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| bramble |
Posted - Oct 08 2004 : 08:09:39 AM
Has anyone discovered a good way to paint those "new" type plastic solid panel exterior shutters? We are painting the house a nice soft lemony yellow w/ white trim. Doors, window boxes, etc are going to be Nantucket blue( a greenish blue-think sea and sky combined). I would like the shutters to be also but am dubious about painting plastic. My preference would have been wood but these were a curb side find that fit the bill so...I am recycling yet again! My little cottage
is atempting to be a painted victorian lady ! Wish us luck! and HELP!
Bramble
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| JoyIowa |
Posted - Jun 04 2005 : 02:46:33 AM
[quote]Originally posted by jpbluesky
I have painted heavy grade plastic shutters. You will have to rough up the surface slightly with a sander so the paint will adhere. Then cover it with a white sealer before painting your color.
Actually there is a primer specially for plastics now. I used it to refresh my "new" patio chairs (those I got on a curb). Perfect. It has been 2 summers now, and they still look good.
JoyIowa
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| bramble |
Posted - Oct 09 2004 : 6:19:37 PM
Thanks everyone! The deed is done and now we shall see how the paint job holds up to these Northeastern winters! Thanks for the input !
Bramble
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| Kim |
Posted - Oct 08 2004 : 3:56:49 PM
You may also want to look for paint specific to use on plastic products. Friends did the same thing Jeannie did and they worked out fine.
farmgirl@heart
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 08 2004 : 08:40:24 AM
I have painted heavy grade plastic shutters. You will have to rough up the surface slightly with a sander so the paint will adhere. Then cover it with a white sealer before painting your color. You may get some peeling as the years go by, but I painted mine brown (they came black) in the early nineties and just removed them this past year. I decided to go with no shutters unless they were real ones that could function.
That is a pretty good life span for a paint job, wouldn't you say? Your color combinations sound very pretty! Have fun painting!
jpbluesky
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