You will have to be careful because they are styrofoam and like any styrofoam out there certain paints like spray paint will actually deteriorate the foam.
Can you paint a pool noodle.
Obviously you don t want kids helping with this process so you will need to prep this before your kids are ready to paint.
Lena loved the texture of the paint when she used the noodles this way.
Or get some paint onto the sides of the noodle and use it as a rolling pin.
If you use a closed cell you can paint them i have painted them red and white and neither onr melted the ones i used were whackey noodles from the doolar store.
Besides the pool noodle i had everything else on hand.
Here is what i used for our pool noodle painting project.
You can simply press the noodle on the paper to make little circular prints.
The pool noodle should stay put on its own but for a more permanent solution you can adhere the pool noodle to the studs with construction cement or a couple of nails.
But carefully and with the right type of paint.
Your kids can dip the pool noodles into paint to see what kinds of designs they can make.
If black is really the color of choice you can buy pipe insulation at any home center or hardware store.
Can i spray paint a pool noodle.
Use a serrated knife to cut sections of pool noodles in half or cut wedges out of the end of a section of pool noodle.
I cut the pool noodle in half the long way with a utility knife and fit it onto the studs in my garage.
Because of the material from which pool noodles are made certain paints like spray paint will actually deteriorate the foam.
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Voila no more door dings.
If you want to paint a pool noodle use water based paint like acrylic paint.
The pipe insulation is already split and comes with a strip and seal way of glueing the split back together.
Any water based paint like acrylic paint would work and latex paint i am pretty sure will be fine as well but don t quote me on that.
So for this project it could range from 1 to 10 depending on how elaborate you want your paint paper to be and what you have on hand.
It is more expensive than pool noodles but is the same or similar material.
I used a pool noodle for a cosplay and what i did was carve and cover it in masking tape so it would be earlier to paint on then used regular acrylic paint.