From experience...
Be careful with the textured paint. It tends to crack and break off in
chunks if not applied and taken care of correctly. I painted a primered
metal panel with this stuff once and the paint eventually started to chip
off. Just my experience
Thomas White
>From: elhardt@...
>Reply-To: motm@egroups.com
>To: motm@egroups.com
>Subject: [motm] Paint can maybe replace Tolex
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:46:42 EST
>
>I was roaming around Lowes (Home Depot clone) and noticed some interesting
>paints that could possibly be used inplace of Tolex on cases. I picked up
>a
>can of spraypaint made by Krylon that is called "Make It Stone". It's made
>to give any object a stone or granite look and it has a thick bumpy tolex
>type texture. I sprayed a little pine with it, let it dry and it looks
>very
>promissing (once black is sprayed over it). It comes with a small can of
>protector spray for about $10. Not to be confused with Krylon's $8, one
>can
>stone spray, which looks more like grain sized sand mixed with paint and
>doesn't have nearly the thickness of texture or style of their $10 product.
>
>Also I saw some kind of textured paint or covering in large plastic
>housepaint sized cans that are meant to be applied with a roller. I'm
>tempted to check that stuff out too.
>
>-Elhardt
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