After painting the garage front I was reluctant to remount the lantern light. It was dirty so I took it apart and cleaned it. I took out the glass and scrubbed them and used mineral spirits because they looked like they had paint on them but it didn’t come off. White specks were in the glass itself along with the texture. The original lantern had an odd swinging light socket. I noticed some of the wire was scratched bare so I took the whole wiring apart and removed the socket.
Then I ordered new outdoor sockets that installed on the central screw so were solid instead of loose and swinging. I also matched a paint color to the newer outside lights and chose Aged Copper. The Rustoleum primer/paint spray cans had a poor rating on Amazon for leaking but I disregarded that and ordered anyway. I used these cans before with no issues but I was wrong. The can leaked terribly. But I did manage to put two coats of paint on the lantern. After it dried I put it back together but left out several pieces that were no longer needed with the new socket.
Despite the runny paint it does look much better and I reinstalled it on the garage.
The light had an old wasp nest in it so I asked Dave to cut an acrylic bottom for it at his makerspace. The new light yellow bottom sits on the rim and should keep out wasps in the future.