Hammerite Metal Finish Reviews

This review will contain lots of facts and opinions and will then end with a little tale from Cumbria. Read on! And before you start, despite there being suggestions that Hammerite have finished trading, I can report both that the website is alive and kicking and that I have had no problems buying paint recently. Hammerite ...  Read the complete review

I was purposefully trying to de-clutter the shed, removing all the unwanted items and trying to organise the remainder, when I came upon a neatly stacked batch of Hammerite paint tins. Most were still well over half full. I carefully dusted them all off and then left them just exactly where they were and here is why............. ** ...  Read the complete review

At some point everyone must have come across Hammerite. It's uses seem endless and some people swear by it. I like to tinker with my car from time to time so most of my experiences have been with rust treatment and repair so this is what I'll write about. The first time I used Hammerite was to seal the underneath of my car in the Winter and it ...  Read the complete review

This is going to be a boring review on paint, but I must remind you that this is no longer being manufactured, so you will have be quick to find it in the shops. There are alternatives, but in my opinion they are not as good as the genuine Hammerite. Next, I must add that while I think that Hammerite is fantastic, I make sure I have ...  Read the complete review

The first thing I used Hammerite for, a bit unconventionally, was my fireplace and hearth. When we first moved in to our current house, the tiles round the fireplace were a kind of dark brown, very 1940s, which is fine with the right decor, but didn't really go with the lilac and blue we had planned! So, I primed the tiles and slapped the ...  Read the complete review

[Actually, I wouldn't recommend painting the baby with Hammerite] Hammerite is a wonderful paint that used to come in just a couple of colours, and dried to a 'hammered' finish. It was so popular as people discovered how good it was, that Finnegan's [the makers] bowed to presuure, and added a range of colours, and then, ...  Read the complete review

This is a brilliant paint product so much so that my dad swears by it. Many years ago he decided he was fed up with the colour of his car. Oh No Dad!!! Yes you guessed it, home he came with two tins of hammerite. He said he could not afford a new car or a garage paint job. His poor car was covered in rust and the paint peeling off. ...  Read the complete review

My fridge and washing machine had both seen better days. They were getting fairly scruffy and marked on the outsides. The washing machine had a few little rust spots. I treated the rust spots. Scrubbed down both appliances and applied Hammerite in blue to them. The finish is wonderful. I am so proud of them and everyone who comes in ...  Read the complete review

I first used this product in the Garden. I was looking at the garden and seeing a lot of metal looking very sorry for itself. So I used The Black Hammered finish. Now the habging garden brackets,Gate, hinges bolts All look great. Everything that I have used it on now looks as good as new and that was over a year ago. Since then I have painted ...  Read the complete review