Hi friends! Update time! After about 6 months, the paint on my handles started to wear away! One of you lovely viewers gave me the idea to use towel racks for a cool modern handle upgrade! They look so cool, thought I would share the idea!
Complete appreciate that you reported back a month later to give us an update. I love it when content creators do that. I’m so gonna do this to put handed down fridge
I literally you-tube everything. Came across this one because I want to paint my white fridge black for a new addition in our new home. Honestly the editing, the information, and the overall layout was just top notch. I am one of those people that never subscribes, and never comments. This is VERY thorough and I love how I didn't have to search for another video for the aftermath. Just love it. 10/10. Have a great day and happy new year. I'm liking, commenting and subscribing and hopefully you might have more content I can see! Either way awesome!
You inspired me and I watched this like four times before I did mine and it’s awesome. Thanks for updating the handles issue. Now I just go to kitchen to smile at my beach blue refrigerator 😂.
This is crazy! This is the first color I painted my fridge and I absolutely loved it!!!! Now I bought an actual retro style fridge and I’m going to paint it pink!!! I love this!!!
Thank you for the update, ESPECIALLY about the 2nd attempt at painting the handles! My fridge was white, , and I painted a darker Teal, than Claire’s. I moved my empty fridge to the garage, took off the doors, handles, and hardware (was changing the direction of the opening side of the doors anyway) followed all the steps, (except the liquid sandpaper), and waited a solid day In between all the 4 coats. (So 4 days total) Oh, , and I (painstakingly) taped the rubber gasket around the doors. So THANKS Claire, for the inspiration!!!
Having been a painter for a number of year I totally agree that PREP is always the first step to a quality finish. Second to that is ALWAYS use an appropriate primer. Any paint that says 'One Coat' or Primer included you shouldn't trust. They've had to compromise someplace. Like a multi tool it does a number of things poorly but no one job well.
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and it's an instant follow from me. It's kind of giving Rachel Maksy DIY vibes but more informative. Looking forward to watching more!
Hi Claire! Your video was the first in a lineup of videos for repainting a fridge. Although, I watched several of the others, yours had everything I needed to plan my fridge makeover. Thank you for sharing your DIYs and your time! P.S. You look absolutely gorgeous with your hair down. Sorry, I just had to throw that in. Thanks again!
I have a rusty refrigerator in my garage that's an eyesore but works great. I have always wanted a pink refrigerator with black handles, gonna try this, thanks for all the great tips!
best vid i’ve found !! hate when people say they’re gonna give a time lapse and it’s only like a week.😐 like that doesn’t show me anything lol. this was THE best vid, especially bc of the updates; loved the look of the fridge as well !
Love that color. That's the color I picked out for our bathrooms. The lighter version that's on your walls, that is. So pretty! Love how the fridge turned out.
Claire thank you for this super helpful fridge makeover. I, too love the retro look, but not the insane prices. I’m going to view your Instructions a few more times and will “practice” the new skill on a stand-mixer. Thank you again fir this valuable info. You are my hero!
I did this too. Just sanded a little by hand, used some normal primer, then painted wall paint on with a brush. Looks great years later. So you don't need all that stuff, don't be discouraged if you can't afford it.
Wow! I also have been wanting to paint my refrigerator. I’ve been so nervous. I know that I have to clean and sand but I didn’t think it would hold up. Thank you for the encouragement.
Great job on the fridge! Beautiful and love the color, the exterior of my house is a soft turquoise. I'l be looking for more of your DIY videos, very informative and such thorough research you did . Thank you!
Great tutorial and follow through. I hate prepping. But obviously ya gotta do it for the best results. It's funny how long this has been my favorite go to color for about 20 years and I know it's been around for awhile lately, but I've decorated with it for about 18 years now. I love the mints, teals and turquoise! So...I love your fridge!
Turned out beautiful. I have been using diluted acetone or acentone free nail polish remover to prep plastic. And that Rustoleum 2x is the best spray paint for plastics I have found.
Yoo that turned out so good! Great work. It may not seem like much but i really appreciate you going that extra mile with the handle follow up. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Claire. I really appreciate your honesty with going back to the handles a second time. Going to give this a try this weekend. We are also in a small kitchen area. The color adds an extra pop.
Excellent presentation. I was just about to paint a brand new fridge but without the primer and that sanding liquid stuff so I'll definitely put in the time and be patient with those steps. Thanks!
Really looking forward to doing the same. 😍 Great video, with all the explanation and details. Many videos just leave out half of the job and make it seem super easy when it's not really. Also appreciate the updates afterwards a lot! ❤️
OMG i love it!!! I painted mine pink because lowes delivered a white one to me instead of black. I ended up spray painting mine. I ordered a gloss to paint on which will be here tomorrow so hopefully it will look better! The color looks fine but it's waaaay too matte! And i too was inspired by the Smeg fridges but my budget isn't even close!
Thanks for sharing the video! 🙏 Love that you're doing it with the dishes in the sink and 🍞 on the counter, refrigerator full of food, kid in the background and not bother at all! 💯🥳🤩🤣!!! Love the results!!! 👌🏼👏🏻👍🏻
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for doing this video. I absolutely HATE the limited colors that most appliances come in. It's so sad that we don't have the color options of past decades -- unless we want to spend like $10,000. So, thank you so much for doing this video, you are an inspiration to me. Any chance you also want to paint your oven because I'd LOVE to see a video of that as well!
@@ClaireRisper Thanks! I am gonna need it! Oddly enough I am going to TRY to paint my old almond color fridge black. Flat black I hope! I am afraid! haha!
Hi Claire, I'm late to your video... but you have inspired me. I painted out fridge WAYYYYYY back because of the cost as well. But back then I used the Epoxy spray paint, although it did work great, it did chop over time. I am looking to re-paint again as the cost of replacing when it work just fine does not make sense. Thank you.
So cool! (OK, so now you/we know better what to do with the handles). The "real-world" test for the paint job on the fridge case is how well magnets stick to it(especially over paper notices) and whether or not there's any damage to the paint when removing magnets that are placed directly on the case with no paper under them. Hope to hear the results of this "test" (after all, who in modern America doesn't have a notice/drawing/photo tacked up on the fridge?). Thank you, Claire.🙂
So I have since painted this same fridge again! So it has quite a few paint layers on it now and magnets are no problem at all! The fridge has kid art and magnets all over it 🙂
Hello! I am so excited to tell you that I painted my fridge this weekend using your techniques! It looks beautiful! Thank you for posting the video it was a life and money saver!
It looks really nice and I hope, it will hold up for a long time. I recently watched another refrigerator makeover, and the guy used car wrap he bought online. Imagine the possibilities there! He also didn't like the old handles, so he bought some he liked better and glued them on with epoxy on very heavy duty magnets, he then attached to the doors.
thank you claire for the amazing video. i just bought a stock fridge which is not in that of a good shape, im going to attempt to do exactly as you did, and mb i'll attach some pics or videos to this video as well. i do appreciate the time you put in this video to report the handle part problem. many thanks again.
You are a life saver, I was scratching my head for I wanted to change my refrigerator like getting the Smeg, but pricing is too high, hope you will be available for me when starting to paint mine. Much appreciated 👐
Wow, thanks for the follow ups after a while - I will definitely use your method to paint the fridge, and you convinced my reluctant hubbie that it can be done! 😅
My husband was totally freaked out when I started lol! Over the years he’s learned to trust me with the home projects but he was worried about this one! 😂 hope your project turns out amazing!
It looks amazing! Great job! Love that you took your time to do it and also waited to see how it holds up just so you could share and help someone else. The colour is gorgeous.
8 years ago, I painted white Rustoleum Appliance Paint onto my fridge. I did a bunch of light coats. I first cleaned it with TSP and lightly sanded it with a sanding sponge and dusted it well. It is still in perfect condition and no one would ever know it was not originally white. Even magnets have not scratched or dulled it. Great way to update an old (but quality-made) fridge. It still keeps perfect temperature, too, unlike the multi-thousand-dollar garbage they're selling nowadays. I also did my washer and dryer and there was only slight scuffing over the years due to my laundry basket being slid across. So I just shot it again lightly and good as new. PS: It stinks like heck for a day
Your my first subscription ever! Definitely an amazing video great quality honest and done right, with mistakes added!! That's super important. Two coats always no matter what and primer I live by that!!
Exactly what I needed, I have a great working white fridge but it's really yellowed. I refuse to buy a new one (landfill ect.) painting it is the perfect solution and I'm going to follow you step by step. Thanks for the legwork ☺
Blessings! Loved watching your video! You did a great job & you've inspired me to get going on the projects I've been procrastinating about. Happy to be your 1000th like & I'm sure you'll have many more! Your fridge looks great & thanks for sharing this project! God bless!
I have a white minifredge that I want to paint red. Can I spray painted or is it better to use chalk paint? The fridge paint is pretty good, not rusted or anything at all.
Hi friends! Update time! After about 6 months, the paint on my handles started to wear away! One of you lovely viewers gave me the idea to use towel racks for a cool modern handle upgrade! They look so cool, thought I would share the idea!
I would love to know how this is looking a year later!
Are you able to post any photos of the refrigerator handle now
U should try eastwood 2k aerosol paint
Came to see a fridge painted stayed for the hot lady
I just bought black and gold towel bars for my fridge havent put on yet but looked cool
Complete appreciate that you reported back a month later to give us an update. I love it when content creators do that. I’m so gonna do this to put handed down fridge
I do too! Lol! Basically I was not really happy with the tutorials I found so I made one! 😁 good luck on your project!
I literally you-tube everything. Came across this one because I want to paint my white fridge black for a new addition in our new home. Honestly the editing, the information, and the overall layout was just top notch. I am one of those people that never subscribes, and never comments. This is VERY thorough and I love how I didn't have to search for another video for the aftermath. Just love it. 10/10. Have a great day and happy new year. I'm liking, commenting and subscribing and hopefully you might have more content I can see! Either way awesome!
You inspired me and I watched this like four times before I did mine and it’s awesome. Thanks for updating the handles issue. Now I just go to kitchen to smile at my beach blue refrigerator 😂.
This is crazy! This is the first color I painted my fridge and I absolutely loved it!!!! Now I bought an actual retro style fridge and I’m going to paint it pink!!! I love this!!!
Thank you for the update, ESPECIALLY about the 2nd attempt at painting the handles!
My fridge was white, , and I painted a darker Teal, than Claire’s.
I moved my empty fridge to the garage, took off the doors, handles, and hardware (was changing the
direction of the opening side of the doors anyway) followed all the steps, (except the liquid sandpaper),
and waited a solid day In between all the 4 coats. (So 4 days total)
Oh, , and I (painstakingly) taped the rubber gasket around the doors.
So THANKS Claire, for the inspiration!!!
Love your frig, that is my favorite color!
Having been a painter for a number of year I totally agree that PREP is always the first step to a quality finish. Second to that is ALWAYS use an appropriate primer. Any paint that says 'One Coat' or Primer included you shouldn't trust. They've had to compromise someplace. Like a multi tool it does a number of things poorly but no one job well.
The fridge looks like it popped out of a 1950’s magazine. I think you were very brave to do it, and it really paid off.
Gianni was so against it when I had the idea! Glad he trusted me lol 🤣
Thank you!! Loved it!! Will definitely prep mine like that!!! I appreciate all the steps & updates!!
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and it's an instant follow from me. It's kind of giving Rachel Maksy DIY vibes but more informative. Looking forward to watching more!
Hi Claire!
Your video was the first in a lineup of videos for repainting a fridge. Although, I watched several of the others, yours had everything I needed to plan my fridge makeover.
Thank you for sharing your DIYs and your time!
P.S. You look absolutely gorgeous with your hair down. Sorry, I just had to throw that in. Thanks again!
Oh yes! You definitely look amazing when your hair is down. Idk anyone who looks hot when they do a home project lol.
I agree. A superior video all around!
Wow, looking so beautiful color. Cool! Yay👌🏽👍🏼💪🏾🥰
I have a rusty refrigerator in my garage that's an eyesore but works great. I have always wanted a pink refrigerator with black handles, gonna try this, thanks for all the great tips!
best vid i’ve found !! hate when people say they’re gonna give a time lapse and it’s only like a week.😐 like that doesn’t show me anything lol. this was THE best vid, especially bc of the updates; loved the look of the fridge as well !
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment!
Love that color. That's the color I picked out for our bathrooms. The lighter version that's on your walls, that is. So pretty! Love how the fridge turned out.
Claire thank you for this super helpful fridge makeover. I, too love the retro look, but not the insane prices. I’m going to view your Instructions a few more times and will “practice” the new skill on a stand-mixer. Thank you again fir this valuable info. You are my hero!
Thanks for waiting a month and showing the wear. Super insightful!
Claire, your research, approach and everything you put into this project and your video is money. You’re my new diy spirit animal! Keep it up! ❤
Honey you did a Fantastic Job! Love it and Thank you for Posting your Video as it is so Extremely Helpful to so many. God bless you!
Gorgeous!
Great job and THANK YOU for doing the future follow up results, too!
I did this too. Just sanded a little by hand, used some normal primer, then painted wall paint on with a brush. Looks great years later. So you don't need all that stuff, don't be discouraged if you can't afford it.
I like the new look; it looks brand new, also the color has a beachy vibe. Great Job. It is great to give your current fridge a new look.
Thank you!!! I've been wanted to do my fridge too and I'm gonna go your way... it's the most honest and it gives a complete follow up! 👍👍👍
Wow! I also have been wanting to paint my refrigerator. I’ve been so nervous. I know that I have to clean and sand but I didn’t think it would hold up. Thank you for the encouragement.
Great job on the fridge! Beautiful and love the color, the exterior of my house is a soft turquoise. I'l be looking for more of your DIY videos, very informative and such thorough research you did . Thank you!
Looks great, I’m trying to retro a new fridge in a 50s travel trailer, the colors you chose even match the older vintage appliances looks nice 👍
Thank you!
Great tutorial and follow through. I hate prepping. But obviously ya gotta do it for the best results. It's funny how long this has been my favorite go to color for about 20 years and I know it's been around for awhile lately, but I've decorated with it for about 18 years now. I love the mints, teals and turquoise! So...I love your fridge!
Thank you for sharing your creative, courageous, diligent work.
I'm eager to try this, just need to select the purrrfect colors!
Turned out beautiful.
I have been using diluted acetone or acentone free nail polish remover to prep plastic. And that Rustoleum 2x is the best spray paint for plastics I have found.
Yoo that turned out so good! Great work. It may not seem like much but i really appreciate you going that extra mile with the handle follow up. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Claire. I really appreciate your honesty with going back to the handles a second time. Going to give this a try this weekend. We are also in a small kitchen area. The color adds an extra pop.
It's so amazing!! Thank you so much for the details. I will work on my fridge!!
Must say I like how you honestly reviewed the durability of the paint great video
You're adorable! I do the same thing using Chinese food plastic containers as paint trays. I really appreciate your video!! Thank you.
Excellent presentation. I was just about to paint a brand new fridge but without the primer and that sanding liquid stuff so I'll definitely put in the time and be patient with those steps. Thanks!
Great job. Love the way it turned out. My out door freezer is in need of painting. Thanks for the tips.
Love this, perfect straightforward directions thank you and I love the colors
Oh wow, the colour 😍 I love it 👌
Really looking forward to doing the same. 😍
Great video, with all the explanation and details. Many videos just leave out half of the job and make it seem super easy when it's not really.
Also appreciate the updates afterwards a lot! ❤️
Fabulous video!! Thanks for taking the time to share how the paint held up all within the same video. This has helped immensely.
Thanks so much for watching!! Hope your new year is filled with lots of fun DIYs 😁
❤❤❤ Claire, its 2024. I love your fridge revamp.love the minty colour. Good job❤
Hi, thanks for sharing. I'm planning on painting my fridge light green, just as your fridge. You did a great job there. Thanks again.
OMG i love it!!! I painted mine pink because lowes delivered a white one to me instead of black. I ended up spray painting mine. I ordered a gloss to paint on which will be here tomorrow so hopefully it will look better! The color looks fine but it's waaaay too matte! And i too was inspired by the Smeg fridges but my budget isn't even close!
I love a pink fridge! 😍
Thank u thanku this was super duper. Love the color too!
Thanks for sharing the video! 🙏 Love that you're doing it with the dishes in the sink and 🍞 on the counter, refrigerator full of food, kid in the background and not bother at all! 💯🥳🤩🤣!!! Love the results!!! 👌🏼👏🏻👍🏻
Lol! Yup there isn’t a channel manager or an editor. It’s just me out here making videos for fun! I so appreciate this comment 🙂
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for doing this video. I absolutely HATE the limited colors that most appliances come in. It's so sad that we don't have the color options of past decades -- unless we want to spend like $10,000. So, thank you so much for doing this video, you are an inspiration to me. Any chance you also want to paint your oven because I'd LOVE to see a video of that as well!
Thank you!!!! We aren’t planning any other appliance paint jobs lol but a matching set would look so cool!
This looks great!
It came out beautiful
Fantastic video and all the steps you went through and the products you used are exactly what I wanted to see! Thank you! Your fridge looks GREAT!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a lovely comment!! Good luck with your project!
@@ClaireRisper Thanks! I am gonna need it! Oddly enough I am going to TRY to paint my old almond color fridge black. Flat black I hope! I am afraid! haha!
Hi Claire, I'm late to your video... but you have inspired me. I painted out fridge WAYYYYYY back because of the cost as well. But back then I used the Epoxy spray paint, although it did work great, it did chop over time. I am looking to re-paint again as the cost of replacing when it work just fine does not make sense. Thank you.
I like seventies fridges, So distinctive and nostalgic. Large flat surfaces with cool chromed handles
l love the fridge color,happens to be my fav color as well,great job
You have done a great job. Your choice of color is amazing.
Fablous, thanl you for sharing.
Looks amazing, I want my husband to paint our appliances a light pink. So you were a big help.
😊Wonderful work! Enjoyed your helpful advice-thank you!!
Love it, thanks for sharing
Omgg it turned BEAUTIFUL!! ♥Loove that blue its very trending now. Two thumbs up Great Job!!
You are a amazing instructor/teacher thank you
I love this thank you. Completely inspired
So cool! (OK, so now you/we know better what to do with the handles). The "real-world" test for the paint job on the fridge case is how well magnets stick to it(especially over paper notices) and whether or not there's any damage to the paint when removing magnets that are placed directly on the case with no paper under them. Hope to hear the results of this "test" (after all, who in modern America doesn't have a notice/drawing/photo tacked up on the fridge?). Thank you, Claire.🙂
So I have since painted this same fridge again! So it has quite a few paint layers on it now and magnets are no problem at all! The fridge has kid art and magnets all over it 🙂
Thank you! I’m painting my fridge black and this was a good video.
I’ve just watch your video on painting the fridge. I love it and adore the colour!!! I’m going to do ours now. Thank you so much for sharing. ♥️♥️
Hello! I am so excited to tell you that I painted my fridge this weekend using your techniques! It looks beautiful! Thank you for posting the video it was a life and money saver!
Yay! That’s amazing, I’m so happy I could be of help!
It looks really nice and I hope, it will hold up for a long time. I recently watched another refrigerator makeover, and the guy used car wrap he bought online. Imagine the possibilities there! He also didn't like the old handles, so he bought some he liked better and glued them on with epoxy on very heavy duty magnets, he then attached to the doors.
thank you claire for the amazing video. i just bought a stock fridge which is not in that of a good shape, im going to attempt to do exactly as you did, and mb i'll attach some pics or videos to this video as well. i do appreciate the time you put in this video to report the handle part problem. many thanks again.
Very cool nice work 👍
GREAT VIDEO!!! Love this and thanks so much for your follow up! I’m painting a mini fridge sunny yellow tomorrow!!!!
You are a life saver, I was scratching my head for I wanted to change my refrigerator like getting the Smeg, but pricing is too high, hope you will be available for me when starting to paint mine. Much appreciated 👐
Wow, thanks for the follow ups after a while - I will definitely use your method to paint the fridge, and you convinced my reluctant hubbie that it can be done! 😅
My husband was totally freaked out when I started lol! Over the years he’s learned to trust me with the home projects but he was worried about this one! 😂 hope your project turns out amazing!
Id be freaked out too if I heard that.
It looks amazing! Great job! Love that you took your time to do it and also waited to see how it holds up just so you could share and help someone else. The colour is gorgeous.
Pretty color.
I love it! 😍 Thank you for sharing! I now feel confident enough to give it a try on my old refrigerator. 😬🤞🏽
Thank you for this video. This gives me the courage to go ahead and do mine.
Beautiful color choice! Excellent job!
EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thanks so much for sharing!!
I love the color! It’s kinda beachy feeling 💝
I'm so obsessed with the fifties mint green, maybe I will have to get a beach house someday 😆
thnx for this video.. especially the handle re-work. I have been playing around with doing this for a while. I think I'm ready now to do it
Great video.. restoring an older RV and plan on doing this to the fridge... Thanks for sharing
Super Helpful. Can’t wait to paint my fridge
Thank you so much for the video. I also painting fridges and I have learned a lot from this video.
8 years ago, I painted white Rustoleum Appliance Paint onto my fridge. I did a bunch of light coats. I first cleaned it with TSP and lightly sanded it with a sanding sponge and dusted it well. It is still in perfect condition and no one would ever know it was not originally white. Even magnets have not scratched or dulled it. Great way to update an old (but quality-made) fridge. It still keeps perfect temperature, too, unlike the multi-thousand-dollar garbage they're selling nowadays. I also did my washer and dryer and there was only slight scuffing over the years due to my laundry basket being slid across. So I just shot it again lightly and good as new. PS: It stinks like heck for a day
Best Tutorial Ever! ❤️
Thank you!!
Your my first subscription ever! Definitely an amazing video great quality honest and done right, with mistakes added!! That's super important. Two coats always no matter what and primer I live by that!!
I'm so glad you liked the video! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to leave me a nice comment! xoxo
I'm going to try this in pearl white with gold handles. Thank you so much for this information....you rock!!!
Thanks so much for watching! Good luck with your project!
Exactly what I needed, I have a great working white fridge but it's really yellowed. I refuse to buy a new one (landfill ect.) painting it is the perfect solution and I'm going to follow you step by step. Thanks for the legwork ☺
Yay! Thanks for watching and good luck with your project!
Gorgeous refrigerator! Just subscribed great work!
Really appreciate this video, thank you!
Amazing!!!!! 😍 CANT wait til I’m no longer a renter and can have my own appliances to paint!
Thank you!
Soooo awesome! Congrats from New Zealand.
Thanks for the great video. I can tell you really know what you're doing.
Looks great! Love retro
Blessings! Loved watching your video! You did a great job & you've inspired me to get going on the projects I've been procrastinating about. Happy to be your 1000th like & I'm sure you'll have many more! Your fridge looks great & thanks for sharing this project! God bless!
Absolutely beautiful---love the color!!!
This is so awesome! Great job!
Looks great!!
Great video! This is exactly the information I need to paint my used fridge!! Thanks!
Hi from the land of "OZ"...your video was just what I needed to watch....thank you thank you....well done....😊
Wonderful job 😍
I have a white minifredge that I want to paint red. Can I spray painted or is it better to use chalk paint? The fridge paint is pretty good, not rusted or anything at all.
I recommend the process i used in this video. This video does not use spray paint or chalk paint, good luck!