All, and I mean all, of our door hinges have paint on them. Clearly the previous owners wanted quick(er) paint jobs and just left the doors on. The house was a rental for a couple years before we moved in so I assume they painted a lot and this is the result...
Not pretty at all. In fact, it has driven us crazy for the last 8 months. We talked and talked about replacing them, spray painting them, or scraping the paint off. All these jobs sound pretty tedious but we did not want to look at it anymore. Mostly we don't want future buyers looking at it either, total turn off.
We first tried a magic eraser....nope. Then we used a screwdriver to scrap the paint off....nope. Next we took to google and pinterest. Turns out all you need is: an old crock-pot, water, and some dish soap. We got to work and removed all the hinges.
Seriously, just take the time to remove when painting.
We found an old crock-pot at Goodwill for $4.94. Sweet deal! Filled it up with water, a little dish soap, and the hinges from 3 doors in the pot and turned it on to high for 3 hours.
Paint came right off with a little rub a dub dub and occasionally some sponge love. (I clearly should be a poet)
Tadaaaaa! Like magic.
$4.94 and we have shiny new(ish) looking hinges. I'll take it.
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