All You 'creatives' Out There....

[Karen-Coral]

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I want to paint a small low level wall to make it look like a bus in one of our school playgrounds.....

Its a fairly smooth wall-greyish/white in colour.

I've just bought a large pot of vinyl matt emulsion-colour- fire red! at a very reasonable price...in hope this will be ok for the surface???

Does anyone out there know if it will be ok? please

Also-we are about to throw out some 'buckets' of powder paint......

we just don't use this stuff anymore-anyone have any 'other' creative ways to use it-apart from the obvious?

Karen

 

[Jessr123]

How about mixing the powder paint with pva glue and making some pretty cards. That way when the littlies make a mess with the glue it looks creative!

 

[pepa]

The Last school year I worked in reception and loved it (now in year 4 ).

we let the children mix there own powder paint when they wanted topaint they realy enjoyed this, made such a mess but we ecoradged them to cleen up on there own to witch they allso enjoyed giveingthem some independence we went through

loads of it. hope this helps.

sue

 

[Karen-Coral]

:cheers:

Come on please...someone must know if vinyl emulsion will be ok on an outside wall... :unsure:

 

[affieluver]

when i painted the stables in my moment of madness i used some old vinyl paint i had left over which was ok but didnt last as long as good old masonary paint depends when you want to re paint

 

[jgear]

Not that I can claim to be highly creative, but I have painted quite a lot of exterior walls. If you want a good lasting result you will need to use masonery paint. There are quite a few colours now, if you can not get the colour you need, I think a DIY store with Dulux mixing may be able to custom mix for you or buy some pigment and experiment.

 

[billyboy45]

As a painterxdecorator for 20 odd year's,i might qualify as someone who can help here.Bad new's ,im affraid,unless the paint is exterior emulsion.It would flake in a matter of week's if the weather turn's nasty,and would run of the wall's like a whippet,if the rain get's at it.Get some Weathershield,or a good brand of exterior paint,like Johnston's or Mc Phearson's.If i was over there i could probibly give enough to paint the whole school for nowt,as we have to pay big bob's now,to have all our exess paint incinerated.It can run into a £1.OOO,at time's.At the mo,the store is full of the stuff.There's also a load left from a school job,that was used for painting snake's n ladder's n stuff,and hop scoth game's on the school play ground's.Wish you could have the lot.

 

[billyboy45]

Not that I can claim to be highly creative, but I have painted quite a lot of exterior walls.  If you want a good lasting result you will need to use masonery paint.  There are quite a few colours now, if you can not get the colour you need, I think a DIY store with Dulux mixing may be able to custom mix for you or buy some pigment and experiment.

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I agree here about the masonery paint,but Dulux.Good brand,but way,way,over priced.I used 2 gallon of the stuff a few week's ago,in a kid's bedroom,and before i had the rest of the house painted,one of the kid's had drawn on the wall's,Good job i kept the surplus.£32.00 per 5 litre's.As good a paint can be had for £12.00 a shout.Johnstone's would be my choice.

 

[Karen-Coral]

thanks folks..... :cheers:

I'll opt for the masonry paint-

have to find another job for my newly purchased emulsion