Painting pvc

[Tom7227]

I am making some bluebird houses out of PVC.  They need to be white.  I have painted some with Zinser primer but it doesn't adhere very well.  Any idea what I should do to get the paint to stick?

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Tom

[Pat K]

Krylon and Rustoleum both have aerosol primers for plastic.

 

[Moon Lake Refuge]

I've also had good luck spray painting PVC.  Biggest thing I found is to do lots of light coats, the PVC makes the paint want to run in a hurry.

[AlwaysFishing23]

Just use plain old spray paint in a can. I've done it many many times and seems to stick really nice. Nothing special either I can't even tell you the brand because I have no clue. But as mentioned doing 2-3 light coats helps.

[christy]

No idea. Get some spray painting, I guess it will work. 

[ZachD]

Prep the surface with 220 grit sand paper then use acetone to clean and use Krylon Fusion or Rust-Oleum Plastic spray.

 

I highlighted the acetone to clean because that is an important part

[Ufatz]

Zach D has nailed it. Keep in mind that acetone evaporates very quickly so a quick wipe just before you paint. And there are specific spray paints now labeled as appliance paint or "plastic" paint.

[Cheers]

Tom is it the birds preference that they be white ?

[delcecchi]

Maybe light color keeps cool, doesn't cook the eggs?   

[Tom7227]

I am copying the Gilbertson bluebird house.  It is set up so that it looks like a piece of birch.  Paint it white and then using a cheap brush that I have cut up I put dark brown coloration on it to look like birch.  I honestly don't know if the birds care or not.  Since I painted 42 of them before I got the hint on the acetone I hope the birds don't care that much since these will probably peel in a few years.  Of course after getting the hint I remembered it and even found the acetone that I had used 10 years ago when I made a batch.

 

http://www.tmbstudios.com/proddetail.asp?prod="Gilbertson"+PVC+Nest+box

[delcecchi]

42!!  good for you.  

[Tom7227]

I forgot to add that it cost less than a hun for the whole thing.  Tough part was finding the thin wall sewer pipe.  Winnick Supply i Forest Lake had it.

[terrywatkins]

Aerosol can be the best option.