That is VERY cool. I am thinking of getting lots of cheap pots and painting them too. I have already done a bunch of old green plastic ones and they look brand new now. I used the plastic spray paint from HD. You are giving me lots of ideas ! What kind of paint did you use? What did you apply the concoction with? Are you talking about the spackling compound in the red/white plastic buckets? How much paint did it take? THANKS for all the help. c

Cool! I have a question, too! Is this a plastic pot? I have a really pretty 3-tiered planter that DH bought me a couple of years ago. I'm not sure what it is made of, it is not plastic but that light weight stuff. It is starting to fall apart on some of the edges. I wonder if this method would work?

Trailrunner, our neighbor mixed it for us. It's the spackling in the tub that you use to patch dry wall with. I think any paint will work ( this was a water based ) and you thin the spackling compound until it's spreadable. It drys REALLY hard and quickly here. You can mix different color paints together to get custom colors. I just think it is so neat! Ours was a clay pot that needed wire brushed really good before painting, but if the pot is in good condition you can just paint it. What fun :)

necia , we must have been posting at the same time, I didn't see yours until just now. DH got on the pc *playing games* and I couldn't get back on.

No, it's not plastic...I think it's clay. Maybe your planter is resin? We have a HUGE resin pot on the patio that is doing that and we are talking about painting it too. I think it would work.

That looks great. I'd like to give it a try.

That is exciting! It does look like cement! I used to live in AZ and we got no rain to speak of. has it had a cloudburst yet? I wonder how it would do here( 2 inches of rain here today) Maybe the paint is enough to protect it from rain. It would be fun to try!

cooperbailey , yes I think it will work where you are. Our neighbor painted his fountain with this, and it is holding up good.

It hasn't rained here in forever...but sometimes when it does, it Gulley washes!

Thanks for posting and giving me inspiration to get to work on my pots today!

Do you know what color the paint was? I really like that gray!

annz , no I don't know what color he used. I think he blended in some black ( not much) with the white spackling. It's kind of trial and error with the mixtures. We'll probably never get the same exact shade again.

Has anyone tried this ideas on a resin or plastic pot??? I would love to revive some of my old pots.

gagesgranny , funny you should post this as I'm reading it DH is on the patio painting one of our large resin pots. It looks great so far, but I can't tell you how it will hold up.

I'll post a picture of it for you later today.

I have a picture of the resin pot before, but it doesn't do the ugliness justice. It's the big one in the middle...getting crumbly.

TA DA!!!! afterwards....he did the smaller clay pot there on the left also. He ran out of paint and had to mix up some more so it's lighter than the urn in the front. It's nearly impossible to mix up the same color twice, but it's in the same family.