Shiny Chipboard - can it be painted?
 

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.

I'm currently doing this with coarse sand paper but how rough does it have
to be? Do I have to seal it with PVA, use a wood primer/undercoat first and
then use the kitchen emulsion paint that I am wanting to use?

All in all is this a good idea or is best not to use this type of material
if I want it painted?

TIA

P

"Pedge" wrote in message
...
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.

I'm currently doing this with coarse sand paper but how rough does it have
to be? Do I have to seal it with PVA, use a wood primer/undercoat first
and
then use the kitchen emulsion paint that I am wanting to use?

All in all is this a good idea or is best not to use this type of material
if I want it painted?

TIA

P


Two coats of under-coat, any cheap emulsion will do this, and one top coat
of gloss, should be enough to make it look pretty. As long as the surface
is slightly broken, it will take paint. So you don't have to make it to
rough.

In article ,
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.

--
*I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I'm currently doing this with coarse sand paper but how rough does it have
to be?

Not very. Just get the shine off it.

Do I have to seal it with PVA, use a wood primer/undercoat first and
then use the kitchen emulsion paint that I am wanting to use?

I would use an acrylic undercoat, like Glidden Primecoat Acrylic Wood
Primer/Undercoat. Then almost any paint at all on top of that, including the
kitchen emulsion.

Christian.

"BigWallop" wrote in message
k...

"Pedge" wrote in message
...
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.

I'm currently doing this with coarse sand paper but how rough does it
have
to be? Do I have to seal it with PVA, use a wood primer/undercoat first
and
then use the kitchen emulsion paint that I am wanting to use?

All in all is this a good idea or is best not to use this type of
material
if I want it painted?

TIA

P


Two coats of under-coat, any cheap emulsion will do this, and one top coat
of gloss, should be enough to make it look pretty. As long as the surface
is slightly broken, it will take paint. So you don't have to make it to
rough.

If the chipboard is Melamine coated, there is a special primer. It's best to
use this otherwise the paint film can delaminate or bubble.

Nemo.

On 11 May 2005 12:33:27 GMT, Pedge wrote:

I'm currently doing this with coarse sand paper but how rough does it have
to be?

Not very. If it's melamine, then I do it with 0 wire wool, not even
sandpaper.

You need a primer on melamine, and really this needs to be a melamine
primer, especially in steamy kitchens or bathrooms.. ESP make the best
one, which looks like water but works very well. International also make
one that's like thin white paint and an absolute swine to use - I've
never known paint like it for getting runs that needed to be sanded out
afterwards.

--
Cats have nine lives, which is why they rarely post to Usenet.