# I have painted my black pieces

**URL:** https://community.playchessup.com/t/i-have-painted-my-black-pieces/4354
**Category:** General
**Created:** [May 1, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/i-have-painted-my-black-pieces/4354 "2026-05-01T05:51:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Ricardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@Ricardo](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Ricardo)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/i-have-painted-my-black-pieces/4354/1 "2026-05-01T05:51:47Z")

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No issues, just sharing with the community 🙂

It would be nice to have the option of buying a wooden piece upgrade kit tho

 ![1000102948](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/playchessup/original/2X/7/72fc0ca330e4acf555db71ba988275a0c940bdf8.jpeg)

 ![1000102949](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/playchessup/original/2X/c/cc59d95a24b7eca26093923823d9830b807d17bc.jpeg)

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### Author: ![TN1024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TN1024](https://community.playchessup.com/u/TN1024)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/i-have-painted-my-black-pieces/4354/2 "2026-05-01T15:13:23Z")

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Cool. What type of paint did you use? And does it peel off?

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### Author: ![Southernrun](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/southernrun/32/206_2.png) [@Southernrun](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Southernrun)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/i-have-painted-my-black-pieces/4354/3 "2026-05-02T02:01:32Z")

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Very nice color choice

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### Author: ![Ricardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@Ricardo](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Ricardo)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/i-have-painted-my-black-pieces/4354/4 "2026-05-05T04:38:00Z")

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![1000103342](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/playchessup/original/2X/c/ca19ec8b1d4173028d0992ba1530de522b1241d4.jpeg)  
I used a primer followed by multi use paint. No chipping so far.

I think letting them cure for at least a week before using made the difference