Paint for metal bottle caps?

[lizcommotion]

If you were going to use some sort of paint and sealer on metal bottle caps that wouldn't chip, which paint would you use? I was thinking both a base coat and some sort of decoration (nothing too complicated). I know they make certain paints just for metals, which I've seen in hardware stores and the like. I thought spray paint might work for the base coat, but I wasn't sure about something I could spread with a brush for detail work. Does anyone have any particular recommendations/suggestions?

Thanks in advance, dreamwidth hive mind!

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[pseudomonas]

I'd probably try using Humbrol enamel paints, but I don't know how well they'd stand up to use.

[lizcommotion]

Thanks for the info. Just curious - is there any particular reason you'd pick Humbrol over, say, Rustoleum?

[pseudomonas]

I've not heard of Rustoleum; I know Humbrol (the brush-on sort) comes in teeny little tins for just over £1 each, so it'd not be too expensive or wasteful to test it.

[lizcommotion]

That is sense-making! Thank you!

[moem]

The painter says: I'd use a base coat / primer and then an enamel type paint, suitable for outdoors use. My preference would be to use synthetic (not acrylic) paint.

In any case, make sure that the primer and final coat are either both acrylic or both synthetic.
You could probably get the primer in a spray can, but definitely read the fine print to be absolutely sure about this.

I'm not sure what the Humbrol enamels are based on but if they are synthetic, then I'd consider them a good option.

[lizcommotion]

Thank you! This was very helpful, and kind of in line with what I was thinking. Have you heard anything about whether something like Rustoleum would work? (Available at local hardware store, why I am considering.)

[moem]

That would depend on which products you'd be getting, since they have quite a range.

[lizcommotion]

Question answered by poster above. (Humbrol is way cheaper for a small sample to test.)

[moem]

True, true.
I sometimes forget that others may not have dozens of half-used cans of paint standing around, like I do. ;-)

[lizcommotion]

I used to, but I just moved and I my housemate purged a bunch of paint because the movers do not move paint. I saved some all-purpose craft paint and some Ann Slaon Chalk Paint, but other than that we are paintless. :(