Unfortunately all fans are going to vary slightly so i can t help much with that part once the fan was down i decided to remove and refinish the blades first.
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I do not notice any difference in air circulation with the 4 blade format.
We took down the fan after turning off the power at the breaker then removed the blades and affixed painter s tape to the insides of the light sockets to protect them before painting.
And even if your blades are white i m going to show you a trick that will help make that fan almost disappear on the ceiling.
Here is a pic of the fan chandelier aka fandelier we made for my daughter s 100 room makeover.
Paint the blades dark to contrast the ceiling.
Since my fans offer the option to use only 4 blades or to use the full set of 5 i opted to switch from the original 5 blade format to the 4 blade format in the finished project.
Painting adds weight to the blades and too much paint on just one blade can throw off the balance.
Karen s up on the hill.
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With a couple of coats of flat black spray paint we now have a cohesive look and an easy update for an ugly ceiling fan.
One of the reasons we bought this house was an amazing sunroom off of the kitchen dining room.
The blades are reversible weather resistant plastic in walnut black finish.
I drew out the new shape on the blades.
Natural iron ceiling fan.
Rust oleum universal metallic spray paint in aged copper.
Ceiling fan blades are weighted and balanced to work with the size of the ceiling fan s motor.
I didn t really like anything about the fan even down to the shape of the fan blades.
How to update a ceiling fan angie s list.
So i took matters into my own hands.
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This is a replacement blade set for the this is a replacement blade set for the gazebo 52 in.
Again we took a basic boring ugly ceiling fan and added some spare parts some spray paint and pizzazz.
So as i was priming the walls and a beam in the ceiling i realized if i wanted to update the ceiling fan i should to do it now before the second coat of primer and before the actual painting began in case it.
But it looked like it was out of an 90 s issue of diy home especially the ceiling fan.
Flip and paint the blades to disguise dated details.