But they had a fake wood grain in them which you can still see so these really do look like espresso stained wood blinds.
Can faux wood blinds be spray painted.
I used two trestles and some leftover wood.
I let it dried a bit before closing the blinds and spraypainting again.
Use light coats of spray paint to cover the entire slat.
You may use a sponge or other implement to add texture to your blinds.
Test out your ideas on a scrap piece of wood or cardboard.
Spray paint made for plastic but doubt they will work well once done.
What would i use.
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.
The paint will freeze up the strings.
In the next picture the left side has 2 coats and the right side only one.
If i sprayed blinds again i would use rit dye and dye the strings instead of spray painting.
And then spray until the brown is gone.
And the much improved with a can of spray paint after.
The husband has a spray gun so this was really easy load the paint and spray.
Use what you have on hand.
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.
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.
I want to paint my white faux wood blinds.
If you do this know that the paint may not be smooth.
On mar 28 2019.
Hope it works out for you.
Decide on a pattern or texture before you begin painting.
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.
Harsh chemicals can actually damage your blinds.
The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers.
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.