DIY Matters - Painting copper pipe work

[pmanson]

Evening All,

Returned from our honeymoon late on Monday night and spent Tuesday decorating the kitchen (Builders/plasterers were in while we were away have basically replastered both room downstairs.

I need to paint some copper pipe work to match the walls and box another set of pipes in.

What paint should I use copper pipe and/or do I need to use a primer etc. I'll need to paint some of the pipework red and the other bits in the standard magnolia.

Cheers in advance!

Phill

[pmanson]

Neil_Sc said:

Phil, you'll need an oil based paint.

I tend to go for Dulux, they have a metal primer and then a top coat, it's quite clear as it says on the bottom of the tin, for metal.

Any DIY store should be able to point you in the right direction.

So I don't need anything 'heat proof' then?

Excellent back to the DIY store at the weekend then!

[pmanson]

xllifts said:

pmanson said:

Neil_Sc said:

Phil, you'll need an oil based paint.

I tend to go for Dulux, they have a metal primer and then a top coat, it's quite clear as it says on the bottom of the tin, for metal.

Any DIY store should be able to point you in the right direction.

So I don't need anything 'heat proof' then?

Excellent back to the DIY store at the weekend then!

No nothing heat proof and if you wire wool the pipes down you won't need a primer

Lovely job! Cheers guys

[pmanson]

Viper_Larry said:

Can you not use Radsnap Pipe Sleeves? Plastic white sleeves that cover the pipe - looks very neat, but I guess it depends how much pipe you have to cover. Just clips over the pipe to make it look like white plastic pipe.

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=d...

One set of pipes runs all the way down one wall (ceiling to floor) and about 7ft across to the middle of the wall. The other set of pipes again runs floor to ceiling (this part to be boxed in) then through the wall and another 7ft along into the middle of the wall in the other room.