Sunday, July 21, 2013

Painting Plastic File Crates

We all know how much I love color-coding, so it really bugs me that I don't have crates in all of the colors I need. Take these binder crates that I used up until this past semester:


No orange! No yellow! Hmpf! So I set out to change that; I am turning a spare red crate into an orange one!


First, I had to remove all the dust from the red crate. I used a barely damp cloth, then swabbed the little parts with a q-tip.


Then I put on my paint pants (everybody has pants stained by paint, right?).


Next, my paint sunglasses (note the crack on the right).


At this point I should have also found gloves, but not realizing how difficult it is to wash spray paint off of your hands I did not break those bad boys out until the second coat. Don't let this happen to you!

Outside we go. Here I am waving to you!


First coat complete! Oh no, lookout!


Ha ha!


It's a bit mottled after the first coat, but that's okay - second coat's a'comin'!


And TADA!!! An orange crate!


Until next time...




1 comment:

  1. That's a great idea. I always find things that I want to use for color coding that are missing one color I need!

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