Oil Paint For Vinyl Shutters

What you really have to watch out for when painting vinyl though is if the color is safe to use or not.

Oil paint for vinyl shutters. While not required priming the shutters with a latex primer before painting with acrylic latex paint can increase adhesion and allow better coverage by the top coat. Don t try to cover the entire shutter with one coat of paint. Vinyl has a very high expansion contraction coefficient. Wood can crack and degrade and metal can rust but vinyl remains stable.

When painting plastic or vinyl use a high quality exterior acrylic latex paint or a paint made specifically for plastic. Vinyl can be painted and is typically a better surface for adhesion than wood or metal. Sand the old oil based coat before adding the primer. Since you had green shutters to start with though you can paint them a similar color of green and expect no problems.

How to paint vinyl shutters. Vinyl shutters can be painted much the same as wood shutters painting vinyl shutters with a wide flat brush is easy as long as you follow lay down thinner coats. If you paint vinyl products with regular exterior paint there is a very good possibility the paint will fail. Since acrylic paints dry quickly painting in the sun would lead to disappointing results.

Vinyl shutters get warm in hurry if left out in the sun. Paint in a shaded area so the vinyl shutters don t heat up. Each day as the vinyl heats up from sunlight it expands. Allow each coat to dry thoroughly before adding another.