Painting Vinyl Mini Blinds

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Painting vinyl mini blinds. Spray painting the mini blind using lace tablecloth once all the slats were behaving themselves i laid my 1 thrifted lace tablecloth across the mini blind. Vinyl blinds can become yellowed and dirty looking from sun damage. Ryan lawrence is a freelance writer based in boulder colorado. Courtesy of my love 2 create.

He has been writing professionally since 1999. The only reason that i know it does is because i bought some made to measure blinds at home depot and they offered to let me keep the cut off slats. Lawrence writes for high class blogs and yodle. When mini blinds first came out we decided to have them custom made through sears.

I used one of these for my attic stairway makeover. That may be a slight exaggeration but not by much. We have 11 windows and 3 doors. But painting blinds is the most cost effective way to bring them back to life.

I used them to practice my one stroke painting on would post a picture but don t know how. If you have old mini blind slats try using them to help you paint. We have made it a goal to have our house paid for as soon as. The big hardware stores now have blinds that can be cut to width and they are a nice quality blind.

I have been wanting to try to paint mini blinds yep mini blinds that were 30 years old. While you could paint them with a brush spray paint ensures a more uniform look free from brush strokes. Acrylic paints do stick to vinyl blinds. With just a few cans of spray paint you can change the look of your window coverings without spending a fortune on new blinds.

Try painting the slats to use as labels on bins and boxes. This year i organized a major interior renovation in our home. Of the 11 windows 2 are huge picture windows. Does anyone out there know if vinyl mini blinds can be painted or should i just go buy new ones as they are dirt cheap.

I had already done one of my mini blinds in this pretty aqua blue but it was a sunnier day and the pictures were terrible. An update that creates new mini blinds updating vinyl mini blinds with paint contributed by nanci. If your vinyl blinds have been around since the last century but you would rather not replace them entirely update them with paint. Whether you have vinyl wood or metal blinds think about how you can use them as labels.

I priced out what 2 aluminum blinds would be for this space and the cost would be 52. I spent 12 on spray paint but used a lot of my time in cleaning spraying and re stringing the blinds. Never paint over vinyl roller blinds that are not primed or peeling will result.