Spray Paint Window Blinds

Shake the spray can for a minute or two.

Spray paint window blinds.

Spray each slat with the shellac spray primer until the slat is coated evenly. You know how we can be in a hurry sometimes well too often. Paint the blinds with a spray paint formulated for metal surfaces. Make sure you have enough space between them so you can paint the sides at the same time.

The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers. How to paint blinds. Once the paint dries apply another coat if necessary allowing it to dry as well. There was a surprising amount of paint that came out.

Allow the blinds to dry overnight then reassemble and rehang them. So i decided to try and spray paint it. Apply two to three thin coats of paint to each side of the blinds and allow the final coat to dry for one hour. Paint the horizontal bar that holds the blinds up as well.

I did this with the last can. The shellac spray primer will bind to bare wood or wood finished with both oil and water based coatings. Flip the slats over and paint the other side with two to three thin coats of paint. Kilz original 13 oz.

I needed to get this done fast and there was no way i would take down my blinds piece by piece to paint it. Then spray the blinds beginning and ending each paint burst beyond the edge of the blinds to help prevent drips. 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. Spray paint the blinds put down a drop cloth or tarp then lay out the slats.