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Competition: win a £50 Etsy gift card with PlastiKote spray paints

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Win a £50 gift card from Etsy with PlastiKote spray paint in our July competition!

Ten green bottles? No, six colourful ones! PlastiKote’s Twist & Spray range comes in over 40 colours and finishes and these are just 6 of the bright glossy colours. They are perfect for adding a pop of colour to any room – why not spray a photo frame or lamp stand, a vase or a tray?

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To enter this month’s competition, just email us with your favourite glossy colour – April green, New Yellow, Bright Red, Exotic Sea, Pink Burst or Orange – together with your name, address and phone number to competition@spraypaintideas.co.uk and put JULY COMP as the subject. We’ll pick one lucky winner at random after the closing date of 31st July. Good luck!

We run a competition every month and entrants’ email addresses are added to our database to receive our monthly newsletter. If you wish to enter our competition but do not want to receive the monthly newsletter, please state NO MARKETING in your email.

Thank you to everyone who entered our June competition.  Our congratulations to Tracy Nixon from Tyne and Wear who chose the Sky Blue Fast Dry Enamel as her favourite blue out of the three on offer and she will receive a £50 Ikea gift card.

Winner T&S Royal Blue FDE Sky Blue

For the terms and conditions of our July competition, click here.

Want to know more about PlastiKote spray paint? Visit our website here for more information and lots of inspirational project ideas!

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How to: create beautiful wedding decorations with PlastiKote spray paint

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Whether you’re on a budget or not, it’s lovely to add a personal touch to a wedding. With PlastiKote spray paint and some tin cans and bottles, you can create some pretty table decorations for your special day.

You will need:

Tin cans and bottles

Newspaper/dustsheets

PlastiKote Metallic spray paint

PlastiKote Twist & Spray Colour

How to:

  • Make sure the cans and bottles are clean and dry.

 

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  • In a well-ventilated room or preferably outside, use newspaper or dustsheets to mask the area where you are spray painting.

 

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  • Apply a couple of fine layers of your chosen spray paint, following instructions on the can. We used Metallic Gold, Metallic Copper and Twist & Spray Colour in White Satin.

 

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  • Allow to thoroughly dry.  Fill with your chosen flowers and arrange, in groups or individually, they look stunning!

 

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Here are a couple more ideas on upcycling glass jars using stencils, perfect for decorating a wedding table:

 

A heart stencil adds a pretty detail - works well as a tea light holder.
A heart stencil adds a pretty detail – works well as a tea light holder.

Spray over a strip of lace to leave a delicate pattern - gorgeous!
Spray over a strip of lace to leave a delicate pattern – gorgeous!

 

For more ideas, check out our Wedding Inspiration board on Pinterest.

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Mini makes for Father’s Day with PlastiKote spray paint

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Stuck for something to give Dad on Father’s Day? Here are a quick and easy projects with PlastiKote spray paint. Small projects are a great way of using up leftover spray paint and if you can recycle something you already have, then all the better!

Does his shed need a bit of a tidy up? Use Chalkboard spray paint to create a band around a jam jar that he can label and re-label over the years. We sprayed the lids with some leftover Twist & Spray Colour in Real Red. Wrap them up with a couple of sticks of chalk and they’ll make a lovely gift.

 

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Recycle an old frame or charity shop find. Pick a colour and finish from one of our colour and effects ranges – Twist & Spray, Fast Dry Enamel, Hydro, Metallic or Chalk. Pop in a photo of you and he’ll be delighted! We sprayed a maché frame from Hobbycraft with Twist & Spray in April Green Gloss and decorated it with washi tape.

 

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Why not make a fun sign for his shed or den? All you need is a cheap wooden plaque (or wood off-cut from his shed!) and some children’s wooden letters. Spray paint in your chosen colours and assemble using a hot glue gun. Attach a hook or wire to hang it with and you have a clever little sign. You could even do a ‘Keep Out’ or ‘Quiet please’ sign!

 

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Reader project: metallic table upcycle with PlastiKote spray paint

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Who doesn’t love finding a bargain in a charity shop and knowing you can transform it into that perfect piece for your home?

Instagrammer Hayley loves upcycling and crafting – and colour! Her feed is awash with colour but we love this upcycled table. Read on to find out a little bit more about Hayley and how she transformed her table:

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“I’m a 37 year old mum of two children who likes to upcycle unloved items as a hobby for my own home interior. I find items at the charity shop, car boot sales and even at the local tip. I’m a big believer of recycling old items rather than buying new and with a little bit of care and creative ideas any item can be made lovely again.

 

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This little table was a £3 charity shop buy. I used Plastikote Metallic copper spray.

 

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I also used it on some cheap terracotta plant pots as well.”

 

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We think this is a stunning makeover. If you want to see more of Hayley’s project, visit her Instagram page here.

For more information on PlastiKote spray paint visit our website.

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How to: NEW Garden colours from PlastiKote spray paint

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Colourful Garden Pots

Introducing NEW Garden colours from PlastiKote spray paint. Available in 10 gorgeous matt colours, it can be used on wood, metal, plastic, stone and wicker, making it ideal for outdoor craft projects as well as furniture, planters and garden ornaments. With a water-based formulation and 90% less solvents, PlastiKote Garden paint is kinder to the home – and to the environment.

This month’s ‘how to’ is a quick and easy project to recycle those plastic pots that nursery plants come in – so much better than adding to landfill.

You will need:

Plastic pots

Dust sheets/newspaper or a garden cane

PlastiKote Garden spray paint

How to:

  • Make sure the pot is clean and dry.

 

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  • Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside. Or you could use our top tip of popping the pot to be sprayed on a garden cane stuck in the ground.

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  • Apply a couple of fine layers of Garden spray paint in the colour of your choice, following instructions on the can.
  • Allow to thoroughly dry before potting up and displaying in your garden.

PlastiKote Garden Colours - Sea View, Azalea, Light Blue

For more ideas, check out our Garden Pinterest page.

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Competition: win a £50 Hobbycraft gift card with PlastiKote spray paint

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Win a £50 gift card from Hobbycraft with PlastiKote spray paint in our May competition!

With the warmer days of Spring comes the planting up of our veggie plot. We use these cute tin can bugs to keep the birds at bay and give our seedlings a chance to flourish. Bee, dragonfly or ladybird? Tell us which is your favourite and you could win a £50 Hobbycraft gift card. The winner will be chosen at random from all entries.

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To enter this month’s competition, just email us the name of your favourite tin can bug – Bee, Dragonfly or Ladybird – together with your name, address and phone number to competition@spraypaintideas.co.uk and put MAY COMP as the subject. We’ll pick one lucky winner at random after the closing date of 31st May. 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.

Thank you to everyone for entering our April competition.  Our congratulations to Amanda Brett from West Yorkshire who chose Rose Gold as her favourite Metallic finish.

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For the terms and conditions of our May competition, click here.

Want to know more about PlastiKote spray paint? Visit our website here for more information and lots of inspirational project ideas!

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Instagrammer project: experimenting with PlastiKote spray paint

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We love finding different uses for PlastiKote spray paint but have never come across a different way of applying it. It’s a spray paint, right? Well, not always. Instagrammer Cara made these fabulous coaster from concrete and spray paint to decorate them – but not by spraying them!

Coasters 'splashed' with PlastiKote Metallic in Rose Gold
Coasters ‘splashed’ with PlastiKote Metallic in Rose Gold

To get the splash effect, she sprayed a small amount of spray paint on to her gloved hand (a disposable plastic glove) and flicked the paint over the coaster. it’s created this random pattern and we love it!

Coasters 'splashed' with PlastiKote Twist & Spray Colour in white
Coasters ‘splashed’ with PlastiKote Twist & Spray Colour in white

A fan of spray paint, Cara has used it in several of her tutorials. These glass jar tealight holders particularly caught our eye – so pretty.

Glass jars sprayed with Glass Frosting
Glass jars sprayed with Glass Frosting

Cara works professionally in the Art Department for film and TV. In her spare time, she is the sole creator at ‘cynchmakes’ where she loves to create DIY ideas and tutorials to share online. Find her YouTube tutorials here @cynchmakes.

For more information on PlastiKote spray paint visit our website.

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How to: Chalkboard chopping board with PlastiKote spray paint

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Chalkboard chopping board

Chalkboards are useful additions in the home, none more so than in the kitchen. We’ve made several over the years but this is a cute chopping board makeover using a chopping board from The Range and Chalkboard from PlastiKote spray paint that you can hang up or sit on the kitchen counter to jot down reminders for your shopping list or appointments.

You will need:

Chopping Board (ours is from The Range)

Dust sheets/newspaper

Masking tape

PlastiKote Chalkboard spray paint

PlastiKote Twist & Spray Primer

 

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How to:

 

  • Make sure the board is clean and dry.
  • Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside
  • We recommend priming bare wood because of its porous nature. Following instructions on the can, prime the board with PlastiKote Twist & Spray Primer.

 

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  • When thoroughly dry, apply a couple of layers of PlastiKote Chalkboard spray paint. You can re-coat at anytime.
  • Allow to dry. The board will be touch dry in 2-3 hours but allow 7 days before using chalk on it.

 

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Here are a couple of other projects for the kitchen using PlastiKote Chalkboard spray paint.

 

how to herb and spice pots

These cute spice jars are a great way of using up leftover Chalkboard spray paint.

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Recycle old place mats with a can of Chalkboard spray paint. Great for place names at a dinner party or keeping the children amused between courses.

For more ideas, check out our Chalkboard Pinterest page here. If you want to find out more about PlastiKote Chalkboard spray paint, go to our website here.

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Instagrammer project: be bold with PlastiKote spray paint colours

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We tend to stick to using colours that we know and that are ‘safe’. However, that might all be changing since we found @patirobins on Instagram! Pati’s bold use of colour against dark backdrops has inspired us to experiment. Here’s what Pati has to say about her style:

“I am a Polish maximalist and serial eBayer, living in UK for past 12 years. I love colours and changing things around but sadly budget does not always match to what I want to achieve.

 

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Over the years I have managed to source some beautiful secondhand  accessories and furniture from places like ebay , gumtree , charity shops, freebie sites and from family and friends. I always look beyond the colour of the item I find as this can easily be changed with PlastiKote spray paint.  I have always used this brand, I swear by it . It is also a great way to renew your existing pieces without spending much as well saving them from going into landfill. You can spray just about anything. My mirror in the hallway over the years has been painted all the colours of the rainbow – it breathed a new lease of life into something I had fallen out of love with.

 

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Colour can transform any space  – and if you want to add pops of colour, you can spray anything from lampshades ( providing you use led light bulbs that don’t get hot) to candlestick holders. Pop a few coloured pieces here and there and watch the space come alive. When you get bored, grab another can of PlastiKote and get spraying!

 

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If you want a fuss-free furniture upcycle project, you can use a standard PlastiKote spray or one of their new Chalk range – which gives that perfect chalky finish in a flash! The same goes to your appliances –  rather than trying to achieve a professional streak-free finish with a brush (that you know is impossible), you could use a special  appliance  spray paint   I have used it in the past and loved the result.”

I think we can safely say, Pati is a fan! And we’re a fan of hers, inspiring us to be brave with colour! Pati can be found on Instagram @patirobins or on the website, www.style-squeeze.com, where the aim is ‘to squeeze more style into small spaces’.

For more information on PlastiKote spray paint visit our website.

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