Fireplaces

The way to Redo Old Chandeliers

When those polished brass chandeliers in your dining and breakfast room become old and outdated and the shine begins to fade, you may end up roaming the light aisle of home improvement centres for new lights to hang in their area. As opposed to spend money on new chandeliers, paint your old ones to redo them. A fresh coat of paint, a couple of inexpensive items and your creative imagination can turn your old chandeliers into ones which better match your decor and taste.

Switch off the chandelier’s circuit breaker. Hold a noncontact voltage sensor contrary to the chandelier light switch. If you failed to switch off the chandelier breaker, the sensor will beep and flash.

Remove the 2 screws from the chandelier canopy to discharge it from the ceiling box and then reveal the wires. Wrap masking tape around the chandelier wire connected to the dark ceiling box wire.

Untwist the wire connectors holding the chandelier wires to the ground box wires. This releases the chandelier from the ceiling.

Go the chandelier to a sturdy work surface. Insert the jaws on a set of string pliers into the chain link linking the string to the peak of the chandelier. Squeeze the string pliers’ manages to open the hyperlink and release the string from the chandelier. Catch the canopy and then pull on the string and canopy from the chandelier and electric wires.

Look on the back of the canopy for a locknut holding the screw collar loop to the canopy. The screw collar loop connects the string to the canopy. Remove the locknut to release the screw collar and pull it from the canopy.

Wrap painter’s tape around the screw collar’s threads. Wrap the chandelier light bulb sockets in painter’s tape to protect the socket interiors and the electric connections.

Spread old sheets or sheets over a big, flat surface at a well-ventilated area. Put the string, chandelier and canopy on the newspaper or sheet.

Mix a can of spray paint by shaking it for about a minute. Choose a spray paint developed for use on a color to match your taste or decor. Hold the spray can about 10 to 16 inches from the surface of the chandelier, canopy and chain. Use short, stable strokes to cover the surface of their items. Allow the paint to dry.

Turn the chandelier and string over to reveal any unpainted surfaces. Paint the items again using the exact same brief, stable stokes. Apply two or three coats of paint to your chandelier, string and canopy till you’re pleased with the color and coverage to the chandelier and its parts. Remove the painter’s tape from the sockets and threads on the screw collar loop when the paint dries.

Pull the plastic socket candelabra base covers from the sockets. These covers slide the outlets without force.

Hold a first candelabra base cover next to the new socket candelabra base covers. Mark and cut on the new base covers to equal the distance of the originals with a pair of scissors. Slide the new base covers over the sockets.

Insert the threads of the screw collar loop into the canopy. Secure the screw collar with the locknut you removed in a previous step.

Weave the electric wire attached to the peak of the chandelier in and outside of the string links till you can bend the wires through the screw collar canopy and loop. Thread the open string link through the loop attached to the peak of the chandelier. Set the open connection supporting the jaws of this string pliers. Squeeze the string pliers’ grips to close the loop, linking the string to this chandelier.

Connect the chandelier wire you marked with masking tape to the black wire in the ceiling box. Use the wire connector you removed in an earlier step to link both wires together. Connect the remaining to wires with the remaining wire connector.

Hold the canopy contrary to the ceiling box. Use the canopy screws to secure the chandelier to the ground.

Spray paint on a little paintbrush. Paint the canopy screw heads to match the canopy.

Install candelabra light bulbs in the chandelier. Attach 4-inch clip-on lamp colors to the lights. Wrap ribbons, beads or greenery around the arms, body and string to complete the makeover.

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