I want to paint a small piece of hardboard on the shiny side. Just want to know if it requires keying beforehand, and whether or not it will need special preparation i.e. a special primer before painting?
painting hardboard
- Thread starter HawkEye244
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A light keying may help, though not essential.
I'd recommend an oil-based wood primer for hardboard.
I'd recommend an oil-based wood primer for hardboard.
Some further info, I boarded out the glass panel above the door frame, so it's two of these about 750x300mm approx
Will post up the results once painted.
Will post up the results once painted.
Yes back to back, other side is exactly the same. Decided not to decorate yet because the current joinery paint scheme is a white water based gloss, so I'm going to wait and decorate all the joinery in the hallway in one go with an oil based satinwood paint.
Can I achieve a good primer and finish with this paint from wickes : http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Satinwood-Paint---Pure-Brilliant-White-1L/p/121768
Eggshell doesn't need an undercoat but it should have a primer. However you could probably get away with thinning the first coat with white spirits and then applying (slightly) more coats of the full fat eggshell over it.
I am not a fan of Wickes paints but I appreciate that you might want to buy the smallest possible tin for the job in hand.
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