On Dec 3, 4:08*pm, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:46:20 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03

wrote:
I used Krylon Fusion on an inexpensive plastic patio set like this:

http://www.btinternet.com/~hognosesa...asticchair.gif

It took something like 6 - 8 cans to do 4 chairs and the 4' diameter
table.

It looked pretty good for the first season, but then it started to
chip. I touched it all up with a few more cans but it started to flake
off after a few months.

The company suggests allowing the paint to cure for seven days, before
out door use. Did you do that?

OK, I lied. I just got home and checked the product.

It was the Rust-Oleum Specialty Paint For Plastic, not the Krylon
Fusion.

Prep instructions were followed:
For age or weathered surfaces...clean with soap & water, rinse and let
dry. (The set was at least 2 years old, living on the deck the whole
time.)

Dry & Recoat instructions were followed:
Standard spray paint times...to touch in 20 - 30 minutes, to handle in
1 hour, fully dry in 24 hours. Second coat within 1 hour or after 48.

There is a note that says "Maximum paint adhesion and durability is
achieved in 5 -7 days." Nothing about not using it or keeping it
inside during this time period. In any case, as I said, the paint
lasted for a full summer season - not every day use by any means, and
not for anything other than reading the paper and having a snack on
the deck.

It was during the spring clean-up that I noticed the paint was
chipping, except for the one chair where I knocked the ice off during
the winter and the paint came with it.

The can doesn't say it, but perhaps the painted surfaces are not meant
to be left out for the winter.