Thinking about repainting cage

[Parabuteo]

I am thinking about repainting my birds cage. It is starting to show chips and rust. I have been looking for a new cage but I havent found anything that I like so I am thinking about paint the current one. Any suggestions as to paint that is non toxic? I have done some research and geting a 50-50 responce with contradictuary informnation

 

[wibitywab]

I wouldn't take the risk, I would just go out and get a powder cage, birdcages4less has really good prices!

 

[Parabuteo]

price is not the issue. I havent found a cage that I like. I like having an xl door because I use a lot of crazy natural branches and most of the new cages have small doors

 

[Rio Mom]

I have the xl chateau cage from petco.com. The door opening is very large, I can lean my entire upper body inside when arranging perches and toys.

 

[Atwee921]

I would also like to know safe paint. I got a used cage and some of the paint is chipping.

I have a Santa Cruz California cage. There is lots of space between the grate and tray. I think that if you took of the seed guards and took out the grate, you could open the whole bottom of the cage and put a big perch in.

 

[Parabuteo]

Interesting website reainting bird cages
Painting and Repainting Bird Cages by Steve Hartman    The Parrot University

 

[melinda]

I have a hobby of getting old cages and sanding them down and repainting them. I have used Krylon but the cure time for it can take up to 30 days. It is safe paint but you have to wait until the cage has no new paint smell at all. Another i use is Rust-Oleum the cure time runs around two weeks. I like to use it because the cure time is faster. If you do paint make sure you read the can to see if it contains any lead or zinc. If it does keep looking. Most of the safe cans will be safe to use on kids toys. But like i said before Rust-Oleum is the best for that project. Just make sure you have somewhere to put your bird that long.

 

[IolaniAviary]

Ok, here's the issue. Powder coating is the only 100% safe method.

If you notice on every other website they tell you the "next best", just like the link that was shown on this thread. It's the LEAST risk, but that doesn't mean your not taking a risk at all. There is no safe paint besides powder coating, and if powder coating could chip off it wouldn't be safe either.

 

[melinda]

If you can find a place that does the powder coating thats what i would do. But i would have to travel almost 2 hours to get to the nearest place. If you have a big cage bar chewer i would go with the stainless steel cage with no paint. Both of my birds are in cages i have redone and have not had any problem. But when i done my first cage i scraped the paint of ofn it after i got done with it and sent it in to be tested along with a scrape of the org. paint. The test came back with very close same results. If i remember right it costed around $40 to have the test done. A very small price to pay for peace of mind. Good luck let us know what you decide to do.