[MR] Review: Krylon Fusion Paint

[C. Brian Towey]

Friends and neighbors,

 

With great hopes, I bought a can of Krylon Fusion spray paint.  "Bonds To
Plastic," it says, right on the label.  I had hopes of spiffing up my modern
dining fly and other canopies made of the ubiquitous woven polyethylene tarp
material.  A stencil here, a motto there, and things might have looked more
presentable.

 

I am sad to report that the stuff doesn't stick.  Even after curing for a
week, any slight abrasion rubs it off, and rolling up the canopy causes most
of the paint to crumble to dust and fall off.

 

In case any of you were planning to try something similar, save yourself a
few bucks and don't bother.

 

So far, the only thing I have found that sticks to poly tarps is 100 mph
tape I bought from a race shop, and even that eventually peels off, leaving
a sticky residue.  

 

Your servant.

 

Lord Charles Fleming