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Firstly, I am a complete novice.
I want to repaint the interior wooden sills and frame around my windows.
I have started on one or two windows, scraping away loose paint around cracks and scraping away raised sections, but I seem to end up always scraping back to the bare wood - which takes a lot of time and effort.
Also, some areas contain quite a bit of filler which comes off quite readily as I scrape, however I don't see any structural damage on the wood.
My questions are
1) Do I need to go back to wood or just remove loose paint, etc or something in between? I am not looking for an amazing finish, just something good and decent.
2) What are the basic steps after I do this? I see in another thread that priming is recommended before filling. Does priming mean painting with a special type of paint or is it something else? I thought priming and undercoat were the same thing...
The other thread I refer to is here
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=93619&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Thanks a million!
I want to repaint the interior wooden sills and frame around my windows.
I have started on one or two windows, scraping away loose paint around cracks and scraping away raised sections, but I seem to end up always scraping back to the bare wood - which takes a lot of time and effort.
Also, some areas contain quite a bit of filler which comes off quite readily as I scrape, however I don't see any structural damage on the wood.
My questions are
1) Do I need to go back to wood or just remove loose paint, etc or something in between? I am not looking for an amazing finish, just something good and decent.
2) What are the basic steps after I do this? I see in another thread that priming is recommended before filling. Does priming mean painting with a special type of paint or is it something else? I thought priming and undercoat were the same thing...
The other thread I refer to is here
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=93619&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Thanks a million!