Autistic Arts and Crafts Time - let's sperg

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Autistic question time.

I’m planning on spray painting some plastic coffee containers for storage of whatever stuff. I don’t know if I should paint both inside and outside, but I think it’s probably only outside. Inside could get scratched up from whatever is stored in it, if it’s flour or pasta the paint might not be food safe, etc.

BUT the inside is most likely going to be bright red. At least some of them. I love red, it’s one of my favorite colors. But if I gift these containers, my friends don’t like red the way I do… it’s also possible I’m overthinking it again since it’s obvious that it’s a coffee can no matter what.

So: outside only, or inside too?

There are food grade paints out there - surprisingly, the Rust-Oleum epoxy paints for appliances are incidentally also food grade - but I think you're right that the paint will chip off or scratched up depending on what's stored in the bins. Also, I don't know if any food grade paint is ok to go on plastic, you don't want the paint or the propellant to eat through the plastic. So I'd say just paint the outside. Realistically, whoever is using the coffee can to store things won't be looking at the inside much anyway.