Painted Wardrobes

[midnightalright]

Hi I was wondering if someone could please give me some advice.
I have some old fitted wardrobes in my bedroom which were mahogany stained with varnish on top.
I wanted to paint them white so I lightly sanded them all over and have applied yesterday, with a roller, a coat of paint that was one coat (even though I was aware that it would be more than one coat) with no needed for prime as that was included within the paint, satin. This morning I have checked and it looks like the paint will easily scratch off which is no good for a wardrobe! I am now realising that maybe I should have primed them first? But I guess it’s to late ….sooooo my questions are:

1. Should I wait longer to see if the paint will be ok the longer I leave it? If so, for how long?

2. Is there a paint that I can just paint on now that wont chip (I am painting them white) I have been told Rustoleum oil based paint may work?

3. Can I apply another coat and maybe varnish over that to stop it from coming off?

Any help would be gratefully received, Thank you

 

[opps]

The paint should harden in a few weeks. It will however be slightly more prone to chipping than paint over bare wood.

Please do not put oil based varnish over it. Once the varnish yellows it will look very streaky. I made that mistake years ago with dead flat varnish over emulsion

Shellac based paint- ie Zinsser BIN is very hard wearing but difficult to get a decent brush mark free finish

Have never used Rustoleum

 

[midnightalright]

Thanks you opps for your reply.....was wondering ....do you think if i left it for a couple of weeks and then covered it with a strong primer and repainted that would be better, or would the paint still scratch off? Thanks again

 

[joe-90]

Leave it for a couple of weeks and then decide. Paint takes ages to harden fully.

 

[midnightalright]

Thanks joe-90...will do

 

[BERNARD75]

Hi I was wondering if someone could please give me some advice.
I have some old fitted wardrobes in my bedroom which were mahogany stained with varnish on top.
I wanted to paint them white so I lightly sanded them all over and have applied yesterday, with a roller, a coat of paint that was one coat (even though I was aware that it would be more than one coat) with no needed for prime as that was included within the paint, satin. This morning I have checked and it looks like the paint will easily scratch off which is no good for a wardrobe! I am now realising that maybe I should have primed them first? But I guess it’s to late ….sooooo my questions are:

1. Should I wait longer to see if the paint will be ok the longer I leave it? If so, for how long?

2. Is there a paint that I can just paint on now that wont chip (I am painting them white) I have been told Rustoleum oil based paint may work?

3. Can I apply another coat and maybe varnish over that to stop it from coming off?

Any help would be gratefully received, Thank you

use multi surface primer or zinzer to base the area then build up with undercoat and top coat

 

[midnightalright]

Hi....well I have now put a good primer on and all seems well ...was now wanting to know, if anyone could help again, what finshing coat to put on top?.... I dont really wanted it glossy so satin would be better....... Can I just but a normal satin emulsion or is there a better one to buy that is harder wearing for wardrobes? Thought I better ask first and not fall into the wrong trap again !..........Thanks in advance...again !!!

 

[opps]

Emulsion is not a good idea.

You could use eggshell (a low sheen finish)- waterbased dries fastest but oil based is more durable in the long term (but v slow drying, smells and might yellow).