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Pedge wrote:
I've just had my kitchen installed where there were some left over bits
of shiny faced chipboard used as off cuts.

With this oak coloured shiny chipboard the carpenter cut some of it so
that I can box in some pipes. One of them had said that I can rough the
surface a bit with sandpaper and then paint it.

Just make sure it's grease free by cleaning with sugar soap etc then use
any oil based paint direct.

I used an off cut of white faced contiboard for skirting - with a
moulding on top - as a temporary measure, as I'd no real wood of the
correct size. So simply painted it with top coat. Many years later the
paint has survived fine - and it's in a place where it gets bashed by the
hoover, etc.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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