Post #692259 by MadDogMike on Mon, Sep 2, 2013 8:46 AM

Bear, thanks for the encouragement
Limbo, good point!

Not sure I can call this a success yet but I'll keep working on it, right now it just looks dirty :lol:. Chairs are cheap ($11) so I bought an extra to play with. I knew getting paint to stick to plastic would be difficult so I got Krylon Fusion spray which is supposed to be formulated for plastic, I started with a tan chair. I tried a few methods;
1 - Spray on a light to medium coat the wipe it with a cloth and turpentine. Not so great, especially on the smooth untextured areas of the chair
2 - Dip the brush in turpentine, wipe off the excess then spray THE BRUSH with paint and brush on the chair. Worked fair
3 - Spray on a light coat and brush with turpentine. That worked fair too. Maybe a combination of all three will give a decent effect?

Krylon recently introduced Fusion brush on paint for plastic, maybe I could thin it and brush it on. I'll need to see if I can find it in my area.

In the meantine, I will touch this chair up a bit, let it dry and use it for a month or two to see what happens.