How to: upcycle a rain hopper with PlastiKote spray paint

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Spring is finally here so it’s time to start thinking about the garden, outside planting and making sure your home is looking its best! Here’s how to turn an old rain hopper into a stunning plant holder with PlastiKote spray paint to grace the outside of your home .

You will need:

Old rain hopper

Newspaper/dust sheets

PlastiKote Metal Protekt Primer

PlastiKote Twist & Spray Colour (we used Warm Grey Satin)

How to

Make sure the hopper is clean and dry, free from and rust and dirt.
Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside.
Apply a couple of coats of Metal Protekt Primer, allowing 10-15 minutes between coats.
When the hopper is thoroughly dry, apply the Twist & Spray Colour. The hopper will be touch dry in 30-50 minutes and thoroughly dry in 2-3 hours.
Allow to harden off for 24-48 hours before planting up.

Top tip: for perfect coverage when using PlastiKote spray paint

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It can be difficult to get complete coverage when spraying flower pots and bottles. Our PlastiKote spray paint top tip is to pop the bottle or pot upside down on a garden cane and stick it in the ground. This allows you to move around the object you’re spraying, getting to all areas, and it’s perfect for leaving them to dry!

Watch with Mike: updating garden furniture with PlastiKote Spray Paint

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Competition: win vouchers for Ikea with PlastiKote spray paint

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Win £50 of vouchers for Ikea in our April competition!

With Spring finally here, we wanted to inject some new life into our vases, ready for cut flowers from our garden. We love these little bud vases from Ikea and love spraying them to give them a new look. Which of these do you like best? It’s so easy to enter: just email us your answer along with your contact details to competition@spraypaintideas.co.uk, with APR COMP as the subject. We’ll pick one lucky winner at random after the closing date of 30th April. Good luck!

We run a competition every month, so do sign up to our newsletter to make sure you are in with a chance to win.

Our congratulations to Claire Farley who won March’s competition. Claire chose Daffodil as her favourite colour for the tin can upcycle. Claire wins £50 of vouchers from The Range.

Click here for Terms & Conditions for our April competition.

Instagram Projects: upcycling with PlastiKote spray paint

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We think Instagrammer Kreamonster is a great upcycler and we love what she has done with PlastiKote spray paint and these animal candleholders!

We think this upcycled beer bottle is pretty special too!

If you want to see more of Kreamonster’s projects, click here.

Watch with Cass: makeover an old wicker hamper with PlastiKote spray paint

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Instagram Project: put your name up in lights with PlastiKote Spray Paint

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Instagrammer Yvestown has been very clever in giving her display shelves a Hollywood feel by spray painting letters in different PlastiKote spray paint colours. It’s definitely the way to get your name or initials up in lights! If you want to do something similar, we found some lit-up letters on Amazon.

If you want to get the whole ‘how to ‘ from Yvestown or want to see more of her projects, click here.

Mini make: celebrate St Patrick’s Day in style with PlastiKote spray paint!

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Treat the family to a pot of gold this month on St Patrick’s Day (Thursday 17th March in case you aren’t sure!). In fact, using PlastiKote spray paint, this gorgeous pot would be a glorious gift any day of the year.

Apply a couple of coats of PlastiKote Twist & Spray in the colour of your choice to a clean flower pot, following instructions on the can. When thoroughly dry, use colourful pipe cleaners to fashion a rainbow and attach to the inside of the pot. Fill with foil-covered chocs!

How to: make an Easter Garland with PlastiKote Spray Paint

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Make Easter even more special this year! Here’s how to make a fabulous Easter garland with PlastiKote spray paint.

You will need:

String

PVA glue

Balloons

Newspaper/dust sheets

PlastiKote Fast Dry Enamel in various colours

We bought all our items for the garland from The Range.

How to

Blow up balloons to an egg shape of between 8-10cm
Pour some PVA glue into a large bowl and dilute with one third water. Soak string in the glue solution, then wrap the string around a balloon until it starts to hold the egg shape.
Repeat for the desired number you wish to use and hang the balloons to dry.

When completely dry, carefully burst the balloons inside the string egg shape and remove any remaining pieces of balloon.
Spread newspaper/dust sheet out in a well-ventilated working area or outside.
Using PlastiKote Fast Dry Enamel, spray the string egg shapes with your choice of colour.
Attach the eggs to a length of string, fishing wire or ribbon to make the garland.
Display your garland for a lovely Easter decoration!

Instagram Project: wall art with PlastiKote spray paint

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We love how Instagrammer @alljanesthings has revamped a bird cage and picture frame to grace a wall in her study. Jane used PlastiKote spray paint in Metallic Silver. Find more projects by Jane here.

Here’s another project by @alljanesthings – a spray painted window frame trellis with flower boxes on a car park concrete wall.

In the January issue