In great shape

Mark Rayner gives an old pot a jazzy makeover.

You will need: Bucket of warm soapy water and sponge, large concrete or terracotta pot, low-tack masking tape, paintbrushes, Resene Concrete primer and Resene Clearcoat UVS, protective glaze.

Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Flashback, Resene Desperado and Resene Milk Chocolate.

You can decorate a terracotta pot in the same way but you should use Resene Resene Terracotta Sealer instead of Resene Concrete Primer in step 2.

Step one
Wash the concrete pot with warm soapy water and rinse well. Allow to dry.

Step two
Apply one coat of Resene Concrete Primer to the pot, allowing two hours to dry.

Step three
Apply two coats of Resene Flashback to the pot, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.

Step four
Apply low-tack masking tape to the sides of the pot, as shown, to create a series of random geometric shapes.

Step five
Paint alternate shapes with two coats of Resene Desperado, allowing two hours for the first coat to dry.

Step six
Paint remaining shapes with two coats of Resene Milk Chocolate, allowing two hours for the first coat to dry.

Step seven
Before the second coat of each colour has dried, carefully remove the masking tape and allow paint two hours to dry.

Step eight
Apply a coat of Resene Clearcoat UVS, protective glaze and allow two hours to dry before planting up with potted colour.

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