Paint for venition blinds?
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Hi Mary, what is the material of your Venetian blinds? Is it fabric, plastic, or wood? If fabric you can get fabric spray paint which would be super easy.
What are your blinds made of?
Mary: this paint goes over most anything
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If they are some type of plastic or wood, I would recommend using a spray paint. I've done this before and it worked really well. Just make sure they are clean before you start...either soak in a bathtub or take outside with a hose. You just want to be careful with the strings.
Do you want to paint your existing venetian blinds?
Spray paint is the easiest way to get coverage of all the surfaces. There are different types of spray paints for various surfaces. Be sure to keep that in mind when selecting the paint. Probably easiest way to spray them is to attach them to a rod somehow and spray them several times while moving the blinds from slightly open to more open and painting on each side o the hanging blinds being careful to move the cords often so they are not painted into only one position. I
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Here's a video showing how one person did it by removing the slats, painting, and reattaching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb_J68Fr82M
That sounds like a difficult thing to paint however chalk based paint will stick to most surfaces, you may want to give it a try.
I am a huge fan of spray paint. It might be hard to avoid drips unless you take them apart, which we have done. Just be sure to buy the right paint.
Hi Mary, I hope this video helps you paint your venetian blinds. How do you paint Venetian blinds?
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Hi Mary, here is a few vids to hopefully help you out,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb_J68Fr82M
http://frugalhomeideas.blogspot.com/2009/12/spray-painting-blinds.html