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Painting a Fireplace
The earlier post regarding painting PVC has jogged my memory. I am in the
process of wallpapering the front room and we have a gas fire with a wooden surround that's looking a bit tired. The wood is the cheap laminated type (found in B&Q and the like) and we don't currently have the funds to upgrade it so i was wondering how i would i go about painting it? If i used gloss would i need some sort of primer or is painting a total no go for this type of wood. I assume its chipboard or mdf laminated with some sort of plastic i guess? Thanks in advance for your help. Tom |
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Painting a Fireplace
On Sat, 31 May 2008 20:57:45 +0100, "Tom"
wrote: I assume its chipboard or mdf laminated with some sort of plastic Wire wool, then a specialist primer for Formica & melamine. "ESP" is the best one (not too hard to find). International Paints do a melamine promer too, but IMHO it's harder to get a good result with. If things are really tight, try wirewool than simple gloss paint. It'll probably work acceptably well, if you just try a test piece first. |
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Painting a Fireplace
"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Sat, 31 May 2008 20:57:45 +0100, "Tom" wrote: I assume its chipboard or mdf laminated with some sort of plastic Wire wool, then a specialist primer for Formica & melamine. "ESP" is the best one (not too hard to find). International Paints do a melamine promer too, but IMHO it's harder to get a good result with. If things are really tight, try wirewool than simple gloss paint. It'll probably work acceptably well, if you just try a test piece first. and it will look absolutely f**ing awful to boot if brushed on! I "refurbished" some tired looking kitchen cabinet doors using a gentle light rub over with wire wool on a pad, cleaned and dried with sugar soap and a clean cloth then MDF primer ROLLED using a fine sponge roller, 2 coats one in either direction. Gentle rub down using 800 wet n dry, then finished off with a standard acrylic topcoat, again rolled on in varying directions until coverage was deep enough. They look fine, and have attracted complimentary comments from various people that have seen them. Pleased I didn't use a brush but didn't have a spray gun at the time or would have sprayed them |
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