I have to admit I like that big blow mold chain, its just very heavy looking. I fix it up a bit with some trick painting.
Cheap Plastic Chain
If you need some plastic chain this year Mr. Chain has some 2" link off gold colored chain for 25 cents per foot on a close out. The color is not the best, they call it khaki gold, but with a quick paint job it looks great. The link is about 5/16th of an inch thick, and 2 in. long, so it looks like "real" chain.
http://www.mrchain.com/-close-outs-0
Painting the chain is easy. A one gallon milk jug will hold about 50ft of chain. Place the chain in the jug and remember to tie a string onto the end so you can put the top of the jug back on. Add about a pint of paint (flat black enamel) put the top back on (string out) and shake and roll the jug for a minute or so. Open and let the paint drain back into the can (2 or 3 min.). Hang the chain up to dry. It will drip a little so outdoors is best.
I painted 100ft of chain this way an used a little less then a pint of paint.
For a "rusty" look I use a primer red color of spray enamel and a lite brown spray enamel . Just a lite spray of each (as in a dusting) should get the look you want. And if you over did a spot you can hit it with a shot of flat black spray paint. The chain cuts with pruning shears. Normally chain this size can be about $2.00 a foot. (ACE Hdwr).
http://www.mrchain.com/-close-outs-0
Painting the chain is easy. A one gallon milk jug will hold about 50ft of chain. Place the chain in the jug and remember to tie a string onto the end so you can put the top of the jug back on. Add about a pint of paint (flat black enamel) put the top back on (string out) and shake and roll the jug for a minute or so. Open and let the paint drain back into the can (2 or 3 min.). Hang the chain up to dry. It will drip a little so outdoors is best.
I painted 100ft of chain this way an used a little less then a pint of paint.
For a "rusty" look I use a primer red color of spray enamel and a lite brown spray enamel . Just a lite spray of each (as in a dusting) should get the look you want. And if you over did a spot you can hit it with a shot of flat black spray paint. The chain cuts with pruning shears. Normally chain this size can be about $2.00 a foot. (ACE Hdwr).
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