Painting Oil Impregnated Doors
Gio
account does not seem to be working so I am attempting to access via
Google Groups.
Anyway, wonder if someone could advise me on the best method of
tackling the
problem?
My son of 16 years old has decided that his wardrobe doors do not fit
in
with his bedroom colour scheme and wants to paint them along with the
cabinet. We have no objections to that -anything for an easy life when
dealing with a teenager- but because the doors and cabinet appear to
be
veneered and at some time in the past have been treated with what I can
only
assume to be a type of teak oil. Can he just paint on a primer of some
sort
or wash them down with a solvent after light sanding etc ?
Gio
Rob Morley
anyone...@yahoo.co.uk says...
for oily wood, but it won't hurt to scrub down with wire wool and white
spirit before painting.
Chris Bacon
> doors and cabinet appear to be veneered and at some time in the past
> have been treated with what I can only assume to be a type of teak oil.
Use a primer that contains linseed oil.
Gio
minutes up to either Wicks or B+Q to see what they have in the way of
the two types of primer you suggest. Between writing the message and
getting a reply I tried lightly sanding an area on the rear of one of
the doors and wiping the dust off with a cloth containing white spirit.
I painted the prepped area with a vinyl silk emulsion but found that
the paint formed a rubberised skin in contact with the wood but after 4
hours had not really dried and simply wiping a finger across the
surface, just lifted the paint in sheet form. I just scraped the rest
of the paint off with a scraper. I will let you know the latest once I
get a proper primer.
Gio
ton...@evemail.net
I will be nipping out in a few
> minutes up to either Wicks or B+Q to see what they have in the way of
> the two types of primer you suggest.
>
According to the instructions on my tin of teak oil, you must strip
back to bare timber, using white spirit and fine wire wool, sanding
along the grain, even if you only wish to reapply oil. I suggest that
this would apply with even greater force if you want to paint the
timber.
Having spent the greater part of 2 weeks painting, repainting,
stripping, stain blocking and repainting a wall in my living room (6
times) I've come to the conclusion that it's better not to improvise,
but to follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Tony.
Chris Bacon
> Gio wrote:
> I will be nipping out in a few
>
>>minutes up to either Wicks or B+Q to see what they have in the way of
>>the two types of primer you suggest.
>
> back to bare timber, using white spirit and fine wire wool, sanding
> along the grain, even if you only wish to reapply oil. I suggest that
> this would apply with even greater force if you want to paint the
> timber.
Doesn't "teak oil" osidise to provide a protective film like
linseed oil does?
Dulux Trade undercoat contains linseed oil, AFAIR.
Gio
"Chris Bacon" <chris...@thai.com> wrote in message
news:435bf...@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> tonybo wrote:
> > Gio wrote:
> > I will be nipping out in a few
> >
> >>minutes up to either Wicks or B+Q to see what they have in the way of
> >>the two types of primer you suggest.
> >
> > According to the instructions on my tin of teak oil, you must strip
> > back to bare timber, using white spirit and fine wire wool, sanding
> > along the grain, even if you only wish to reapply oil. I suggest that
> > this would apply with even greater force if you want to paint the
> > timber.
Well bought some Wicks Wood Primer (Aluminium) £5-99 for 750ml. Having
prepared the doors with wirewool and white spirit and left to dry the primer
went on a treat and stuck to the surface.
Son likes the silver-grey matt finish and says not to bother putting any
thing else on. Ahh!!!!
Thanks everyone.
Gio