White birdcage touch up paint..any suggestions?

[boxcarwilly]

10 year old birdcage is in need of some minor touch up...some flaking and fastener bleeding but over all in good shape. Lowe's sells white spray paint touch up on the bottom shelf next to there birdcage frame and bracket section but i was hoping for something that would better match the our 10 year slightly faded look.
Suggestions appreciated.

[retiredguy123]

10 year old birdcage is in need of some minor touch up...some flaking and fastener bleeding but over all in good shape. Lowe's sells white spray paint touch up on the bottom shelf next to there birdcage frame and bracket section but i was hoping for something that would better match the our 10 year slightly faded look.
Suggestions appreciated.
If you can scrap a small piece of the paint off, you can get a computer match done at any paint store. Or, if you can remove a piece of trim.

[boxcarwilly]

Thank you..looking for spray paint as first option.

[villagetinker]

There are many different "whites", the first thing will be to look only at FLAT or possibly SATIN finishes as I am assuming the existing finish has worn over the years. Then your next task will be to look at the various colors of white to see what appears to be closest. Since you are using spray paint you can fade the new paint to the old and it will be much harder to see the difference.
Hope this helps.

[tophcfa]

Rustoleum satin white spray paint

[Kim Fowler]

I used a Rustoleum matte white paint on our rusty fasteners. I was afraid spray paint would splatter on the screen or lanai floor. The new white paint is too bright, though I tried to lightly use the brush to “feather paint” around the fasteners. The old and new whites don’t match, but it looks better than the rusty fasteners did before I painted,

[Larry Wizauer]

Get structural white from TD Pool Construction.

[ruralgoddess]

make sure it's pet safe!

[greenflash245]

scrap the cage and buy a new one

[oneclickplus]

10 year old birdcage is in need of some minor touch up...some flaking and fastener bleeding but over all in good shape. Lowe's sells white spray paint touch up on the bottom shelf next to there birdcage frame and bracket section but i was hoping for something that would better match the our 10 year slightly faded look.
Suggestions appreciated.

Paint the whole thing.

[PoolBrews]

Get structural white from TD Pool Construction.

This poster has the best answer. T&D sells both structural white and bronze paint. It's formulated to exactly match the white or bronze finish on extruded aluminum, and when used properly no one will even know you touched up an area.

You'll never get an exact match with any of the off the shelf spray paints... and you'll never get the finish to match with any brush on paint.

[phylt]

10 year old birdcage is in need of some minor touch up...some flaking and fastener bleeding but over all in good shape. Lowe's sells white spray paint touch up on the bottom shelf next to there birdcage frame and bracket section but i was hoping for something that would better match the our 10 year slightly faded look.
Suggestions appreciated.

Please google the safety of using certain kinds of paints around birds. They are very sensitive to smells. When we touched up a wall in the room where ours fly, I kept them out of the room for several hours to allow the fumes to dissipate.

[CWGUY]

:coolsmiley: That's going in the book! :1rotfl:

[boxcarwilly]

Rustoleum satin white spray paint

thank you...i will try the rustoleum..
TD has touch up spray and small bottle but the sales person says it matches there current and "new" birdcage color...no fade factor.

[gpkk_2000]

My husband bought new screws at Whites Aluminum in Leesburg, he took out the old and put in the new, looks great.

[champion6]

My husband bought new screws at Whites Aluminum in Leesburg, he took out the old and put in the new, looks great.I'm afraid to touch mine with a wrench. They are 6 years old and very rusted. I'm afraid the hex-head will just break off if I twist them with a wrench.

I found spray paint that comes close to matching the bronze. To prevent over-spray, I fold some light weight cardboard into an L-shape and cut out a hole a little larger than the hex-head. The over-spray goes onto the cardboard.

[JillClancy]

Get a small wire brush to scrape off the old paint. If you paint over the original it will just chip off again.

[ruralgoddess]

Is it pet safe????!!!!

[DAVES]

Some interesting ideas. I doubt all the bird cages are built the same.

Of some help-I hope. There is or used to be a product sold in Hobby stores called liquid mask. You could paint it around a screw then use normal masking tape or paper to prevent over spray. You would tear off the paper and or tape and the liquid mask would easily peel off as a sheet.

Hardware? Screws can be made of steel which will rust, stainless steel which will not,
other metals brass, bronze have been used but are too expensive to use on a bird cage.
Aluminum is commonly used. It is soft, not particularly strong and over time it does oxidize and get stuck. It is possible to drill out stuck screws and there are special drill bits designed to do this neatly and quickly, if you have a lot of them to do.

[SugarBear]

10 year old birdcage is in need of some minor touch up...some flaking and fastener bleeding but over all in good shape. Lowe's sells white spray paint touch up on the bottom shelf next to there birdcage frame and bracket section but i was hoping for something that would better match the our 10 year slightly faded look.
Suggestions appreciated.

White spray primer would work well.