Painting plastic

by **DerekB** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:30 pm

I am trying to disguise 2 garden features:

1. This is a bright green plastic water butt (Which I inherited)

2. A small pvc plastic garden locker which is white with dk green sides.

Both of these are situated alongside a wooden fence and shed which is painted in traditional med/dk brown.So the above objects stand out like a sore thumb and I was hoping that a good qual Cuprinol fence paint would do the job to help these blend in.However on a trial this doesn't seem to work.Ideally a brown matt paint would suit,obviously fairly waterproof as well.
Any suggestions please?

by **drillplug** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:58 pm

hi;in the past i have used masonary paint on plastic garden ornaments and it has lasted 5 years and is only just going green from the weather.
i used sand tex smooth

by **rosebery** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:45 pm

Use an acrylic, microporous paint. Key the surface well first though.

Cheers

by **DerekB** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:30 pm

[quote="drillplug"]hi;in the past i have used masonary paint on plastic garden ornaments and it has lasted 5 years and is only just going green from the weather.
i used sand tex smooth[/quote]

Thanks for that , DerekB

by **DerekB** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:31 pm

[quote="rosebery"]Use an acrylic, microporous paint. Key the surface well first though.

Cheers[/quote]

Thanks for the tip.

DerekB