paint to use on wooden furniture
A multitude of primer / top coat combinations
Professional decorators are constantly having to adjust specifications to suit particular (sometimes peculiar) situations. Only read this if you have a good grasp of what is on the market. If you have little decorating experience or you are undertaking a DIY project, you should stick to the basic suggestions.
The following combinations of primer, undercoats and topcoats give good results. If you are in the trade it should make sense.
For primers on ANY surface – requiring nominal preparation
a) Zinsser B-I-N shellac based primer, followed by any water-based or oil-based system or
b) Blackfriars Problem-Solving water-based primer, followed by any water-based or oil-based system
For priming lacquered or varnished wood surfaces – with THOROUGH PREPARATION – I have successfully used
a) Zinsser Cover Stain oil-based primer, followed by any water-based or oil-based system
b) Dulux Supergrip water-based primer followed by oil-based system only
For priming lacquered or varnished wood surfaces – with VERY THOROUGH PREPARATION – I have successfully used
Zinsser Bullseye water-based primer, followed by any water-based or oil-based system
In all these cases, I would seal knots with Zinsser B-I-N aerosol before priming with Coverstain, or after priming with Supergrip or Bullseye
Once the surface has been primed, there are a couple of alternative ways to achieve a satin / eggshell finish
a -1 coat of Little Greene oil primer undercoat or (acrylic primer undercoat) plus 2 coats of Little Greene oil eggshell or 2 coats of Sikkens Satura oil-based topcoat (Sikkens is high specification paint that has been years ahead of Dulux – and are now in the same stable as Dulux!)
b – Dulux, Crown, other modern paint companies – oil based undercoat plus 2 coats of oil based eggshell. (Dulux Satinwood goes on very shiny, but does dull down to a similar sheen to eggshell after a few weeks.)
c – 1 coat of Zinsser Coverstain plus 2 coats of Farrow and Ball acrylic Estate Eggshell, or Fired Earth acrylic eggshell.
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