You won't believe how easy it is to paint your PVC pipes. With a more natural look, your home can run efficiently off the grid and still earn some beautification points. Find out how with this step-by-step tutorial.
– Heavy Metal File.
– 100 Grit Sandpaper
– Artist Oil Paint. You can use acrylic, but it may chip off unless you seal it.
Other Materials:
– Wire Brush, for clearing the file’s teeth of PVC.
Step 1: Sand The PVC.
Remove the shiny coating and ink print on the PVC face with the sandpaper. If the Ink is giving you trouble, give IT some trouble… with acetone. Your PVC should have a nice matte finish.
Step 2: File Away!
Use the rasp side of the file to shred the PVC surface. Pull the file in many directions to give it an organic look. If the file’s teeth get clogged, use a wire brush to quickly clear them.
Step 3: Add Some Color.
Find a nice oil color you like for your PVC wood. Wipe it on with a rag, making sure to work it into all the new grooves. You can use some faux finish techniques for extra texture, blotting the paint on in irregular patterns instead of bush strokes.
These were the easiest instructions to turn your PVC pipes into something much more appealing to the eye. Now you can create with PVC pipes and still make it look natural. How will you use this PVC pipe hack for your next project?
For more on this tutorial, you can check out Instructables.
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OMG o.O
Did you read through the comments on instructables? The guy making some sort of martial arts dummy? I’m sorry but what a mook! LOL He’s spent already waaaay too much time and effort (his and everybody else) trying NOT to use wood…
He will never survive 😀
I’d love to read your articles, but I am not clicking through a series of pages to read them. Please put your articles on one page. Thanks!!
#EndClickBait
They already get paid once for the initial click.
I understand, and I am still not clicking through a series of pages to read an article.
I’m with you there. I clicked thru 3 of their pages a few days back and reached #2 in a list of 10 items before I said F*** it 🙁 Too Much Damn Clickbait.
You’d think off-grid and survivalists would just use real wood. Oh wait, that’s exactly what they do
Gouging the pipe end to end takes away the strength of the pipe. It will lose a lot of ability to hold pressure without bursting at a score mark.
Not even gonna read it. Pvc pipe becomes brittle over time. Especially sitting exposed in the elements
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Jordan Lowrey cool idea
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Wood stain will also work just fine, just seal it with polyurethane when your done for the same affect. Fun little project to give pvc some added style
I like this. Will give it a try. Thanks Jonathan
Cosmetics is trivial in a survival scenario…
As quickly as every thing else trends on social media these days, you’d think the truth about PVC would make its rounds.
But, from both an environmental and health standpoint, PVC is the most toxic plastic. Here’s why: Vinyl chloride, the chemical used to make PVC, is a known human carcinogen, according to the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).Feb 22, 2013
http://www.healthychild.org/easy-steps/reduce-your-use-of-pvc-in-plastics-and-other-household-products/
Jason Eaton