![]() Give the lamps a coat of primer to help prepare the surface of the lamps for whatever type of lamp you’re using: ceramic, brass, wood, plastic, etc. Using painters tape, protect all the areas of the lamp you don’t want to get paint on.Ĭlean the areas of ceramic well to remove any dust, dirt, or grime. Americana Enchanted Ultra Black Basecoat Acrylic Paint.Americana Enchanted Iridescent Topcoat Acrylic Paint in Any Color.It was kind of an experimental process since I had never done it before.Īnd it was so easy! Here’s how you can try this technique for yourself with an old lamp or thrift store find… DIY Iridescent Paint Drip Old Lamp Makeover I was so pleasantly surprised with how these lamps turned out. I’m a big fan of a good paint drip effect, and I had yet to attempt one on a piece of furniture. When I started playing around with this super cool iridescent top coat acrylic paint, I knew exactly what technique I wanted to use. It’s an interference paint which, in short, means that the color changes slightly depending on the angle you look at it because of the way that it refracts and reflects light. So when I spotted a pair of these art deco looking babies on SUPER clearance (they were 80% off an already cheap price!) I didn’t want to go the typical let’s spray paint another lamp route.Įnter DecoArt’s Enchanted Iridescent paint. Since then, I have spray painted many thrift store lamps. It was one of the first Pinterest projects (and one of my first blog posts) I ever tackled:Īnd boy, you would have thought that I had just built myself a piece of furniture I was that impressed with myself. ![]() ![]() Give it a new life with this easy and eye catching iridescent interference paint drip effect! ![]()
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