Month: June 2015
How to: create colourful flower pots – inside and outside the home!
Add an extra splash of colour inside and outside the home this summer with our stylish terracotta pots.
You will need:
Terracotta pots
Newspaper/dust sheets
PlastiKote Twist & Spray Primer
PlastiKote Twist & Spray in Pink Burst, Exotic Sea and New Yellow
Compost
Plants
How to:
- Make sure the pots are clean and dry.
- Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside.
- Apply PlastiKote Twist & Spray Primer first to seal the terracotta and prime the pots. Terracotta is porous and tends to absorb a lot of paint.
- Apply two to three coats of PlastiKote Twist & Spray in the colour of your choice. We chose Pink Burst, Exotic Sea and New Yellow. Allow 5 – 10 minutes between coats.
- The pots will be touch dry in 30-50 minutes and thoroughly dry in 2-3 hours.
- Plant up and arrange for a colourful display – even before the flowers have bloomed!
Always remember to follow the instructions on the can.
Competition: win a Selina Lake book and some spray paints!
Win a copy of Selina Lake’s fabulous book ‘Outdoor Living’ and cans of Metal Protekt spray paint in our June competition! It’s so easy to enter – just email us at competition@spraypaintideas.co.uk, with JUNE COMP as the subject and tell us which table you prefer: are you colourful blue (A) or cool white (B)? We’ll pick one lucky winner at random after the closing date of 30th June. Good luck!
Selina is the author of five best selling interiors books and one of our favourite lifestyle and interiors stylists. Click here to visit her blog.
We run a competition every month so do sign up to our newsletter to make sure you are in with a chance to win!
Congratulations to Roger Sweeting who was the lucky winner in our May competition. He has won two hanging baskets and two cans of Twist & Spray paint by choosing the colourful blue hanging basket.
Click here for Terms & Conditions for our June competition.
Top tip: preparing bare wood for the perfect finish
Our top tip this month is to always prime bare wood. Colour spray paint will adhere without priming but the wood will soak the paint up and you will use a lot more spray paint. To ensure a perfect finish, use Primer before applying your colour.
