Hello forum,
I recently painted all the doors and drawers in my kitchen (they were tatty old MDF things so they look a lot better now). Painted with Dulux Satinwood paint, which looks fine and won't yellow, but - based on previous experience - not the most durable finish. It marks quite easily, which is a problem in a kitchen of course - greasy fingers and all that.
I had read of people coating in clear polyurethane varnish to give a tougher finish, so I got hold of a tin of Ronseal "Ultra Tough Mattcoat" clear varnish (oil based). Goes on ok and gives a nice hard finish. Unfortunately it's not clear - it's very slightly brown, and I'm getting some brown streaky marks on the paintwork which don't look very nice.
Not sure what to do. Do I just need more coats to even out the finish? Or is there a more suitable product that I should look at using?
Can anyone advise please?
Thanks!
Alan
I recently painted all the doors and drawers in my kitchen (they were tatty old MDF things so they look a lot better now). Painted with Dulux Satinwood paint, which looks fine and won't yellow, but - based on previous experience - not the most durable finish. It marks quite easily, which is a problem in a kitchen of course - greasy fingers and all that.
I had read of people coating in clear polyurethane varnish to give a tougher finish, so I got hold of a tin of Ronseal "Ultra Tough Mattcoat" clear varnish (oil based). Goes on ok and gives a nice hard finish. Unfortunately it's not clear - it's very slightly brown, and I'm getting some brown streaky marks on the paintwork which don't look very nice.
Not sure what to do. Do I just need more coats to even out the finish? Or is there a more suitable product that I should look at using?
Can anyone advise please?
Thanks!
Alan