Thursday, September 5, 2013

Pyrex Painting

In my neverending quest to organize my hoard in the basement I came across this piece of Pyrex which I pulled out of the free box a while back.

Poor thing! I think at one time this was a red fridgy but it was scrubbed/dishwashered beyond recognition. The price was right and I was wondering if I could paint it but I must have felt obligated to clean up some clutter so it got put in the basement and forgotten about. Upon finding it, I figured it was a good naptime project and it definitely wasn't going to hurt it any.

So I taped up anything I wanted to remain white. I am getting antsy about putting up some Halloween décor plus I had a can of open black spray paint handy so I decided black would be its new color.

A couple sprays with the spray paint and I now have a shiny black fridgy! I am going to guess this dish is now rendered purely decorative. No more baking or scrubbing.

Yay! I now have an excuse to go out and track down some addicting candy corn to try out my "new" dish.
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4 comments:

  1. BobSeptember 15, 2013 at 2:16 AM

    Hi Cara,

    Great site, interested in guest blogging?

    I really enjoyed reading through your blog posts on http://markandcaras.blogspot.com/. I got a real sense of enthusiasm and passion in each post. Actually, I run Metalhandyman.com, a blog about metalcraft and DIY home improvement projects. If you’re interested, I would love to have you on as a guest blogger. Just shoot me quick a e-mail and we can begin this potentially exciting affiliation together. Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Thanks,
    Bob
    bob.mauer65@gmail.com

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  2. MickOctober 4, 2013 at 1:27 PM

    Did you use gloss or flat paint on your fridgie?! I have made and spray painted Pyrex red for a "Christmas set" before. I love your blog, I've been reading all your posts! Come stop by mine if you get a chance "Everyone Goes to Mick's" :)

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  3. CaraOctober 17, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Woo! a fan? :o) I'll check out your blog when I get a chance Mick! I used semi gloss? I think. Glossy would probably be prettiest but I was lazy and grabbed what I had open plus being Halloween-ish, the subdued gloss seems to work for it.

    I'll get to you too Bob though....the baby is attempting to break into her dirty diapers so whether or not I get back to my computer tonight is the question!

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  4. CandyJuly 8, 2015 at 2:05 AM

    I really like the satin finish you were able to achieve. I've never thought about painting my chipped and faded Pyrex, but I bet if I used the "high heat" paint I could still use it to bake. Great idea and result! Thank you!

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