Preserving painted flower pots

[Jacqui T]

My daughter came to me this morning absolutely adamant that she paint a
flowerpot. Thank you Caillou! Anyway, we've created a beautiful flower pot
using fingerpaints (the only thing I had on hand) and I'd like to be able to
keep it & hopefully use it. The terra cotta wasn't treated with anything
before we painted it, but is there something I can spray or paint on that
will keep the paint from running off? Any ideas how this might be done
better next time? What sort of paints should be used - keeping in mind that
my daughter is only 2.

TIA

Jacqui

[John Savage]

Would spraying it with Clear Spray Enamel help? I'm not really sure what
terra cotta is. I usually use clay pots and then spray after done painting.

Nanci

[Helen]

I have used Acrylic paint and varnish and then planted them up with herbs that the kids have grown, but they have begun to grow mould on the outside - any ideas why? The hers are kept indoors on the window sill and are slowly growing a white mould, which when scrubbed takes the varnish and the paint off with it.

 

I know we are no the gardening forum, but has anyone any ideas why this keeps happening to me?

 

Thanks

 

Helen

"cj" <w_la...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3B93AED...@sympatico.ca...

Hello Jacqui...
We do a lot of paint  painting here.
Use  acrylic paints (non toxic and clean up easily as they are water based) .........found at any craft type store. And use clear Urethane/varathane as a finish. If your pots are going to be placed outside, put on 3-4 coats of your finish. You can purchase this as  a spray at your craft store, or go to your decorating store and purchase a small can (cheaper in the long run).

-cj-
 

[~Sandra~]

We made these for mother's day and sadly the ones my children made for me were
knocked off the step by a raccoon and smashed. :(

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~Sandra~

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[Jacqui T]

Racoons are just the limit aren't they. We filled in most of our pond this
year because it was so deep. I had all the fish in buckets on the deck and
the racoons came & had a buffet dinner one night. I should have known
better than to leave the fish there, but the racoons had never bothered with
our yard or the pond before. We only had 2 fish left!

Jacqui
--
Since I gave up reality the possibilities are endless!

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[Helen]

OK - I am lazy I only did one coat of varnish - thanks for the tip, I'll do more in future!

"cj" <w_la...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3B93CE6C...@sympatico.ca...

 

Helen wrote:

I have used Acrylic paint and varnish and then planted them up with herbs that the kids have grown, but they have begun to grow mould on the outside - any ideas why? The hers are kept indoors on the window sill and are slowly growing a white mould, which when scrubbed takes the varnish and the paint off with it.

 

Helen, I suspect you didn't put on enough coats of varnish(varethane/urethane).
You need a minimum of two coats (dry between each coat)...and if outside pots, do at least 3-4 coats(I tend to do 5-6 coats myself).
The other thought I had is that perhaps your varnish was possibly very old or improperly stored(lid not sealed well enough)? .

cj