When I saw this idea on Pinterest I thought to myself "I can do that". I've looked at other DIY projects and thought it was a good idea, but I know my skill set and more importantly my immense limitations! So those other projects never happened. I'm kinda crafty, but I know what I can and can't handle. And this project looked like a good place to start. Now off to the tutorial...
Here are all the materials you'll need.
- Magnetic Letters & Numbers
Amazon.com (letters & numbers)
- Plastic Primer Spray Paint
Home Depot Rustoleum Plastic Primer
- Metallic Spray Paint (I picked gold)
Home Depot Rustoleum Metallic Spray Paint
You will also need some cardboard or paper to line a flat surface. I forgot to include a photo of that, but I'm sure you get the drift. You look pretty smart. Or you can forgo the surface protector and have fun little letters all over your garage floor. No. You don't what to do that?! Oh well, your loss.
Oh, and speaking of little letters all over the garage floor... If you want to get a massive squat/leg workout, leave them on the floor with the paint protector and bend over every time to have to apply the spray paint. All the squatting will make for some serious leg burning the next day. I'm still a little sore.
If you'd like to not be in thriving pain the next day, you can always line a table with a paint protector and spray your letters at a normal height. I'm just giving you a little heads up, or maybe I should say a "leg" up! tee hee
Let's get on to actually spaying those fun little letters and numbers! I started with the back side up, so when I finished them on the front it would give a seamless look. And don't worry about spraying the magnet, it still sticks to the fridge with no problem. But lets be realistic, these little magnets are not meant to hold up anything. They are just too cute to have a dual function :)
Included below are a few photos of the process. The middle photo is one coat of the plastic primer and the bottom photo is when there was 2 coats on. This whole process took quite a while, but well worth the wait.
Spray 1st coat of Primer - wait 30 minutes
Spray 2nd coat of Primer - wait 1 hour (the 1st coat was slightly tacky)
Spray 1st coat of Gold - wait 15 minutes
Spray 2nd coat of Gold - wait 3 hours until thoroughly dry
Finally after waiting, not so patiently, for the 3 hours to pass I was finally ready to flip these bad boys over. And then I had to do the entire process all over again...
Spray 1st coat of Primer - wait 45 minutes
Spray 2nd coat of Primer - wait 45 minutes
Spray 1st coat of Gold - wait 15 minutes
Spray 2nd coat of Gold - wait 12-24 hours until thoroughly dry
I waited for 24 hours before I touched them again. It's been kind of humid in my neck of the woods and I wanted to give them a chance to properly set up.
Oh and a fun fact I had 6 neighbors come over to my garage to see what I was working on. They all said that they had never seen me "working" in the garage before. I guess I'm not a garage kinda gal! One of the neighbors even asked if I was going to sell them. Hmmm, new business venture - not so much. I need to wait for my legs to recover.
Now that I have all of my pretty little letters I am having way too much fun on my fridge! I even purchased a cute Mason jar at Target for my storage solution. This precious little jar sits on the top of my fridge for added decoration. So what do you all think of my new décor??? Kinda sweet, eh?!
I hope you all enjoyed a little bit of a different post on here this week. Let me know if you like these kind of DIY posts and I may include them more often if it's well received. Are you feeling uber crafty now? Well you should be!
If you have any questions about this process, fell free to post them below and I will answer you back. I hope you all attempt this fun little project. Happy DIY-ing!
Thanks for reading!
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