I wish I had better advice for you, but I think you might have to just buy a new slide. They sell them on Amazon (https://amzn.to/2N4XuWt aff link), but I know that’s not what you’re hoping for. I think by the time you spend $40 on a gallon of premium paint that may or may not hold up, it’s worth it to just spend $95 on a brand new slide where the plastic is the color you need.

Good luck Cecilia!
Melissa

I am so happy you found my article helpful! I totally agree about more color options when shopping for playground equipment. When done nicely and maintained well, a play set can really be a focal point in your backyard! Also – I can’t believe you sanded the slide. That must have been a lot of work!

Thank you for leaving a comment 🙂
Melissa

We just inherited the EXACT SAME play structure from a friend of ours. They actually got it years ago from their neighbor, so we are the third couple to have it. We, like you disconnected the monkey bars and ramp and gave them away on Craigslist and as luck would have it was picked up by a couple that is good friends of the friends we received it from. Crazy. I just rebuilt the climbing ramp for $20 today and my wife is going all in on a white/gray/black roof look with bits of yellow (swings/handles/climbing rocks) as accents.

I’m not sure how I’m going to like it but we’ll see….. I actually sanded the slide (I don’t recommend doing this as it takes soooooo long to sand it from grit to grit and plastic dust gets everywhere) from grit to grit to grit and I’d much rather just sell it for $30 and buy a new one from Amazon next time for $120. And like one earlier poster mentioned….why aren’t there any other colors for slides besides mainly green and yellow. Tertiary colors are all the rage these days.

I agree! I couldn’t find other colors online either!

I just read this. Disregard my previous message. Thank you for the update on the slide paint. Why cant they make light pink, blue, teal, or white slides? Why the dark yellow and green!!!! ???? So out of style! lol

I have the same question! I want to buy the costco playground but do not like the yellow slides… if someone can let me know how the paint held up I would greatly appreciate it!

Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend it! 😉

Thank you for posting this update as i was googling to see if spraypainting would work for a slide! You saved me from myself!

I didn’t try spray painting the rock climbing pieces, but if you use an oil-based spray paint, I would guess they would last at least a year. Otherwise there are these new ones or these cheaper onesfrom Amazon you could buy. Like I said in the other comment, pretty much everything plastic I painted is not holding up so well. If I were you, I would buy new pieces for your play set. The rock climbing sets are only about $30 and these climbing bars are about the same.Good luck to you in fixing up your playset!