i noticed yesterday when we were in the pool that my skimmer color has started to fade and turning kinda yellowish, this includes the faceplate also. i was curious if anyone has painted their skimmer?
Painting Skimmer??
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borjis
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I get some of that yellow on mine each year.
If you buy a magic eraser and rub it with some water, it may very well turn white/new looking.
My skimmer throat is actually green/blue colored with a white weir door
and using a magic eraser made both look like new.
Painting...probably wouldn't do that.
If you buy a magic eraser and rub it with some water, it may very well turn white/new looking.
My skimmer throat is actually green/blue colored with a white weir door
and using a magic eraser made both look like new.
Painting...probably wouldn't do that.
Seems like paint would eventually start to peel where it is constantly getting wet or sitting under water. Maybe on the outside of the housing the paint might hold.
i have tried the magic erasers and it did not work on my very well. was not going to be painting the inside of my skimmer, just looking at making the outside look a little better.
Old schoolers will remember, painting faceplates with rustoleam flat for the picky clientele. This was before different color faceplates were in mainstream distribution.
I know Rustoleum still makes a paint for plastic outdoor furniture. That might work. We are considering using it for our plastic white chairs that seem to get that ugly gray color over the winter and the only thing that cleans them is either OxyClean with a lot of elbow grease, or a power washer. ;-)
Rust-Oleum does make a plastic paint, and it works great.
I never used it for a pool skimmer, but I used it for a barbie jeep. We had one of those power wheels Barbie jeeps - all pink and white. The kids out grew it but it still worked great. I took it all apart, and repainted it. Black trim, brown "leather" interior, and a camo exterior and then gave it to my nephew. That paint held up to 4 years of outdoor use before he got to old for it and they gave it away. As far as I know, it's still out there somewhere driving around.
As far as making the plastic white again, go on you tube and look up "restoring old plastic electronics" there is a whole community out there that restores old computers and video games, including bringing back the yellowed cases. there are a variety of methods that can be used.
-dave
I never used it for a pool skimmer, but I used it for a barbie jeep. We had one of those power wheels Barbie jeeps - all pink and white. The kids out grew it but it still worked great. I took it all apart, and repainted it. Black trim, brown "leather" interior, and a camo exterior and then gave it to my nephew. That paint held up to 4 years of outdoor use before he got to old for it and they gave it away. As far as I know, it's still out there somewhere driving around.
As far as making the plastic white again, go on you tube and look up "restoring old plastic electronics" there is a whole community out there that restores old computers and video games, including bringing back the yellowed cases. there are a variety of methods that can be used.
-dave
