Hi All,
I'm after advice on decorating the window boards for my living room bay window.
I will acknowledge now that had I known earlier what I know now, I would have opted to just remove and replace them with some MDF boards. I didn't think I had the requisite carpentry skills and was trying to keep costs down.
I now find myself in a race to get the room ready for Christmas.
When we moved in I originally gave the boards a coat of Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Primer-Sealer (waterbased) followed by 3 coats of Deluxe Trade Diamond Satinwood. It all looked very nice but a year later some of the original defects have worked their way through and in one section the paint chipped off revealing a past coat of paint.
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So I then made the naive decision to strip it all back in order to properly prepare the surface. I thought this would be a weekend job but despite enrolling a random orbital sander, plenty of 40-grit paper and a scraper, it has been slow going.
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I have been wearing a P3 filter half-face mask.
I did try some No Nonsense paint & varnish remover but it was slow and messy so I have gone back to mechanical methods.
I have got two of the boards to a partial state of bareness and I'm prepared to compromise with the remaining 3 to get them back to a previous sound coat with a good key.
What I need now is advice on a suitable primer that will seal the surface as this is real wood rather than MDF and cover imperfections to provide an even surface for my topcoat.
I normally avoid oil-based paints but to avoid having to repeat this I will even consider an oil-based primer/undercoat but the finish coat must be waterbased as these have always stayed white for me which is what I want.
Please give me the benefit of your wisdom!
I'm after advice on decorating the window boards for my living room bay window.
I will acknowledge now that had I known earlier what I know now, I would have opted to just remove and replace them with some MDF boards. I didn't think I had the requisite carpentry skills and was trying to keep costs down.
I now find myself in a race to get the room ready for Christmas.
When we moved in I originally gave the boards a coat of Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Primer-Sealer (waterbased) followed by 3 coats of Deluxe Trade Diamond Satinwood. It all looked very nice but a year later some of the original defects have worked their way through and in one section the paint chipped off revealing a past coat of paint.
View media item 108144
So I then made the naive decision to strip it all back in order to properly prepare the surface. I thought this would be a weekend job but despite enrolling a random orbital sander, plenty of 40-grit paper and a scraper, it has been slow going.
View media item 108205 View media item 108204
I have been wearing a P3 filter half-face mask.
I did try some No Nonsense paint & varnish remover but it was slow and messy so I have gone back to mechanical methods.
I have got two of the boards to a partial state of bareness and I'm prepared to compromise with the remaining 3 to get them back to a previous sound coat with a good key.
What I need now is advice on a suitable primer that will seal the surface as this is real wood rather than MDF and cover imperfections to provide an even surface for my topcoat.
I normally avoid oil-based paints but to avoid having to repeat this I will even consider an oil-based primer/undercoat but the finish coat must be waterbased as these have always stayed white for me which is what I want.
Please give me the benefit of your wisdom!
