Has anyone spray painted a seat... :)

mamakc

Active member

• Jan 29, 2011

• #1

Might be a dumb question, but I keep thinking how weird the maestro's two toned gray/black shell is (where the cupholders are anyway). The Amp backless booster is that bright colored plastic and I wish they made the maestro like that. Anyway I was thinking of maybe spray painting the cup holders or something? Thoughts?

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Jan 29, 2011

• #2

I wonder what that would do in a car fire.

 

hrice

New member

• Jan 29, 2011

• #3

Judi said:

I wonder what that would do in a car fire.

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:yeahthat: That is the first thought that entered my head. Plus my kids would entertain themselves by scraping off the paint I'm sure.

 

mamakc

Active member

• Jan 29, 2011

• #4

Judi said:

I wonder what that would do in a car fire.

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ha... good point.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Jan 29, 2011

• #5

Yeah, kids picking it off would be my main concern.

You'd also want to be sure to keep it away from the EPS foam. Have you ever seen what spray paint can do to styrofoam? I learned a hard lesson when gold spray paint ate through my styrofoam pyramid for my social studies project in fourth grade...

 

Kat_Momof3

New member

• Jan 29, 2011

• #6

I wouldn't put a flammable thing like spray paint anywhere near a carseat.

Otherwise, I'm sure that carseat companies would have been coloring the plastics that way to make all kinds of colors already.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Jan 29, 2011

• #7

Is spray paint still flammable once it's dry? (I mean, any more than anything else?)

FTR, I'm NOT advocating painting a seat. I'm just wondering.

 

jess71903

Ambassador

• Jan 29, 2011

• #8

LISmama810 said:

Is spray paint still flammable once it's dry? (I mean, any more than anything else?)

FTR, I'm NOT advocating painting a seat. I'm just wondering.

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That's what I was thinking, too. I think it's just flammable because of the propellant to get it out of the can.

 

unityco

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Jan 29, 2011

• #9

I believe certain paints, especially the ones made for plastic, change the structure of the plastic (kind of 'melting' it in order to bond to it.) I don't think it would be a good idea.

 

mamakc

Active member

• Jan 29, 2011

• #10

unityco said:

I believe certain paints, especially the ones made for plastic, change the structure of the plastic (kind of 'melting' it in order to bond to it.) I don't think it would be a good idea.

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I was thinking that too, so was only thinking of doing it on the cup holders. They are a separate piece that can be taken off the seat.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Jan 29, 2011

• #11

I asked DH about the flammability. He said it would depend on the paint, but could spread fire or combust/combust more quickly. He suggested someone could conduct a flame test. So unless you want to invest in that...

 

mamakc

Active member

• Jan 30, 2011

• #12

eh.... I guess I'll just deal w/ it.