How to Revive an Outdoor Fireplace to look great again

Is your outdoor fireplace full of rust and is far from looking good? Mine was in the same condition and we were able to easily make it look great again with only a few steps!

A few years ago, my husband and I treated ourselves to an outdoor fireplace as a wedding anniversary gift.

We had saved up for it and bought it from a local welder who made fireplaces. I can’t quite remember what we paid, but it wasn’t cheap.

We figured since we were paying more than we would if we bought it from a box store, that we were getting quality… and of course encouraging a local business.

Anyways, we were so excited to use it for the first time. It was really nice to sit in our backyard and enjoy a nice fire.

The next morning, I was stunned to see that part of the fireplace started showing rust. Like.. WHAT? It’s new… why rust?

I called the welder asking about it, and he told me that all fireplaces will rust after use. Euhhh…. seriously?? I had no idea.

Now, is it true? Or was he just saying that to cover his butt? No idea…

We continued to use our outdoor fireplace regardless of the rust that started to appear more and more throughout the years. So much rust that we actually stopped storing it in the garage during the winter. hehe

See how bad it looked:

A few weeks ago we were at a hardware store when I came across a spray paint display.

I was looking at all the wonderful colors and then I noticed something special! Black Spray Paint that can be used on High Heat pieces!! WHAT?!

A grabbed a can and told my husband I was going to give some love to our outdoor fireplace!

And this is how our outdoor fireplace looks like now:

How to revive an Outdoor Fireplace that is full of rust. How to make a fireplace look great again.

Awesome, right?!

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How to Paint an Outdoor Fireplace

Supplies:

High Heat Spray Paint
Wire brush
Rag (something to remove dust)

Instructions:

Step 1: We started off by removing loose rust from the fireplace with the help of a steel wire brush.

Note: We could have used a grinder to remove the rust, but we opted not to do that this time in order to keep the texture.

How to remove rust from an outdoor fireplace.

Step 2: We used a rag to dust the fireplace.

Step 3: Following the instructions on the spray paint can, we applied paint to the outdoor fireplace.

And voilà, finished!

It looks soooo good!!

I just realized that the sun was setting as I took the above photo, it’s sort of giving the fireplace a shade of red, but it’s completely black no red. I’ll take another photo soon to show you!