Painted a rattan elephant I think my parents brought from India in the 70's. It had sat on the covered front porch a decade and was starting to get a little soft.
The old can of paint used was half-solid half-liquid and needed a drill mixer for a bit and then thinned with acetone. I used a wide chip brush which was a mistake and most of the paint went on the floor. The spots where the rattan looked "glued together" by lumpy paint I blew out with the compressor to keep those nice intricate textures. I will use a heat gun on this as well to harden it up with the first coat and strengthen it.
The second coat will be reduced and sprayed to get as much surface as possible. Maybe I'll use a little Preval sprayer to get inside all the nooks and crannies. Other than dipping it in a bath of paint I'm not sure how else to get full coverage.
