The weather tends to be against me each time i try to spray paint.
Spray paint faux wood blinds.
And then spray until the brown is gone.
I want our bamboo blinds to be a natural color but the building rules only allow white or cream window treatment.
Painting blinds is a quick and easy way to give your windows a whole new look on a budget.
But not today.
The most dramatic change i ve ever made with spray paint is when i decided to spray paint our blinds in our living room.
Please look at my other video on how.
This is not a complicated tutorial.
Painting your blinds will also add personality to the room.
Faux wood blinds add an element of elegance to any room in your house.
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 shellac spray primer will bind to bare wood or wood finished with both oil and water based coatings.
Thanks to you i got the courage to spray paint one side of the blinds white.
Use what you have on hand.
I d imagine it s the same level of difficulty as spray painting just about anything.
Do this by lifting up the bottom rail and finding the wood or plastic pegs along the bottom.
Here are some tips to make the job easier and more efficient.
Painting blinds is such a cheap and easy way to update your existing window coverings.
Use a flathead screwdriver to carefully remove the pegs and set them aside.
They were already sturdy and in good condition anyway just ugly.
You don t want paint on the strings or to spend hours trying to paint around them so the real trick in painting blinds is to take the slats off the strings.
These vinyl blinds were yellowed from years of sun exposure but w.
If you ever decide to change the color of your blinds you may choose to paint them saving you the cost of buying new blinds.
It was my first spray paint job and it went beautifully.
Enjoy your newly painted blinds.
Mine look brand new and it only cost me a couple cans of spray paint.
We were on a super tight budget when remodeling the house so spending close to 100 for new blinds in that room was out.
Another short video this time on how to spray wooden blinds and transform the look of your home at a very cheap price.
The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers.
We have a few more sets of blinds like these throughout the house and they ll all be getting a fresh coat of paint.