Post by Steve King (Admin) on Jul 12, 2005 10:58:34 GMT -6
An email that I received from a visitor to the site:
"How do you suggest painting them so that the paint does not chip off upon throwing them back and forth? I want lime green balls, but can't find any in that color so looking for suggestions? Thanks!!"
You need to purchase "plastic" spray paint from a hardware store. Home Depot stocks some, but Ace Hardware stocks more color varieties it seems. I purchased a big lot of recycled balls from The Sports Authority cheap. I drilled my holes, set the lines and then when it came time to paint, I taped the lines with masking tape so as not to get them colored when I sprayed and I dangled teh bolas over a saw horse. I then sprayed the balls with multiple coats of "plastic" spray paint. After that dried, I sprayed each of the balls with spray enamel to give them that extra hardcoat protection. It seems to work very well because we played the heck out of the themed sets that I made this past weekend and none of the balls chipped. I don't know if they make lime green "plastic" spray paint, therefore, you may have to experiment with using a "non made for plastic" spray paint in that color and then overcoat it with spray enamel. This may work, but only time will tell. Good luck!
Steve
"How do you suggest painting them so that the paint does not chip off upon throwing them back and forth? I want lime green balls, but can't find any in that color so looking for suggestions? Thanks!!"
You need to purchase "plastic" spray paint from a hardware store. Home Depot stocks some, but Ace Hardware stocks more color varieties it seems. I purchased a big lot of recycled balls from The Sports Authority cheap. I drilled my holes, set the lines and then when it came time to paint, I taped the lines with masking tape so as not to get them colored when I sprayed and I dangled teh bolas over a saw horse. I then sprayed the balls with multiple coats of "plastic" spray paint. After that dried, I sprayed each of the balls with spray enamel to give them that extra hardcoat protection. It seems to work very well because we played the heck out of the themed sets that I made this past weekend and none of the balls chipped. I don't know if they make lime green "plastic" spray paint, therefore, you may have to experiment with using a "non made for plastic" spray paint in that color and then overcoat it with spray enamel. This may work, but only time will tell. Good luck!
Steve
