Ok, at the risk of being ridiculed and having a hundred people point out what I did was wrong for a hundred reasons, I'll tell you the 8 dollar fix.
I moved into a very nice home, but the original owners (who built it for themselves only a few years ago) had all brass fixtures.
I spent a lot if time replacing all the fixtures with pretty nice oil rubbed bronze ones. I learned a lot and enjoyed it. The problem is it cost a lot. So when it came to my shower I thought I'd try something.
My shower has two glass wall with brass trim. I took it all down. Cleaned and descaled it. Then I spray painted it with the best all surface oil rubbed bronze paint I could get at lowes. I threw on a layer of spray polyurethane and put the whole thing back together.
I gotta tell you, I do a lot if projects and this may be the one I'm most proud of because of how much I saved and really just how good it looks.
Two years later it is still holding on.
If you have the time, trying this is sort if a risk less project if you are determined to replace it anyway.
I was just hoping to get a few months out of it to defer the cost a while.
Just lately I've had a few spots of brass show up on the bottom. It is almost unnoticeable bc edges on a lot of orb fixtures have a shine. Second if all it us on the inside if my master shower so no one sees it anyway. And lastly, I may just do it again someday. That paint has some flakes in it to really mimic the texture of real orb.
Since then I've painted other light fixtures too and have saved a fortune. I love that paint!
