Can you recycled old wooden door knobs?

Yes, you can and look at how they turned out!

How to Recycled Old Wooden Door Knobs

1. Collect your old Wooden Door Knobs

These old door knobs came from our kitchen cabinets.

2. Paint the old wooden door knobs

Use acrylic paint and give the door knobs a few coats. Leave them for a day in between coats, to dry.

3. Draw the images for the top of your door knobs

Using a blue sharpie on regular paper drawn some Folk Art style illustrations. I have about 18 separate illustrations of different animals in this funky Blue and White style.

4. Scan images and open in your photo manipulation software

I use Adobe illustrator. I create circle and then use a clipping mask to insert the image into the circle.

5. Print out the Folk Art Illustrations

Print out the A4 sheet of your Folk Art illustrations on regular copier paper

6. Cut out the circles

I printed two sets of my Knob Toppers. One set I cut out using scissors. The second set of toppers I cut using my Scan and Cut. The Scan and Cut was much more accurate.

7. Use Modge Podge to attach paper to your wooden knob

Coat the top of your wooden knob with modge podge. Hold the screw attached to your knob and press down onto the printed paper. Then use some cling film and place this over the Folk Art topper. You can then use the cling film to mould the paper into the shape of the wooden knob without getting glue all over you or distorting the paper. Another key point is that the cling film won’t stick to the modge podge if you remove it after shaping the topper.

8. Allow Glue (Modge Podge) to dry and then recoat surface of the topper

I allowed my Knob Toppers to dry over night. Coat your knob topper again after 24 hours and then once again.

9. Finally, admire your upcycled Wooden Door Knobs

Now it is time to decide where to use your Folk Art Style Upcycled Wooden Door Knobs.

Aren’t they beautiful? Can you recycled old wooden door knobs? Yes you can!