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

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.

Painting a Fireplace
 

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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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