Decide on a pattern or texture before you begin painting.
Can faux wood blinds be spray painted.
What would i use.
Spray painting blinds february 2020 i was excited to see that the girls over at shanty2chic were hosting a rust oleum linky party because as you know spray paint is one of.
You just need to hang the blinds in a way to be able to open and close the blinds.
I used two trestles and some leftover wood.
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.
Use light coats of spray paint to cover the entire slat.
I want to paint my white faux wood blinds.
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.
On mar 28 2019.
Test out your ideas on a scrap piece of wood or cardboard.
Use what you have on hand.
And the much improved with a can of spray paint after.
And then spray until the brown is gone.
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 may use a sponge or other implement to add texture to your blinds.
If i sprayed blinds again i would use rit dye and dye the strings instead of spray painting.
The paint will freeze up the strings.
The husband has a spray gun so this was really easy load the paint and spray.
Harsh chemicals can actually damage your blinds.
Hope it works out for you.
These were faux wood blinds probably made out of some sorty of vinyl or plastic.
I let it dried a bit before closing the blinds and spraypainting again.
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.
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But they had a fake wood grain in them which you can still see so these really do look like espresso stained wood blinds.
The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers.