If you have grown tired of putting up with an ugly looking meter box cover and have had enough. You will appreciate with a couple of hour’s effort what a change a coat of paint will do. If its paint is peeling or your seeing signs of rust it time to get out your brush and give it some attention. www.meterboxlock.com.au
So a DIY list is as follows
- 1x Drop Sheet
- 1x Medium size brush
- 1x Roll of blue painters tape
- 1 can of oil based super enamel paint
- Sandpaper or Electric sander
- Gloves
- Old Rag
- Old clothes
To begin with make sure the weather is not going to rain all day. Then you can start to tape newspaper around the edge of the box and underneath behind the pipes as well. Use more than you think and make a protective barrier bigger than you would normally if you were using water based paint. Spills with oil based will be hard to remove off a brick or weatherboard wall.
When you have covered the surrounding areas begin sanding off all the rust or old paint back to metal. A hand scrapper is useful for stubborn paint. Clean off surface and apply a first coat of super enamel paint. Allow several hours break and then apply the second coat of paint to the pipes and meter box. Now you have given your meter box lock en extra few years of service and the whole thing will only cost approximately $25.00.
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