Hi there, Just starting to decorate my 8 year old house. The door frames, door, windows and MDF skirting boards are all painted white. It is certainly not emulsion but I am not sure whether it is satinwood or gloss? Anyway to tell? It is a Barratt house by the way, 8 years old.
I am looking at rubbing these down lightly with sandpaper. Should I be using normal sandpaper or wet n dry sandpaper and do I need to wet the wetn dry? Also what sort/grade? Coarse, medium or fine(what grade). Or should I just go through all to get a good finish. I was going then to undercoat, then rub down slightly again (Sand? WetnDy? What sort of grade?) and then another coat of undercoat then rub down again.
Then either using gloss or satinwood as a final coat (Depending on discovering what I have already got?). I was gong to apply a coat and then rub down before the final coat. What type and grade of sandpaper or wet n dry would I use for this. Sorry for all the questions but this is the firat decorating for me, so I am new to all this. Thanks ever so much for your help. I just want to make sure I do a good job andthen not have to do it again for a good few years!
I am looking at rubbing these down lightly with sandpaper. Should I be using normal sandpaper or wet n dry sandpaper and do I need to wet the wetn dry? Also what sort/grade? Coarse, medium or fine(what grade). Or should I just go through all to get a good finish. I was going then to undercoat, then rub down slightly again (Sand? WetnDy? What sort of grade?) and then another coat of undercoat then rub down again.
Then either using gloss or satinwood as a final coat (Depending on discovering what I have already got?). I was gong to apply a coat and then rub down before the final coat. What type and grade of sandpaper or wet n dry would I use for this. Sorry for all the questions but this is the firat decorating for me, so I am new to all this. Thanks ever so much for your help. I just want to make sure I do a good job andthen not have to do it again for a good few years!