Furniture Paint Question

[HenryGregory]

I bought a chest of draws from Made.com earlier in the year. Sadly, they have gone bust now, shame as they did some nice styles of furniture.

I am finding that the paint finish doesn't seem to have been treated.
We have a Neom diffuser on this piece of furniture. You fill the diffuser oil in the diffuser.
You can see from the image below, one drop of the oil has actually gone through the paint and through to the wood.

Can anyone tell me if there is anything that can be applied to the unit to protect the paint from this happening?
The details from the website said it is engineered wood with warm ecru finish. There is no further info on the paint.

 

[opps]

I am only guessing... I think the finish is a water based paint. Water based paints become soft after contact with oils. Even the oils in your skin will, in time make the paint soft enough to peel off with your finger nail. Oil based paint will be far more durable but you will need to try to colour match the existing paint.

You can take a drawer to your local decorators' merchant to get them to scan the colour.

Regardless of how accurate the colour match is, it may look slightly different. That shouldn't be too noticeable though given that the top is in a different plane to the front and sides of the unit.

 

[HenryGregory]

I am only guessing... I think the finish is a water based paint. Water based paints become soft after contact with oils. Even the oils in your skin will, in time make the paint soft enough to peel off with your finger nail. Oil based paint will be far more durable but you will need to try to colour match the existing paint.

You can take a drawer to your local decorators' merchant to get them to scan the colour.

Regardless of how accurate the colour match is, it may look slightly different. That shouldn't be too noticeable though given that the top is in a different plane to the front and sides of the unit.

Thanks for your post, that makes perfect sense to me and yes, I could easily take a drawer out and take it to a local decorator shop.
I take it there is not a clear finish I could apply to the top to save me re-painting the top bit?
I am not a paint expert so maybe that is a silly question.

 

[Wayners]

Polyvine or rocktop

Two products you can look at

 

[opps]

Thanks for your post, that makes perfect sense to me and yes, I could easily take a drawer out and take it to a local decorator shop.
I take it there is not a clear finish I could apply to the top to save me re-painting the top bit?
I am not a paint expert so maybe that is a silly question.

I don't think that simply applying a clear coat will rectify things.

As a test, wipe the area with a wet rag, if whilst wet the spot disappears, a waterbased primer may well suffice.