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I'm planning to convert a pre-fabricated melamine storage cabinet into three units to hold arboreal boas. I'm going oto waterproof the inside with Contact paper and silicone sealant, but would like to paint the outside with something other than the melamine white color. Will paint stick? Anybody have any experience with trying this?
Thanks in advance.
-Lee McMurtry

I have not experimented with this in several years. Back then I tried a couple of different things. One was an epoxy paint after I roughed up the surface. That was not worth the effort.

I also tried a spray-on flash primer that I had previously used on glass. That worked pretty well. You spray the primer on first and then use whatever paint you like.

Krylon now has a spray paint specifically made for plastic. I think that would probably work but I can't guarantee how long it would last.

I'd try that first.

>>I'm planning to convert a pre-fabricated melamine storage cabinet into three units to hold arboreal boas. I'm going oto waterproof the inside with Contact paper and silicone sealant, but would like to paint the outside with something other than the melamine white color. Will paint stick? Anybody have any experience with trying this?
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Current snakes:

1.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Silver/Yellow)

3.4 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Green)

2.1 Gonyosoma janseni - (Black)

eh ill make it easy for you. go to home depot buy some Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Primer. Prime it with that then paint it with whatever you want. Using the bulls eye you can paint over ceramic tile. Either use that or an oil based primer, like Zinnser cover stain. I don't like Kilz. It sucks. The Zinsser cover stain will give you a better hold than the Bulls Eye 1-2-3, but the bulls eye is a water based latex formula, while cover-stain is oil. (water cleanup vs paint thinner clean up)
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The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

Battling ignorance one stupid person at a time.

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

Thanks

Melamine is water proof. I wouldn't waste the $$ on the contact paper, just run a bead of aquarium grade silicone along the back of it so that moisture doesnt get into your particle board.
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The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

Battling ignorance one stupid person at a time.

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)