How to update the old fridge

How to update the old fridge

The old fridge in house conditions can be pasted over with film or to paint. What coloring you choose, depends only on your taste and interior in which the fridge will stand. You can make the old unit accent spot in your kitchen or disguise, having picked up tone in color of wall-paper or kitchen facades.

It is required to you

  • - self-adhesive film;
  • - scissors;
  • - tape measure;
  • - soft rag;
  • - autoenamel;
  • - white spirit;
  • - plastic film.

Instruction

1. Decorate the fridge self-adhesive film. At material selection in shop pay attention that the film is on sale in rolls of different width. Therefore previously make measurements of your fridge to cut down cash expenditures, to reduce waste of film and not to do joints at noticeable places.

2. Remove all stickers from the fridge, unscrew the handle. Wash up surface sponge with cleaning agent.

3. Cut out parts from self-bonding by the taken measurements, having postponed them on the paper ruled reverse side. Do not forget to make allowances for film bend so that it was possible to tuck in it under sealant on door.

4. Raspryskayte water from the flower spray on that place which you are going to paste over. Separate film from paper layer and apply sticky layer to the fridge, without having forgotten to leave allowances.

5. Gradually roll film on surface. Smooth with soft rag, doing movements by "fir-tree" from the middle to edges. Distil air and water droplets. Pierce accidental bubble needle and smooth rag.

6. Bend allowances. In corners of self-bonding make cuts. Remove sealant and under it get edges of film. Smooth all with rag.

7. Screw into place the fridge handle.

8. Paint the fridge. Before work protect the surrounding objects from paint hit. For this purpose cover with their polyethylene film or close newspapers, having fixed them by adhesive tape.

9. Turn off the handle at the fridge or leave it that it has merged on color with all painted surface.

10. Pick up autoenamel of suitable coloring in shop. Also paints in barrels which can be used for metal surfaces will be suitable for work.

11. Wipe the fridge with white spirit. If on the surface of the fridge there are sites with rust, then poshkurta their fine-grained nazhdachka. Then cover with automobile putty and dry. Once again grind.

12. Evenly spray paint from barrel on all surface of the fridge. Let's it dry completely and put the updated unit into place.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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