DO NOT DO THIS!!! My kids came home a couple weeks after he painted with silver paint all over their pants! Fortunately this was over the summer and I hope he got it fixed before school started. I havent' heard of any other issues.
But, what I can recommend is this.
1. Check with a local car painting facility. They may donate a little car paint. Perfect because it is weather resistant and nice and shiny.
2. Contact any playground equip. seller. They have touch up paint they sell and I am sure if you had to you could just order some paint from them.
I've never painted metal playground equipment but I have painted other metal objects like lawn furniture and shepherd's hooks. You need to get a paint that is formulated for metal and for outdoor wear. You'll probably need to clean and sand the surface and maybe even prime it.
I wonder if any of the playground companies' websites would have info on repainting?
Has anyone ever painted metal playground equipment?
Our schools playground needs help however the school building is very old and the school district wants to build a new school. So I was trying to spruce up the playground for the kids and I was wondering if we can just paint that old equipment and make it fun for the next few years.
