On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:16:11 +0100, GB wrote:

I have some MDF doors in the eaves cupboards, just plain 1.5 cm MDF. There
is quite a lot of pine in the room, and I have varnished that. It looks
great. I tried varnishing the MDF doors, and it looks pretty awful, just a
plain kahki colour, and the finish is not good, with the varnish sinking
into the MDF. (I have just finished the second coat and it looks the same. I
guess that if I keep going I will eventually get a decent finish, but it's
only MDF after all.)

I tried a mahogany varnish on a bit of scrap, but the result is even worse,
just a sort of mucky brown.

I could paint the doors gloss white, which would go with the walls, which
are white emulsion. Any suggestions before I do that?

By the way, I have varnished the room side of the doors. Do I have to do the
same to the inside to stop them warping?

Some people like varnished MDF (there's no accounting for taste or the
lack of it).

I'd apply an undercoat and a couple of coats of paint. You could do the
frame white and the doors a colour.



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