Thread: Re-coating plastic beads

Hi everyone,

Can anyone recommend a good acrylic (or other type of) paint (or even nail varnish, although I suspect paint would last longer?) for re-coating silver beads on costumes? I haven't had too many problems with finding matches for other colours, but trying to reproduce the original, very reflective, metallic finish on silver beads is proving to be a nightmare. Everything that I've tried so far just give a dull matt finish.


Any suggestions ?.......g.:

Mellilah

If the beads are not strung you could research chrome-type spray paint. I am not certain but if beads have been strung you might lose a bit of the movement. Once you obtain the finish you seek you might want to either use clear spray paint or clear nail polish to seal everything. Keep us updated on your progress, I have a similiar project awaiting my attention.

Car touch up paint. They are sold in little jars like nail polish. You can get them at a car dealership.

Do a search. There was a thread that had an online source with a lot of colors.

Thank you ladies ..g.:

The beads aren't exactly strung, it's worse, they're still fixed to the costume (!). Sorry, I really should have mentioned that. Chrome-type spray paint sounds like a great idea for fringe etc. though, so, while not ideal for my current project, I'll certainly keep it in mind for future ones.

As a non-driver the idea of car paint hadn't even crossed my mind .w.: , but it's a brilliant idea. I'll be off down to the local car maintenance store asap!!! Thank you so much Jasani.

I'm sure this is a really frequent question, particularly from owners of Pharaonics costumes (love love love the costumes, they're absolutely beautiful and last for ages apart from those annoying beads), so I did try to search previous threads before posting, although I just tried basic words like 'bead' and 'paint'. Will try again though, and hopefully find the thread that Dancerose is refering to (thanks, I knew there had to be one somewhere )

Car paint here I come.,r:;
Thanks again everyone!

Take it from me... there are tons of different colors of silver car paint... my brother has driven himself nuts trying to match the colors on our silver vans...

I think this is the thread refered to:
http://www.bhuz.com/forum/fitness-be...tic-beads.html

I've got a costume I need to repaint the silver beads on too- let me know how it goes and which products work for you.

Boy, that's gonna be a new one: Walk into one of these car stores, pull out the costume and start checking the color of dent repair color. "M'am can I help you?" - "Yeah, I am looking for paint to fix the beads on my bellydance costume. Which shade would best match this bra fringe - Ford model year 1983 macho mauve, or the Volkswagen model year 2001 morning sunrise over the desert?"

Ah, somebody bring a hidden camera and put that on Youtube!

Sorry can't type properly, I'm almost crying with laughter here..... ..l;,..l;,..l;,
That's a brilliant image Steffib. Maybe I'll play on the safe side though and just take one spare bead. Not that I'm sure I'll be able to keep a straight face now anyway (LOL).

Anyway, I promise I will let everyone know how it goes (and fully expect that I'll end up with a whole collection of silver paints along the way).

Thanks for the link to the other thread too, I'll check it out now.

You can spray the chrome spray paint into something like a dixie cup and brush it on. I haven't tried it, but I've heard of other dancers doing it. I tried model paint and didn't love it. I'm in the process of removing the plastic beads and replacing with glass ones.

I thought of you today Melillah when I was at the local Sally Beauty Supply! They had this nail polish that looked like it had a finish that wasn't as matte as most, but the car paint is still probably your best bet. :)

Originally Posted by shahla

You can spray the chrome spray paint into something like a dixie cup and brush it on. I haven't tried it, but I've heard of other dancers doing it. I tried model paint and didn't love it. I'm in the process of removing the plastic beads and replacing with glass ones.

Annnnnnd if all fails you can breath the fumes and get high!..l;,..l;,
Not that I've ever done something so stupid as that, but the replacing with quality beads is a better choice.

Rather than struggle with locating the exact silver why not buy 2 or 3 different silvers? You could create depth by applying the paint on random beads or even using more than one silver on each bead. I have also used clear nail polish to seal beads. One time I used clear with glitter in it. Added an extra punch