house number on wheelie bin

muffinhead

I want to put my house number on my two wheelie bins but preferably for little or no cost. I've got some white gloss paint in the shed and was wondering if this would stick to the plastic surface and be reasonably rain-proof? Or is there a better alternative?

If not, where can I get some cheap adhesive numbers to stick on my bin?

black-saturn

I just got some brightly coloured stickers so now I can tell which ones mine out of a group of them.

You can buy adhesive number stickers in any DIY shop.

helen21_2

I painted mine on years ago, and its still there

Poppycat

Paint seems to chip off. Stickers are better I have had mine on for about 8 years now

mariauk

Hi

I used a permanant Thick Black marker pen

libra10

I bought number labels from our local DIY/Hardware shop. Each number cost 25p. Really cheap and effective. Probably the larger multinations will also have them.

intel

If your going to use gloss paint rub the area to be painted
with a scouring pad to make a etchable surface.

muffinhead

helen21 wrote:

I painted mine on years ago, and its still there

did you use a gloss paint?

Poppycat wrote:

Paint seems to chip off. Stickers are better I have had mine on for about 8 years now

Did you use a gloss paint or regular emulsion?


The only reason I keep pushing the paint idea is because I have a tin that could be used up - it'd save me a few quid on buying some sticky numbers as well :rolleyes: !

RedOnRed

Just use a permanent marker like we did.

Poppycat

I used gloss paint. Also I tried permamnent market but it does fade.

dora37

We painted our number on our bin over 5 years ago in white emulsion on both the lid and the body of the bin and it still stands out a mile!