Rust-Oleum 150ml Flexible Fabric Spray Paint - Black

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And as much as I wanted this to be a great inexpensive solution for saving faded outdoor cushions, it just didn’t quite hit the mark. I repeated the same steps as before: shake can for one minute, make sure surface is clean and dry, apply long even light coats to the surface and let dry. Next make long even light sprays across the surface of the fabric. Don’t let the paint puddle in one area. I made this mistake. First shake the can for at least one minute. Make sure you hear the ball rattling when you start your minute countdown. I went in search of better paint options for painting outdoor cushions. It took a bit of digging, but I did manage to find a few options.

I sprayed a little too much on one end of the cushion and the paint started to puddle and drip. Don’t make this mistake!

Because I needed to do a full three coats of paint, I did use quite a bit of paint. It is hard to know for sure how much spray paint is left in the can, but it feels like I used around half the can of paint on my small pillow. The painted cushions looked so much better than the old faded fabric had. But the texture was a lot more stiff than I would have liked and the paint wasn’t able to completely cover the floral pattern.

Below is the first cushion that I sprayed. You can see on the left side where I was a little too heavy handed and used too much spray paint. Even though you do need to let the paint dry for thirty minutes between coats, it only took a few seconds to spray each coat of paint on my small pillow and a larger set of couch cushions could be done in just a few minutes. I’m guessing because this is a cushion and a good majority of the paint will be absorbed is why it’s taking so many coats? If my logic is wrong then tell me.;)I used one and a half spray paint cans to cover two small outdoor lumbar cushions. Was it cost effective? Not really but it was a lot easier than using chalk paint and wax to paint the cushions. Final thoughts Dry and recoat times are based on 70 °F (21 °C) and 50% relative humidity. Allow more time at cooler temperatures. Dries to the touch in 1 hour and to handle in 2 hours. Fully dry in 24 hours. Machine washable in 3 days.

Using this spray paint to cover a patterned pillow took way more coats of paint than I expected it to. I am actually quite happy with the texture of my painted pillow. It is definitely much softer than the couch cushions I painted with latex paint! In fact, I doubt anyone who touched it would ever guess it had been painted. But I wasn’t quite ready to give up. I’ve painted other fabrics over the years with great results, so I had to wonder if maybe the paint I used was the problem. Outdoor Fabric Paint Options I’m sharing everything you need to know to use Rustoleum outdoor fabric spray paint including the good, the bad, and how it compares to my previous attempt at painting outdoor fabric.

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These points are what differentiates it from regular spray paint. How to use Rustoleum Outdoor Fabric Paint