How to Paint Your Bathroom Mirror in an Antique Gold Paint Finish

This antique gold mirror is perfect for a quick way to update a formal bathroom. Your antique mirror will add an expensive look to even the smallest of bathrooms.

A Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish Is the easiest way to create dramatic and antique look on a Bathroom Mirror. This Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish will add new life in a designer look to your small bathroom.

This is a simple Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish project; you don't need to have any experience with glazing or even painting.

This Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish is the perfect way to update those cheap and outdated looking Bathroom Mirrors. If you do not have a frame on the mirror in your bathroom, then use some crown molding to build one. After you install it you can use this paint treatment to make eat look antique and gold!

There are a few differ coats of paint in this Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish project, so you will need a few days to complete the entire Bathroom Mirror remodel. You won't be working all day, but the drying paint will take some time.

To Paint a Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish on Your Bathroom Mirror You Will Need:

Bathroom Mirror

Primer

Sand Paper

Interior Latex Mustard Colored Paint

Gold Metallic Glaze

Polyurethane (oil base)

Paint trays

Painter's Tape

Paintbrushes

Paint Rollers

The first step you are going to have to do is sand your Bathroom Mirror with some sand paper. Wipe the excess dust away with a damp cloth.

Now, let this dry. Paint on your primer. I recommend doing this with a paintbrush. You will want to tape off any edges with painter's tape as well.

Now, let the primer dry.

Now, when applying any type of antique gold glaze to an Bathroom Mirror is to choose the right base coat of interior latex paint.

This is the most important part of the entire Bathroom Mirror antique remodel project. If you choose to ignore the next bit of advise, I can almost grantee you your Faux Antique Gold Paint finish on the Bathroom Mirror will look tacky, fake, and even streaky.

You need to paint the entire Bathroom Mirror with a base coat of interior latex paint in a color that will complement the antique gold glaze.

Faux Antique Gold Paint Finish glazes applied over a base coat of white or black gives an unprofessional look that is streaky and unfinished looking.

Now, once your primer is dry you simply roll on the base interior coat of latex paint in the mustard yellow. Allow this paint color to dry. You may want to apply two coats.

Now, paint on the antique gold glaze with a foam roller. You could also paint it on with a soft bristled paintbrush in an X motion. The great thing about a faux antique gold paint treatment that uses glaze is that glaze can often stay wet a little longer than traditional paint, which extends the time you have to work with it.

Now, once this antique gold glaze has dried you have to apply about three coats of an oil base polyurethane in matte or shiny.

Allow each coat to dry, and then apply another coat of the oil-based polyurethane. This is important in a bathroom since there is a lot of moisture.