Painting furniture

Head of Toast · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

I have some untreated pine drawers that I would like to paint white for use
in a nursery.

What type of paint is best for this job? I was thiking of using a
undercoat/primer first, but then didn't know if gloss on top of this, or
normal emulsion with another coat of varnish would be best.

Any advice would be very welcome Smile

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BRG · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 5

Head of Toast wrote:
> I have some untreated pine drawers that I would like to paint white
> for use in a nursery.
>
> What type of paint is best for this job? I was thiking of using a
> undercoat/primer first, but then didn't know if gloss on top of this,
> or normal emulsion with another coat of varnish would be best.
>
> Any advice would be very welcome Smile

All oil based and lead free - a primer, undercoat x 2 coats and then gloss
(1 or 2 coats).

Conversly, you could use all water based paints [1] but in my opinion, don't
mix oil and water based paints if want a durable finish.

[1] - A water based primer/undercoat and a water based gloss - personally I
would also avoid using emulsion paints as a primer/undercoat per se.

BRG

Barb · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 22

IMHO... use a combination primer/undercoat (from B&Q or the like). As
regards the top coat, I have found the non-gloss top coat to be not very
durable - I used it on a stair bannister fitting and it chips like mad. So I
would use a good gloss paint as a finish. Or even a top coat of matt high
quality varnish on top of whatever you use.

I remember a few years ago re-doing some bedroom furniture in that
wood-finish stuff - where you have a comb-thingy to create the grains. I
applied two coats of matt varnish over the top, because it chipped so
easily. It's still OK (which is not to say I particularly like it now!).

Barb UK

"BRG" wrote in message @mid.individual.net...
> Head of Toast wrote:
>> I have some untreated pine drawers that I would like to paint white
>> for use in a nursery.
>>
>> What type of paint is best for this job? I was thiking of using a
>> undercoat/primer first, but then didn't know if gloss on top of this,
>> or normal emulsion with another coat of varnish would be best.
>>
>> Any advice would be very welcome Smile

>
> All oil based and lead free - a primer, undercoat x 2 coats and then gloss
> (1 or 2 coats).
>
> Conversly, you could use all water based paints [1] but in my opinion,
> don't mix oil and water based paints if want a durable finish.
>
> [1] - A water based primer/undercoat and a water based gloss - personally
> I would also avoid using emulsion paints as a primer/undercoat per se.
>
>
> BRG
>
>

Head of Toast · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks for the advice.

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