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Painted Windmill

17 years ago

This small windmill has been rusting in my yard for years. Bright colors are my favorites, so I pulled the fan off, painted the base with 'rust cap' spray paint, then lightly sanded the blades and tail and painted with industrial oil based paint. It only took an hour, then 1 day for the paint to dry. Much better. Linda

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Comments (14)

  • 17 years ago

    Hooraay for you. Some like it natural and some with the updated paint job. I like the colors and what you have done. It will be a great new addition to your yard/garden.

    Kat

  • 17 years ago

    What a beauty! Isn't paint great?
    kathy

  • 17 years ago

    Wow, how nice and new it looks! Great color combo, I love it, now I might have to rethink some of the "rusty" junk in my yard..

  • 17 years ago

    Well I think that new paint job looks great!

    Donna in Florida

  • 17 years ago

    So bright and pretty! Love the new look! Great job!

  • 17 years ago

    Looks great, sewandsew! And if you're putting it back in that same spot, I see your beautiful planted red pots & love that red barn-like birdhouse & think it will look great there! Your gardens look wonderful! I also have an old windmill (rusty) & love to hear it spinning when I'm working in that garden...ummmm, may need to paint it! :-) TFS. Jeanne S.
    p.s. How's the dog-eared fence & "back 40" coming? Oh, that's an country term, I guess, "back 40" ... for a "city-girl"..your "backyard," I mean!

  • 17 years ago

    Great job on painting!
    I have one of those that was my Mother's.
    It withstood the salt air around the Bay
    ( they lived right on the water)
    for a good number of years, and has now
    been with me for over 13 years.
    Will you come and paint it for me? LOL

  • 17 years ago

    Oh I have been wanting one of those so long!!!!!!

  • 17 years ago

    Wow!!!!! Love it mucho!!!!!

  • 17 years ago

    Looks good. Luv that paint. I have a smaller one and it is really rusted. My Problem is that there is a petal missing....or I guess I should say blade. lol Thinking flower.

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks for the nice comments. I like rusty too, but like primary colors for my yard. Here's a couple of great rusty things from Edna's yard last week.

    Jeanne, We seem to get side tracked from that fence all the time. I've made some small progress lately but will hang it when the whole back wall is done, then start on the sides.

    June, How about breaking out every other blade on the windmill, or maybe every 4th one if it works out?? I like the flower idea. Linda
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  • 17 years ago

    Oh you inspired me. I have one in my back yard that is the ugly green!! Love your garden it looks like a flower shop!! TFS.

  • 17 years ago

    The windmill came out great! Things usually take longer than you think, don't they, oh well, your backyard isn't going anywhere so you can do it little at a time!! Jan

  • 17 years ago

    We had high wind storm once...it got blades to spinning so fast they just went flying away...LOL.

    so I painted mine green and put a wooden ball...(trying to think of the name of them...but can't....they go on the top of a railing going up the stairs...)
    I painted it green too...and now it has a clematis growing on it.

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