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I found a nice bird cage.

fluff86

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I found a bird cage this morning, its a nice size to house a breeding pair of canaries or a pair of finches and its vintage looking, however its a bit rusty and could use some work before it can accommodate any birds.

My plan is to dismantle it and sand down all the rust as best I can then re-paint the rusty bars. I'll be doing this at my moms house in her garden away from my birds at home.

I live in the UK so I can only get UK based products. Are there any bird safe paints that are suitable for painting bird cages with?

Thanks.
 

Tyrion

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A great way to get rust off I learned is spray area with vinegar and warm water then sprinkle baking soda on area leave for 1 hour and scrub off ..this works so well I couldn't belive it :cantwait:
 

fluff86

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What about paint?

I'm thinking that if nothing is coating the bars they will soon rust again?
 

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fluff86

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I've dismantled the cage to clean all the metal sides. I'm doing one piece at a time. I've filled a spray bottle with white vinegar but I'm having trouble applying the baking soda it just falls through the bars. I tried applying the baking soda with a paint brush but that didn't work.
 

fluff86

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Now that I have it all apart I'm getting some creative ideas and visions of changing the design a bit to make it larger. The top part has an ornate shape but the bottom part is square and I can rebuild the button part into a much larger section then place the ornate top back on besides making it larger will be an overall improvement even though is a reasonable sized cage already as it stands.

Before I start modifying and adding more pieces to it, I'll take some photos so once its done I'll have some before and after photos to put on here.
 
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