The age old question. Am I right? Or am I right, or am I right? Right? Right? Right? This week I did some experimenting with four different gold spray paint brands I had in my possession–so we could educate ourselves and answer this thing once and for all.
Obviously there are more than four different brands of gold spray paint, but these include the three biggest spray painting brands and one bonus brand that carried a gold I had on hand from spray painting the hanger in Greta’s shadowbox. Update: All of these brands are under $7. Also you should know, I have been geeking out about this project all week.
I started with four faux pears I picked up at the dollar store.
I gave each one a can buddy and the two became inseparable throughout the experiment, or at least until I could mark the pears according to which paint they were bearing. I used Design Master (picked this one up at Micheal’s), Krylon, Rustoleum, and Valspar–that can exploded on me a long time ago.
Here are our pears after each a few thin coats and they fully dried:
Who would you give the first impression rose to? Ha! I am, personally, a new fan of the Design Master. It has the least amount of orangey/rosey glow to it. But, let’s look a little closer at them. To me, these four fall into two categories: brass/gold and bronze/copper. The brassiest gold was definitely the Design Master and Rustoleum as a close second.
The Krylon and Valspar look entirely too bronze for a “gold” application. Although, I obviously have used them since I have them. I know better now. That’s what this is all about. Also I would note, Krylon went on the worst. While all of the other finishes seemed smooth and virtually flawless–Krylon was having all sorts of issues. Could be human error–sure. But three out of four were near perfect. Hmm.
Which Gold Spray paint is best? I am giving Design Master the gold medal, and Rustoleum the silver—although I would definitely still recommend it. Valspar and Krylon get the bronze—appropriately. Are you surprised or maybe disagree? Do you have a favorite that we didn’t cover here? Spill.
Thanks for the demo. The Valspar looks like a good match for my bathroom hardware. Just put in new faucets from Moen which are burnished gold.
We are attempting to duplicate the gold that is painted onto the INSIDE of clear plastic graphics on a horn button steering wheel (1940 Saoutchik bodied Talbot Lago) domed plastic emblem having a cast- “Coat of arms” with helmet, banner , and shield in it made by Quillery. Paint does not always look the same when viewed THROUGH the clear plastic. The tone is important! I will try Rustolium– it is the most GOLD of them all. I have photos if interested. Thank you.
I think that it depends largely on what’s being sprayed. I recently bought a pair of fleur de lis earrings on the internet, that for some reason, looked to be brass but were actually made of an inexpensive material. Aha! I would seize them and make them look like the original Brass Fleur di lis. So now as I look at these shiny little ‘silver artifacts’ I am wondering which product to choose.. and wonder.. Design Master for it’s subtle patina, or Rustoleum for it’s ever-so-slightly blush? I am searching for authenticity.
Which design master gold did you use? There is 14k, 24k, and from what I see just gold.
What is the name of the Rustoleum?? TY!