Two Cans of Teal Spray Paint Gave This Salvaged Metal Rack Another Summer

I rescued this metal rack from the trash and painted it yellow the first time around. That finish held up for a few years. I gave it a quick coat of Annie Sloan’s Antibes Green chalk paint to tide it over while I looked for a color I wanted to keep.

I landed on Rust-Oleum’s Lagoon in a satin finish, the same teal I used on my garden hose wreath. It took two cans for one coat on the rack, including the scrollwork and the open shelves.

What I’d change about my spray setup

I put a painter’s tarp under the rack in the middle of the deck. It was windy, and when I pulled up the tarp, I found overspray speckling the boards in a square. If you try this, pick a calm day and cover a wider area than the footprint of the piece.