Has anyone spray-painted a filing cabinet?

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I have an old filing cabinet which is very useful but rather ugly. I was wondering how I could spruce it up a bit and wondering how to paint it. Has anyone done this and can tell me how to do it?

Spray painting it will make it look worse, very difficult to get it even. If you are really determined to paint it, use a primer and then paint over in chosen colour with a brush or roller.

I painted a metal filing cabinet with normal emulsion. Prob B & Q's own which you can use on wall, wood and metal, no primer and it looks absolutely fine.

I didn't think of just painting it normally for some reason. That sounds like a much better idea!

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Take to a garage-ask them to do it.

I spray painted a filing cabinet with stone affect spray paint. It looked great although after a few years was not so brilliant. I think you have to do a few layers before it looks good.

i did in pink with normal paint!
looks great