Faux Painted Stainless Steel Retro Office Desk Chairs are the easiest way to create a modern retro and updated look in your home office for less than $20. This is a simple Faux Painted Stainless Steel Retro Office Desk Chair project; you don’t need to have any experience with glazing or even painting.
These Faux Painted Stainless Steel Retro Office Desk Chairs are the perfect way to update those cheap and outdated looking wood or plastic office chairs you already have in your home. I would only do this paint treatment on cheap or outdated office Chairs! This will allow you to update your existing office Chairs with a whole new look of retro stainless steel that everyone wants.
There are a few differ coats of paint in this Faux Painted Stainless Steel Retro Office Desk Chairs Finish project, so you will need a few days to complete the entire home improvement project. You won’t be working all day, but the drying paint will take some time.
I also recommend practicing this on a scrap piece of wood or plastic to see if you like the paint finish first.
To Paint Faux Painted Stainless Steel Retro Office Desk Chairs You Will Need:
Primer
Sand Paper
Interior Grey Paint
Metallic Silver Glaze
Polyurethane (oil base)
Paint trays
Painter’s Tape
Paintbrushes
Paint Rollers
Office Desk Chairs
The first step you are going to have to do is sand your office Chair with some sand paper. Wipe the excess dust away with a damp clothe. Do this even of you have plastic chair.
Tape off any fabric edges to protect them from the paint.
Now, let this dry. Paint on your primer. Use a gray tinted primer if possible.
I recommend doing this with a foam roller. You will want to tape off any edges with painter’s tape as well.
Now, let the primer dry.
Now, when applying any type of stainless steel or silver glaze to a Retro Office Desk Chair is to choose the right base coat of interior latex paint.
You need to paint the Retro Office Desk Chair with a base coat of interior latex paint in a color that will complement the silver stainless steel glaze.
Silver or stainless steel glazes applied over a base coat of white or black gives an unprofessional look that is streaky and unfinished looking.
Now, once your primer is dry you simply roll on the base interior coat of latex paint in the medium to dark gray color. Allow this paint color to dry. You may want to apply two coats.
Now, roll on the silver glaze with a foam roller. You could also paint it on with a soft bristled paintbrush in an X motion. The great thing about a faux stainless steel paint treatment that uses glaze is that glaze can often stay wet a little longer than traditional paint, which extends the time you have to work with it.
Now, once this silver stainless steel glaze has dried on your Retro Office Desk Chair you have to apply about three coats of an oil base polyurethane. If you notice, we have been using latex paint to get the stainless steel look, but we need the protection of oil to keep our Faux Painted Stainless Steel Retro Office Desk Chair waterproof! Allow each coat to dry, and then apply another coat of the oil-based polyurethane.
