Does plastic paint work for CD's?

[jon foster]

For those that know, what can I use to easily paint a CD that both looks nice, and will not mess up the CD / CD player?

 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

jon

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Plastic house paint might work on CD's , Jon. 

I have used thick acrylic paints...but even then the colors tend to chip off a bit

[jon foster]

Oh ok, thanks so much. I went out looking for some yesterday and couldn't come up with any. I decided on working with pens, it was what I have. Thanks so much for the information.

[Ruud Janssen]

Have a look at:

http://paintedcds.blogspot.com/

 

Painted CD's by Ruud Janssen

Over the years I have painted thousands of CD's with acrylic paint. Here is an overview of a part of the collection. Some already have been exhibited. Interested in buying one or exhibiting he collecion: just contact me. Price of one Painted CD in box is € 100,- (includes sending). Order with mentioning the number. Sold CD's will be removed from the blog.

[jon foster]

My only question is, can you still play the CD's that you've painted? Right now I'm working on a music / mail art project but I need to the CD's to still play. Plus, I'm a little worried that if the paint isn't very strong it may mess up someone's CD player.