heated towel rail is not only a very useful fixture in the bathroom, but also a great helper in the household. Thanks to this equipment, you can not only dry some laundry in the bathroom, but also heat the room. Despite its useful function, the heated towel rail also plays an aesthetic role, which is why it is so important to maintain this unit in perfect condition. But what if the heated towel rail is working properly, but has lost its attractive appearance and there is no desire to replace it? In this article we will tell how and how to paint the heated towel rail in the bathroom so that it becomes a real decoration of the interior.

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Where to begin?

To paint the heated towel rail quickly and without additional hassle, it is necessary to prepare and purchase the following necessary items in advance:

• Screwdriver Set;
• gloves
• sandpaper;
• primer;
• brush with natural pile;
• putty knife;
• clean cotton rag;
• detergent.

Heated paint

In addition to all of the above, you will need high-quality paintwork material. To paint the heated towel rail, you must use a special composition.

Important! We must not forget that the heated towel rail is a device that produces heating to high temperatures. Therefore, you can not use ordinary paint, which will soon crack under the influence of heat.

In this case, it is better to take a silky-gloss alkyd enamel, which is designed to cover heating radiators and can withstand temperatures up to 180 ° C. Finishing made with such paintwork material will please you for many years.

As for the choice of colors, it all depends on your preferences and the interior of the bathroom:

• The color of the heated towel rail “bronze” or “gold” looks luxurious and attracts attention, and also brings a touch of chic to the existing design. If you paint the heated towel rail like that, then greatly transform the bathroom, and the appliance will become its key detail.
• You can also purchase paint in any other color than white. This enamel at first looks beautiful, but eventually loses its high aesthetic properties. During operation, the white towel warmer acquires a yellowish tint and loses its attractive appearance. It is impossible to get rid of such a shade, even with the use of cleaning products, so this choice of color design is not the most practical.

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Preparing a heated towel rail for painting

Everyone understands that if the heated towel rail is immediately covered with enamel, then its surface will not look perfect. Therefore, before painting the device, you need to carry out a number of preparatory work.

Surface cleaning

Using sandpaper, you need to carefully process the entire surface of the structure. Increased attention is paid to places where the old coating is cracked or small pieces have broken off from it - a similar treatment evens the surface.

To obtain an ideal result, the entire protective layer must be removed. Thus, you will ensure uniform application of the new coating and its durability.

Important! Of course, such work is quite time-consuming, but the whole process is more than paying off, so we recommend that you do it. Its implementation is especially important if the heated towel rail in your bathroom has a chrome coating, because enamel is very poorly placed on it.

When the stripping is finished, the heated towel rail must be thoroughly washed with a cloth using detergents. Thus, you can degrease the surface and remove all large and small particles of dust that remained on it after cleaning.

Heated towel primer

The next step is to perform a towel warmer primer. Here you will have to use only that primer that can withstand high temperatures. The composition is applied to the device with a uniform thin layer. After processing, leave the surface to dry.

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Heated towel rail

After the primer layer has dried, you can proceed directly to painting the heated towel rail. Perform these actions according to the following algorithm:

1. Take a brush made of natural pile.
2. Open the can of paint and mix it thoroughly.

Important! It is necessary to achieve a homogeneous mass. For this process, you can use an ordinary long screwdriver. Please note that stirring silk-gloss enamel will have to be carried out several times, since the substance may not acquire a uniform consistency the first time.

3. When the paint is ready for application on the surface of the heated towel rail, it will need to be distributed with a thin even layer, and to avoid the occurrence of bumps.

Important! It is better to start the painting process from the top of the device. Then, during the painting of the heated towel rail, you will see smudges of paint on the bottom surface and you can hide them.

Enamel should be applied in 2-3 layers, and each subsequent painting can be carried out only after drying the previous one. You won’t have to wait a long wait, since alkyd paint usually dries in a few hours.

Important! After painting, do not use a heated towel rail in the bathroom for 4-5 days, but rather a week, so that its surface has time to dry well.

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Useful Tips:

1. For applying paint to the heated towel rail, you can use not only a brush made of natural pile, but also a special spray gun. Such a device is very useful and effective, and you can buy it at any hardware store. Using the device provides uniform application of enamel, which prevents overuse of paint. In addition, the spray coating speed is significantly higher than brush painting.
2. You can only paint the heated towel rail when it is completely cooled. You can not turn it on until the enamel is completely dry.
3. Painting work is best done after the end of the heating season and turning off the hot water. Then you will complete them as scheduled and complete as efficiently as possible.
4. If the enamel you bought turns out to be very thick, then you must definitely dilute it. For this, a special solvent is used, which you can buy in the same hardware store.

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In this article we told you how to update the heated towel rail in the bathroom, and we sincerely hope that in the future the heating device will become a real decoration of your interior.