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Painting play pit balls

Hey I'm painting plastic play pit balls for a flag. I'd like to know exactly which kind of paint would stay on because the spray paint flaked off immediately after drying.

Bill Wheeler
Student Council - Azle, Texas
2004

I'm not really familiar with the term 'plastic play pit ball'. I'll guess that plays pit are those rooms of plastic balls at Chuck E. Cheese and Macdonald's that little kids jump around in and crawl around in? Painting plastics like that (probably polyethylene or polypropylene) is very difficult as your found out, but you can search the site for 'painting polyethylene' or 'painting polypropylene' for some tips. Have you checked whether the balls are available in the colors you need, as that might be more practical.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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2004

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