Name: Karen

Message: I want to change the colour of my roller blind (just one side). I thought about a spray fabric paint - but I don't know what to use?  The current colour is a pale golden yellow and I want to change is to a shade of brown.  Hope you can help. 

Darkening pale yellow to brown should be relatively easy, not requiring any opacity. I have never painted roller blinds, but it seems like a much better idea than dyeing them, since they usually appear to be made of synthetics, which are usually difficult or impossible to dye. A good quality fabric paint, such as Setacolor, might work. I would be afraid to try a paint that is not a fabric paint, because of the need for flexibility. Unfortunately, fabric paint does not usually come in spray form. You probably should use a sponge paintbrush as an applicator, and not even attempt to achieve a smooth solid color.

There can be no guarantee that this will work. A good fabric paint can be expensive, but a cheap paint that is not intended for fabric is more likely to crack and peel. You should compare the prices of a sufficiently large bottle of good fabric paint to the price of the most inexpensive ready-made blind you can find in the color you want.

I recommend that you carefully study Deb Horowitz's instructions on painting furniture, which you can find here:
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/furniture_painting.shtml
The procedures and the warnings will be similar. 

In many cases it is preferable to sew a slipcover for a couch, rather than attempting to dye or paint it. Perhaps you should consider learning to sew your own roller blinds. Here are some instructions that I found online, though I cannot vouch for their reliability:
http://www.hutchal.clara.net/curtains/roller.htm
Maybe this book would be useful for you: 
Curtains, Blinds & Valances (Sew in a Weekend Series)

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