painting mdf

[BrianLawrence]

I have built-in wardrobes in mdf which are white with a pink groove. As I want to change the colour scheme in the bedroom I need to get rid of the pink. Any ideas? Do you think painting over it would work, though my hand might not be steady enough? What type of paint should I use? Any help would be more than welcome.

 

[tommyl18]

you can get mdf melamine paint but my experience of it is its not very good without a good primer as tends to come off quite easy if its knocked.
If its just Mdf then you could use an emulsion or a gloss but if its got a melamine coating then you may struggle for them to key properly so the melamine paint would need to be used with a good primer

 

[jondecs]

I think your asking; can I paint pink bits white the same as surrounding white?
Tricky to find a shade of white to blend with surround.But spose you did find white satinwood blends, then just paint into the grooves and carefully wipe any excess paint off the surround with a white spirit soaked rag or, damp'nd with water if using waterbased.

Satinwood, gloss will take ontop of the pre painted mdf, A light rub down and one/ two coats of satinwood (satinwood is coat on coat no undercoat required on primed surface)

goood luck

 

[BrianLawrence]

Brilliant! I think you've hit the proverbial nail spot on! Shall try that out as soon as I've bought some paint. Many thanks.

 

[nok1]

to be honest i`ve built my own but eggshell does tend to mark very easy. it needs to be protected with something like diamond glaze etc . or use gloss.