Spray Paint Window Blinds

Flip the slats over and paint the other side with two to three thin coats of paint.

Spray paint window blinds.

Apply two to three thin coats of paint to each side of the blinds and allow the final coat to dry for one hour. Paint the horizontal bar that holds the blinds up as well. Spray paint the blinds put down a drop cloth or tarp then lay out the slats. Once the paint dries apply another coat if necessary allowing it to dry as well.

Allow the blinds to dry overnight then reassemble and rehang them. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience and at no extra cost to you. There was a surprising amount of paint that came out. 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.

I did this with the last can. Shake the spray can for a minute or two. Paint the blinds with a spray paint formulated for metal surfaces. White low odor oil based interior primer spray sealer and stain blocker.

How to paint blinds. The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers. Spray each slat with the shellac spray primer until the slat is coated evenly. Make sure you have enough space between them so you can paint the sides at the same time.

The shellac spray primer will bind to bare wood or wood finished with both oil and water based coatings. Kilz original 13 oz. 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. Then spray the blinds beginning and ending each paint burst beyond the edge of the blinds to help prevent drips.