What Exterior Paint

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  1. wiseowl

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    I have decide to paint the Arbour and Plastic Shed to brighten the top of the garden up,bearing in mind that the shed is Plastic not sure what paint to use your advice would be very much appreciated:smile::blue thumb: Thank you
     
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    Not easy painting plastic WOL . I know of various spray paints for plastics but to paint a shed in these would be very expensive , also not sure how it would weather.
     
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      Good evening Harry and thank you my friend,much appreciated:smile: I think I will have think again and save up for a new wooden shed:smile:
       
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      You never know WOO , the massed knowledge of GC may have an answer to plastic paint .:dbgrtmb: It's just that I don't know .
       
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      Good morning Jazzsi I will try that and see what the results are like,many thanks my friend:smile:
       
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      Ah plastic is a difficult one

      For wood and concrete tho i can say that Cuprinol is good.
       
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        Check out acrylic paint for the plastic shed. I've no experience of it myself but but it's what we'd always specify for painting external meter (gas/elec) cupboards and very occassionally an odd pipe fitting that could not be obtained in the same colour as all the other self coloured stuff. A very light rub with some abrasive paper was required for a bond.
         
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          Woo, going off at a tangent a bit, instead of painting the shed have you considered either training some ivy or similar to cover it with greenery? Or affixing a trellis somehow and having say a nice climbing rose enhancing it?

          GG
           
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          Of going on gay gardeners suggestion

          Fixing one of my colourful crochet trellises to the shed lol altho no idea how you would fix to plastic
           
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