Painting plastic white moulded accessories?

The answer from a manufacturer is stove epoxy on steel plates with white or black plastic inserts.


My prediction would be that if white plastic accessories are painted they will never look good and will be replaced.


I have seen some amazing attempts to turn things into “bespoke items” such as toilets painted outside and inside down as far as the waterline in black gloss, not just once, but several times, resulting in something that most people look at and wonder who thought it was a good idea.


I used to work for a high end kitchen company and have learnt by experience about touching up and making good paintwork on very expensive painted kitchens using oil and water based eggshell gloss applied by hand on “hand painted” kitchen cabinets that were actually sprayed then the brushed with a dry brush to get the brush marks; also using acid catalyst paints applied by hand and air brush.


Trying to achieve a high end paint finish on site is very demanding. Some years ago I installed the kitchen featured in this article for that customer.  who has now sold the house and moved on. All the cabinets were made and painted in the factory apart from the mantelpiece over the AGA cooker which I made and painted onsite, I also touched up the paintwork on the rest yo the cabinets as required. Given the value of the completed project there is a requirement to be very particular about the painting, because of the difference in the quality of the MDF used I had to use for that mantelpiece it required seven coats of paint to match the depth of finish achieved in the factory on the rest of the cabinets with four coats of paint.


Is asked to paint plastic electrical accessories I would just say no, it’s pointless as the desired outcome is not achievable.


 Andy Betteridge.

The answer from a manufacturer is stove epoxy on steel plates with white or black plastic inserts.


My prediction would be that if white plastic accessories are painted they will never look good and will be replaced.


I have seen some amazing attempts to turn things into “bespoke items” such as toilets painted outside and inside down as far as the waterline in black gloss, not just once, but several times, resulting in something that most people look at and wonder who thought it was a good idea.


I used to work for a high end kitchen company and have learnt by experience about touching up and making good paintwork on very expensive painted kitchens using oil and water based eggshell gloss applied by hand on “hand painted” kitchen cabinets that were actually sprayed then the brushed with a dry brush to get the brush marks; also using acid catalyst paints applied by hand and air brush.


Trying to achieve a high end paint finish on site is very demanding. Some years ago I installed the kitchen featured in this article for that customer.  who has now sold the house and moved on. All the cabinets were made and painted in the factory apart from the mantelpiece over the AGA cooker which I made and painted onsite, I also touched up the paintwork on the rest yo the cabinets as required. Given the value of the completed project there is a requirement to be very particular about the painting, because of the difference in the quality of the MDF used I had to use for that mantelpiece it required seven coats of paint to match the depth of finish achieved in the factory on the rest of the cabinets with four coats of paint.


Is asked to paint plastic electrical accessories I would just say no, it’s pointless as the desired outcome is not achievable.


 Andy Betteridge.