PVC and pegboard desk/workbench

Step 7 Step 4: Painting the components

This is fairly straight-forward, but time consuming. First, be sure to wipe your components clean right before you paint them. Because spray paint doesn't adhere to PVC too well, it's best to spray one light primer coat (it doesn't have to completely conceal the white of the pipe) and then a nice even finish coat.

I painted the connectors against a trash bag on the ground, but it is so windy here, that the trash bag kept folding over and hitting the freshly painted pieces. So I took some plastic hangers and cut the bottom in the middle, slid them on and painted them while holding them up. This works great for holding them up to dry too.

For the pipe, I ran 1 masking tape around both ends of each pipe before painting them. If you wear some gloves, you can spray them standing up while holding them. Just hold one end by the masking tape and the other against the ground, then carefully flip it upside down and get the other.

Let your LIGHT primer coat dry for about one hour, and then come back and apply your finish coat. It will take at least 3 hours for your finish coat to be dry enough to handle the pipes.