Can Faux Wood Blinds Be Spray Painted

He could have used my bff the paintbrush it just would have taken a bit longer the thing about this project is the time paint let dry completely turn the slats over paint let dry completely repeat on the next window.

Can faux wood blinds be spray painted.

But they had a fake wood grain in them which you can still see so these really do look like espresso stained wood blinds. What would i use. Decide on a pattern or texture before you begin painting. These were faux wood blinds probably made out of some sorty of vinyl or plastic.

Test out your ideas on a scrap piece of wood or cardboard. See 1 previous. When deciding to spray paint what you have instead of buying new you need to calculate the cost of supplies and your time as to whether that outweighs the expense of new blinds. If your faux wood blinds have been painted before you will have to remove the old paint with a non corrosive paint remover before you clean them.

The husband has a spray gun so this was really easy load the paint and spray. The paint will freeze up the strings. Hope it works out for you. The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers.

In the next picture the left side has 2 coats and the right side only one. Harsh chemicals can actually damage your blinds. I want to paint my white faux wood blinds. If i sprayed blinds again i would use rit dye and dye the strings instead of spray painting.

I let it dried a bit before closing the blinds and spraypainting again. I used two trestles and some leftover wood. Use light coats of spray paint to cover the entire slat. On mar 28 2019.

Spray paint made for plastic but doubt they will work well once done. And then spray until the brown is gone. Use what you have on hand. If you do this know that the paint may not be smooth.

Once your slats are completely dry apply a coat of satin or semi gloss latex finish to each one and let them sit for at least 24 hours. You just need to hang the blinds in a way to be able to open and close the blinds.