FAO Zampa, is Dulux Primer undercoat ok to use on MDF?

Hi Zampa, I have always admired your advise to guys on here and was wondering if you could answer some questions for me also

The first is of course as above and whether this Dulux product is any good

Furthermore would one coat of this stuff on bare wood be good enough prior to painting using satin wood

Also I have a door which is currently painted in white but has brush strokes in it. If I was to rub down to get rid of these brush strokes, would I need to primer undercoat before painting or could I simply paint with Satin wood straight over.

Also would one coat of satin wood be enough or would i need two coats

Now regarding method of painting, I was wantin to use small foam rollers but when it comes to edges and details I would need to use a brush. I have a 12mm angling brush, should this be ok?

Also someone has told me that if i paint using a roller I would need to get a plain paint brush and go over the wet paint, is this somethin that is necessary? I need a nice even finish without irregularities in the paint

Finally I have a edge roller for the corners of my walls for use with matt emulsion. Is this tool any good as the reason for getting it is to not having to use a paint brush

On the usbject of emulsion, are three coats right? I.e. one mist coat with 30% water, second coat with around 20% water and a fine final coat?

Also the dulux paint ive purchase is the non pigmented one, how good is this and would this be ok for the first two coats with a final coat using the pigmented paint

I know that is a lot of an ask but something I want to get right before painting.

cheers

The first is of course as above and whether this Dulux product is any good

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Its ok..about as good as any other Acrylic primer/undercoat

Furthermore would one coat of this stuff on bare wood be good enough prior to painting using satin wood

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Yes and no....Not taking into account that youll have to fill after you prime..youll need to rub down after you have primed because it 'furs' the wood..and will expose bare wood..if you have to do a lot of rubbing down you might find a second undercoat beneficial

Also I have a door which is currently painted in white but has brush strokes in it. If I was to rub down to get rid of these brush strokes, would I need to primer undercoat before painting or could I simply paint with Satin wood straight over.

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Straight over with the satinwood..providing its oil based..if its water based then youll need an undercoat as the adhesion isnt very good

Also would one coat of satin wood be enough or would i need two coats

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Dunno...depends if it covers

Now regarding method of painting, I was wantin to use small foam rollers but when it comes to edges and details I would need to use a brush. I have a 12mm angling brush, should this be ok?

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Yep..should be

Also someone has told me that if i paint using a roller I would need to get a plain paint brush and go over the wet paint, is this somethin that is necessary? I need a nice even finish without irregularities in the paint

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Depends on the door..those white pre-primed doors with the grainy effect doors are factory sprayed so even if you brush them you can still see the 'orange peel' underneath..and personally I think the combination of the two look awful...so a roller is fine...if they are plain flush doors then you could lay the paint off after with a brush, but be careful not to do big sections, id say do about a foot down the door at a time then lay it off..personally I couldnt be bothered and i find it just as easy to brush it

Finally I have a edge roller for the corners of my walls for use with matt emulsion. Is this tool any good as the reason for getting it is to not having to use a paint brush

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Dunno..never used one..but they look ok

On the usbject of emulsion, are three coats right? I.e. one mist coat with 30% water, second coat with around 20% water and a fine final coat?

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Yep sounds about right but it depends on the brand of paint how much you thin it by..go about 205 first ..if that seems too think then add more water..

Also the dulux paint ive purchase is the non pigmented one, how good is this and would this be ok for the first two coats with a final coat using the pigmented paint

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Youve got me here...non pigmented paint is basically.........varnish!!

But probably one of the best qustions I have ever been asked lol..

Can you explain what you mean by 'non pigmented paint'?

I know that is a lot of an ask but something I want to get right before painting.

cheers

Thanks for you kind words...but im no different to all of the rest of the trades people (and growler) on here...any of us would probably tell you the same thing

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By pigmented I meant the white emulsion by Dulux which has a pink tinge to it and turns pure white once it dries

Likewise by non pigmented i meant white paint that does not have this feature

Also would the wood primer/undercoat and satin wood be ok to use on MDF?

cheers

Any dulux will be fine

The acrylic primer undercoat is ok for MDF..but youll need to thin it out a bit first..I would rather used oil based undercoat thinned by about 25% as it doesnt cuase the grain to swell as much..satinwood will be fine for the final coat.

Zampa I just did some MDF with the primer/undercoat used fine and to be honest it look excellent. However I did have to go over it again prior to it drying up fully which give a nice deep white finish.

However I had difficulties getting it onto the bare wooden frames. I used several brushes but it was waaaaaaaay too strokey if you know what i mean. I then turned to a roller and it was way too flakey looking, so in essence I am struggling with putting it on, please help

Thin it out a bit

roughly? 10%-20%?

also shall i stick to using it conecntrated or shall i use it fine also?

What do you mean by 'fine'?

by fine i mean not thinned with water

Thin it with about 25% water

So far we've had 'strokey' 'flaky' 'concentrated' and 'fine'...

Can you stop making your own terminology up im getting confused (which isnt hard! lol)

sorry that was supposed to say unconcentrated

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sorry that was supposed to say unconcentrated

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Right..im getting there lol

haha, lucky for you as im stuck with other problems which are not allowing me to paint anymore.

I have guillotine which needs to go upstairs but ive tried everything and nothing works.

I even hired a stair climber which at first sight seemed like an excellent idea until we realised the climber with the guillotine on wont fit in the first step. So 150 pounds hiring a specialist machine for a day gone to waste

A guilotine!!!...manicles, whips and chains...no harm in a bit of kinky stuff..

But a guilotine!!...thats taking things a bit too far!!

lol i need to realise not everyone is in the same business as mine duh

Zampa, the guillotine is for cutting large reems of paper to size. For example these nice business cards you have are cut using such guillotines. It so happens that mine is a tad heavy and awkward at the same time