Help! Painting cast iron fire surround

Bex177 · 26 Oct 2013

Hope you can help. Yesterday I lightly sanded our cast iron fireplace surround (eg not the part next to the fire that gets hot), then primed it with Dulux oil based metal Primer. This went on fine and covered well. This morning I started applying Dulux Water based satinwood paint on top but it is like painting with slightly sticky milk - it is giving almost no coverage at all. What have I done wrong? Please help😩

Thank you

Newboy · 27 Oct 2013

You can't apply a water based product on top of an oil based one

You need an oil based top coat - but make sure that it is suitable for being close to a heat source

joe-90 · 27 Oct 2013

You can go waterbased over oil based, but leave it a few days first. Did you stir the paint?

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Help! Painting cast iron fire surround

Bex177

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