A look at the Krylon 2016 Product Line
Reported by Maria del Pinto
This year Krylon is introducing some fabulous new products for both indoor and outdoor home decor projects. They will still offer their traditional spray paints that we all know and love, but this year Krylon has added some fun new paints that allow crafters like me to be a bit more creative both indoors and out. The Krylon booth at a trade show I attended displayed some fun home decor project ideas.
The booth was created to look like a home with DIY home decor projects displayed booth inside the home and outside the home. When you first entered their booth, you were greeted by this creative display of DIY outdoor home decor projects that were done using various Krylon products.
One of my favorite products is their textured spray paint line. The planters below are painted with the Krylon "Stone Coarse Texture" Spray Paint. I love how they make the planters "pop".
The texture is hard to see in this picture, but it looks amazing in person. It feels like sand but with a slightly rougher texture.
I found the best way to use the textured spray paint is to apply even coats and allow the piece to dry for around six to eight hours between coats. I found two to three coats gave me the best results. You may find that waiting for the paint to completely dry between coats (instead of just a few hours) will give you a much nicer result.
I used the textured paint to spray paint a plastic garden statue to make it look like metal. It worked really well for me.
Krylon is right on top of home decor trends in both their products and their color offerings. I have seen so many fun home decor projects on Pinterest featuring various chalky paints. I loved the DIY outdoor home decor watering can project displayed at the base of the garden that also does double duty displaying the house (booth number) address. It is a really fun outdoor home decor project that uses the Krylon "Chalky Finish" spray paint.
Being able to paint metal and get a similar "Chalky Paint" result is a real bonus and time saver for me. I am going to borrow the watering can idea and paint some of the planters that line the front of my house. I think I will also place some light-reflecting address numbers (which are easier to see at night) on them to make it easier for family and friends to find my house when they visit.
If you have some outdoor furniture you want to give a face lift, then the Krylon "Colormaster Paint + Primer"series of spray paints is a great tool.
It adheres really well to a variety of materials and gives a nice opaque coverage. The wicker chair in the photo above was originally blue and was painted using the Krylon Colormaster paint. The Krylon Colormaster line is available in a wide selection of colors and is fairly easy to find in stores.
The Krylon Colormaster "Paint & Primer" line is perfect for use in indoor DIY home decor projects too. It adheres to a variety of materials, making it easy to use for accent colors in home decor projects. I have used this paint to cover a variety of objects in my home. I love how well the paint covers, and how it looks when used.
I have found that this paint can be layered to achieve a very opaque look. It depends on the base color. I have covered beige with only one coat but found dark blue to require a second coat to give full coverage.
The sprayer tip on this can is great. I found I did not have a sore finger after painting my project like I did with other spray paint products. Another thing that keeps me buying more cans of this paint is that I found I don't have the worries of runs or drips with this paint.
This is wonderful paint to work with, as long as you follow the manufacturer's suggestions for use. Each paint has directions on the can, and you can also find more information on the Krylon website.