Two Toned Spray Painted Tin with Corner Decal

Two Toned Spray Painted Tin with Corner Decal

This has been one of those projects that was a lot different than I expected it to be. There were several twists and turns before I finally ended up with a finished project.


It all started out with a Starbucks cocoa tin that I rescued from the recycling bin. I hate throwing out tins. I always want to try to reuse them whenever possible, so I figured I'd just throw some spray paint on it and call it a day. That was a month and a half ago.


The first strange thing that happened was that the spray paint reacted with whatever paint they used for the label on this tin. I've never had that happen before. I've spray painted quite a few tins over the years.


After the paint dried, it was lumpy, crackled, and the indented Starbuck's logo was quite prominent. So I thought, hey, it's already kinda ruined, why not test something out. So I grabbed a jar of spackle and filled the logo in and grabbed my sandpaper (and a damp paper towel).


I rubbed off most of the excess spackle with my damp paper towel, then I sanded the whole tin to try to remove the texture from the paint reaction.


Then yet another twist, the spray paint I used to do my first coat was completely clogged and wouldn't spray (anyone have tips for unclogging spray paint cans?). So I switched to a different shade of purple.


I sprayed over the newly smoothed surface as best as I could and let it dry.


The surface was still pretty rough and the Starbucks logo was still visible (unfortunately, I didn't get a good picture of it).


So I let it dry and sanded it down again and spray painted another coat.


I spread on some more spackle to try to fill the logo smoothly. I rubbed away the excess with a damp paper towel and then sanded the surface again.


I tried to smooth out as much of the rough paint as possible and I left a little more of the spackle on the logo than I did the first time.


Then I sprayed on more of the grape spray paint.


The surface seemed a lot smoother, but now there was a bit of a lump over the logo. I decided that it was as good as it was going to get.


To make it a bit more interesting, I decided to add another color on the bottom of the tin. I grabbed this teal spray paint and sprayed the bottom and around the sides (trying to stay close to the bottom of the tin).


I let it dry and then tipped it back up and sprayed around the top edge with the purple so it wasn't too green.


The two toned spray paint turned out well, but there was still a lump where the logo was.


So I dug through my stash of vinyl decals and chose one that would cover (or at least disguise) the bump. I cut a piece of transfer tape the size of the decal.


I applied the transfer tape to the decal and burnished the edges. This decal was only in two pieces, so I didn't have to be too careful. I peeled the paper backing off the decal.


I applied the decal so that it was centered on the corner (so it would look like the Enterprise was flying right at you). I burnished the decals edges and peeled off the transfer tape.


The corner effect turned out great and the decal mostly covers the logo lump. So even though it took me forever to get this tin painted and semi-smooth, in the end it turned out great! So even when you think a project isn't going to turn out, there is hope!

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