Dinosaur for your swing set!

Step 11: Painting

I got everything to a point that I was ok with, at least for what this project was, I could probably have spent the next couple months filling and sanding until was perfect, but I figured for something that the kids are going to beat up and also that it was my first attempt at working with fiberglass I gave it a passable grade and went on to the painting

I bought spray paint for colors that I thought would be dinosaur looking and had fun with it. Painted the eyes, horns, waited for those to dry then masked and painted the body, masked around the mouth and seat area then painted. For the pupils I put masking tape over the eye, cut a circle and use a paint brush for the pupil.  For the details I made stencils out of cardboard. At this point you should be seeing everything come together so take your time have fun with it. Since his home would be in the sand and I didn't want the girls rubbing the paint off of the floor or slipping I painted some 3M reflective tread the same red as the seats, cut two pieces to fit the floor and taped them down.