How to Paint Concrete Lawn Ornaments
- 1). Clean the lawn ornaments with a stiff brush and warm soapy water to remove any dirt from the surface of the ornament. Use a garden hose to rinse away the suds after cleaning. Set the lawn ornament in a sunny area until it is completely dry.
- 2). Apply a latex block filler to the entire lawn ornament with a paint brush and allow it to dry. The surface of concrete lawn ornaments is generally porous, and the latex block filler is necessary to prevent paint from soaking into the concrete and creating a mottled appearance. Latex block filler is available in the paint section of most hardware stores.
- 3). Paint the ornament with an exterior latex paint. These paints are standard exterior house paints and can usually be tinted in any color you wish.
- 4). Apply an outdoor sealer to the concrete lawn ornament when the paint has completely dried. Outdoor sealer is sometimes called outdoor acrylic sealer or outdoor sealer gloss. It provides a clear coat to protect the paint from peeling due to sun damage or inclement weather.
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