Hi there
I'm trying to get a nice eggshell finish on some new doors and facings, doors are hardwood (louis style) and were pre-treated with white undercoat, facing (architraves?) are pine and were also pre-treated with white undercoat.
According to the tin, you only need one (max two) coats of the eggshell to get a good finish, I've finished my second coat and I'm thinking I need at least one more coat. The door itself came up not bad but the pine facings need at least another 2 coats I rekcon.
I've only done one door and doorway at the moment so was thinking to get a (cheaper?) undercoat to put on the rest of the woodwork rather than having to put 3 coats of this (expensive eggshell) on.
If more undercoat is the way to go does it matter whether its solvent or water based?
thanks for reading
Tony
I'm trying to get a nice eggshell finish on some new doors and facings, doors are hardwood (louis style) and were pre-treated with white undercoat, facing (architraves?) are pine and were also pre-treated with white undercoat.
According to the tin, you only need one (max two) coats of the eggshell to get a good finish, I've finished my second coat and I'm thinking I need at least one more coat. The door itself came up not bad but the pine facings need at least another 2 coats I rekcon.
I've only done one door and doorway at the moment so was thinking to get a (cheaper?) undercoat to put on the rest of the woodwork rather than having to put 3 coats of this (expensive eggshell) on.
If more undercoat is the way to go does it matter whether its solvent or water based?
thanks for reading
Tony
