Painting plastic cistern

[alfajerry]

Has anyone had any success changing the colour of a plastic toilet cistern by painting? If so, what sort of paint/preparation was necessary? Thanks.

[Codswallop]

No, but black plastic gutters take black gloss fine without any primer or undercoat. If your cistern is black and you want it white or some other light colour then I suspect that you will need either white primer and undercoat or a couple of coats of gloss to hide the black. If the cistern is shiny black then a rub down with a fine abrasive paper will probably help to give a good key to the first coat of paint.

[alfajerry]

Thank you. Worth a try then. Jerry