Spray Paint Window Blinds

Make sure you have enough space between them so you can paint the sides at the same time.

Spray paint window blinds.

White low odor oil based interior primer spray sealer and stain blocker. Flip the slats over and paint the other side with two to three thin coats of paint. When there is only a little paint left in the can you may be better off spraying it into a plastic cup and then using a paint brush to paint the blinds in sections that need it. Then spray the blinds beginning and ending each paint burst beyond the edge of the blinds to help prevent drips.

Allow the blinds to dry overnight then reassemble and rehang them. Apply two to three thin coats of paint to each side of the blinds and allow the final coat to dry for one hour. Spray each slat with the shellac spray primer until the slat is coated evenly. Paint the horizontal bar that holds the blinds up as well.

The shellac spray primer will bind to bare wood or wood finished with both oil and water based coatings. The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers. I needed to get this done fast and there was no way i would take down my blinds piece by piece to paint it. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience and at no extra cost to you.

I did this with the last can. Once the paint dries apply another coat if necessary allowing it to dry as well. Paint the blinds with a spray paint formulated for metal surfaces. 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.

There was a surprising amount of paint that came out. How to paint blinds. So i decided to try and spray paint it. Shake the spray can for a minute or two.