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Melamine primer
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:22:09 +0100, "Amadeus" wrote:
I've been looking at re-painting some melamine units and furniture to freshen them up, but I am horrified at the price of the primer. Does anyone know of a substitute which might work? It looks rather like some sort of PVA based goo, and I wonder if just using a PVA mix might be as effective? Has anyone ever used this stuff before and what could be used instead? If used, can a normal gloss be painted on top, or does it have to be some specialist paint? My sister-in-law used this primer on some bedroom units and then painted them with normal eggshell, and this looked fine to me. I needed to do a similar job and did some experiments. On all test pieces, I lightly abraded the surface and degreased as recommended. I used a standard primer, a melamine primer and a multipurpose primer (OPE or some such name) that claimed to work on anything. All were applied according to the instructions and then overcoated with a sand effect paint as one option and an F&B eggshell as the other. A week later, I did tests with a light wipe to clean and a heavier scrubbing, plus scratching with a finger nail to see of the paint would come off. The special multipurpose primer was totally useless. More than a light wipe had the paint coming off. The standard primer was reasonable, but a heavy scrub took it off, as did the fingernail. The melamine primer worked well, standing up to all the scrubbing, and I had to scratch with a screwdriver to mark it. So, I think that it depends on the durability that you would like to have. ..andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl |
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Melamine primer
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:22:09 +0100, "Amadeus" wrote:
I've been looking at re-painting some melamine units and furniture to freshen them up, but I am horrified at the price of the primer. Does anyone know of a substitute which might work? Yes, ESP melamine primer (don't use International's) If you want a substitute that won't work, feel free to experiment with PVA. |
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Melamine primer
On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:50:06 +0100, Andy Dingley
wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:22:09 +0100, "Amadeus" wrote: I've been looking at re-painting some melamine units and furniture to freshen them up, but I am horrified at the price of the primer. Does anyone know of a substitute which might work? Yes, ESP melamine primer (don't use International's) This is odd. I remember now that it was ESP that I tried that I didn't get to work at all well, whereas the melamine primer worked the best. If you want a substitute that won't work, feel free to experiment with PVA. ..andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl |
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