I’ve acquired a largish parrot cage on a stand which has sadly been left outside and the chrome bars are quite rusty. I’m thinking of having it sandblasted as sandpapering will be just too time consuming.
Which types of metal paint would be suitable for painting the bars afterwards? I don’t want to poison whatever bird we eventually buy but I’m assuming people do renovate old parrot cages successfully, they are so expensive to buy new.
Any advice or website links would be great. I live in Ireland so UK/Ireland links rather than other countries would be best. Thanks
Preparation
* Use a wire brush to remove any loose finishing
* Sand all the metal by hand
The paint you choose
* Should not contain lead, zinc or chromate
* Is "high adhesion", formulated to bond with the metal surface
* Is hard-wearing
* Is fast drying
Many brands will have a picture of a baby crib or a mother holding a child – look for indicators such as these
Before you paint
* Remove the bird(s) to a different room
* The room you paint in should be well-ventilated
* Thin coats are best
* Use a backdrop like a large sheet of cardboard behind the cage to catch excess paint
When your done
* Wait at least a week
* Don’t cover a freshly painted cage with the bird in it
If your bird seems to be wearing out the paint on the bird cage
* Make sure there are lots of interesting perches to climb on
* Every parrot cage (for hookbill birds) should have at least 3 textures of bird perches – soft wood, hardwood & rope (or fabric)
Preparation
* Use a wire brush to remove any loose finishing
* Sand all the metal by hand
The paint you choose
* Should not contain lead, zinc or chromate
* Is "high adhesion", formulated to bond with the metal surface
* Is hard-wearing
* Is fast drying
Many brands will have a picture of a baby crib or a mother holding a child – look for indicators such as these
Before you paint
* Remove the bird(s) to a different room
* The room you paint in should be well-ventilated
* Thin coats are best
* Use a backdrop like a large sheet of cardboard behind the cage to catch excess paint
When your done
* Wait at least a week
* Don’t cover a freshly painted cage with the bird in it
If your bird seems to be wearing out the paint on the bird cage
* Make sure there are lots of interesting perches to climb on
* Every parrot cage (for hookbill birds) should have at least 3 textures of bird perches – soft wood, hardwood & rope (or fabric)
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You won’t want to use sandpaper J, use a rust remover (they’re acid based so use rubber gloves) and wire wool, and just use paint that isn’t lead based. xx
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Spray the bars with WD 40 and rub them down with wet or dry paper and the rust should come off fairly easily.Use primer from your car motor factor shop and when dry spray with cellulose.Don’t blame me if your parrot starts beeping though and won’t start up in the morning or try this
http://www.ecosorganicpaints.com/
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clean it all up .. if can see if you have a crome dipping factory in the area .. they can dip it and make it look like new.. if nt follow some off the advice all ready given lv.oh.. if sand blasting ..ask them if they no of a company that will dip it..
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You can have the cage sandblasted and powder coated. at firms that do this . You can probably find some by researching on line. You must make sure the finish is non toxic.
If you plan on painting it yourself you must get paint and primers that are non toxic. Here in the US you can pick them up in good paint stores. Ask for childsafe paint. Here there is a pic on the can of a mother holding the hand of a small child.
You should check and see if it is cost effective to refurbish this cage.
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