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I've seen commercials for Krylon Fusion, a spray paint that the ads claim will paint plastic without primer. I need to paint some plastic, but it's not something I can spray paint. Does anyone know of a paint product that can be brushed onto plastic directly, without having to do something to prime/prepare the surface first? (Actually, if anyone knows of a surefire method to paint plastic that does involve multiple steps, I guess it would be useful to hear about that as well.) Thanks!
We had plastic trim around our windows and didn't want to mess with replacing it with wood until we would get new windows. I bought something at HD called 'Gripper" and it adhered perfectly to it. Can't remember the details of it, but it was in a small can. Worked great! It's pretty thick stuff, so apply as thin as possible and let it dry overnight before reapplying.
You'll note that Laurie's product was called "Gripper" which is the issue when painting non-porous surfaces- the paint doesn't have anything to gripper onto!
Generally, you need to rough up the surface a bit- that goes for metal and plastic. A little sandpaper or steelwool will do the trick. Don't go overboard- you don't want a rough texture, but it just won't act they way you want it to if you don't give it a little rubdown. Actually that last bit is good advice for most things.
Next week: tips on spray painting packing peanuts for Xmas decorations.
There's also a product called Liquid Sander. You just wipe it on, and it gives a little tack to the surface. Don't know if it would work on plastic...I think we got it at our Benjamin Moore dealer.
I'm pondering just how stupid it would be to try to paint the TV I wrote about in this thread: http://www.ikeafans.com/forums/forum8/2519.html so I could leave it out and not have to invent a convoluted in-cabinet solution. I'm almost positive I can disassemble the stand portion and paint that, but I'm a little leery of sanding or chemically etching the actual TV part (and clearly, I don't want to risk overspray by using a spray paint). Hubby claims he can build some kind of frame to hide the ugliness, but A) I think anything thicker than a piece of paper could obstruct the viewing angles; and B) like we need another project on the to-do list! Judging by past experience, either more important stuff would come to a screeching halt while we focused on the build-a-TV-frame challenge, or else we'd wind up with the ugliness on display for years. (Though on the upside, the "wow-that's-an-unusual-TV" might cancel out some of the "boy-you-sure-love-green" of the walls. Which I do love, darn it.)
Yeah, contact paper was my first thought, too, but so far I haven't found any in black. I'll have to look at the FX sheeting site again -- I tend to associate that with metallics (which I don't want for this application), but it's possible they have something less eye-catching that would work.
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