Painting Awning For Customer, What paint?

[csudman]

I've searched and found lots of different answers to this. The awning is a heavy vinyl material. It's in good shape. The customer is looking for 3-5 years before he is ready to replace it.

All of the newer answers suggest latex paint, older answers are saying NAZDAR ink thinned. The NAZDAR ink is about 4 times as expensive and I'll need about 4 gallons to do this.

Is latex appropriate for this project?

Thank you.

 

[Gino]

In my recent years, vinyl banners are not paintable anymore. If you prime it with a paint receptive undercoat, then perhaps, but I would imagine it would still hafta be an oil-based paint. Most of the properties in vinyl awnings will repel latex in an instant.

 

[csudman]

So I guess I should test a spot. What kind of undercoat are you suggesting?

 

[Gino]

Fellers used to sell it. It was called Aquacoat..... Tri Coat or something like that. We don't paint them anymore, because we have several printers and a flatbed for that stuff now. To paint an awning on site, we tell them to either start over or go elsewhere. We don't wanna be involved in possible disasters.

 

[visual800]

latex paint will adhere to vinyl awnings just clean it first. ive painted several some rolled some taken down and sprayed

 

[David Wright]

Always had good luck with priming Ty-Coat, then an oil base finish.

 

[Gino]

Always had good luck with priming Ty-Coat, then an oil base finish.

That's it.