Revolting beaten copper cooker hood….could it be painted?

[Tingly]

I have a revolting coker hood. Having new kitchen next year but cant bear to look at it a minute longer. Could it be painted at all please? (Or any other idea?)
Thanks

 

[Nozzle]

Yup.
De-grease
spray Primer
spray top-coat

WHen it comes to scrapping the kitchen though, this piece of copper has value at the scrappy. You might then regret having painted it.

 

[Tingly]

Thankyou, is there some kind of special primer and paint to use? Does it have to be heat proof?
not bothered about scrap value, i cant tell you how much i hate it! Having daid that , just saw an advert for 16k for a copper hood!! Who on earth would pay that!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I have a revolting coker hood. Having new kitchen next year but cant bear to look at it a minute longer. Could it be painted at all please? (Or any other idea?)
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Wow! That is quite something!

 

[JohnD]

It is very much more likely to be pressed steel (possibly aluminium sheet) with a decorative coating. Test it with a magnet.

I think it will be held to the wall with brackets and a few screws at the top, and at the back bottom corners. See if you can find them.

There may be an air extraction unit inside, fixed either to the wall or the hood. If it actually extracts through a duct in the wall to the outdoors, it may be useful. If not, not.

 

[Tingly]

Oh thanks, i will get a magnet from amazon. Theres horrible bolty things holding it on, like giant drawing pin lookalikeys. Yes the extraction fan runs behind it and the pipe goes along the wall on the left into the great outdoors.

 

[JohnD]

The rivets might be ornamental fakes.

 

[DiyNutJob]

Brake Caliper paint comes to mind. Farrari red?

 

[Old Salt]

Its probably coated in some form of lacquer. Use an acid etch primer before heat resistant top coat.

 

[Tingly]

Okay, so I just put a fridge magnet on it, and its not magnetises, so it looks like its copper. There was an old copper topped table to match which has now left the building.

 

[opps]

I don't think you need specialist heat resistant paints.

Whatever metal it is, it has been coated with some kind of lacquer previously (as mentioned by @Old Salt ). I would follow the prep advice from @Nozzle

 

[Tingly]

Thankyou, acid etch primer it is then, followed by no heated paint of some sort. I am very grateful for all your help.