Painting interior doors.

dpowell2 · 14 Apr 2011

All the doors in my house are white MDF embossed doors with a grain vinyl finish. I was looking at painting them but i'm having trouble finding a suitable primer. Can anyone recommend a suitable primer so I can paint them?

Thanks

misterhelpful · 14 Apr 2011

If you mean the 4/6 panelled hollow doors then they are already factory primed so you can use a couple af coats of an acrylic primer undercoat (I use Leyland) to give a decent base to apply your topcoat/s to. You could just use an oil based undercoat but it takes a lot longer to dry meaning you can't always get two coats on in a day, so I prefer the first method.

Hope I've got the right type of doors!

joe-90 · 14 Apr 2011

If they are white they only need a top coat.

misterhelpful · 14 Apr 2011

joe-90 said:
If they are white they only need a top coat.

If you don't mind patchy doors!

Robbie uk · 19 Apr 2011

To be honest one topcoat will not stand up too well on a new primed door. An undercoat of either oil based or acrylic will make the job much better.

dpowell2 · 23 Apr 2011

Have bought some Zinsser Bullseye 1-2-3 to prime them.

georgiepie · 23 Apr 2011

these doors look white but they always need a good undercoat i always use an acrylic one first then oilbase and finish with gloss or eggshell depending what finish the customer wants

sparkwright · 26 Apr 2011

I suspect the edges of the doors may be bare wood, in which case knotting solution on the knots, primer, sand, probably two undercoats and top coat.

pamlstano · 30 Apr 2011

dpowell2 said:
All the doors in my house are white MDF embossed doors with a grain vinyl finish. I was looking at painting them but i'm having trouble finding a suitable primer. Can anyone recommend a suitable primer so I can paint them?

Thanks

There are hundred of primer available in the market which help you a lot. But before use it you should have to check that you remove sustain as well.. If we do it then chose best primer. I come back with top primer which listed in top choices of all the homeowners.

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Painting interior doors.

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