Repainting nicotine stained white gloss woodwork!

[miljee]

We are stripping out and repainting a heavy smoker's bedroom. Walls stripped down to plaster, ceiling 'steamed' free of nicotine globules (yuck!)- carpet to be replaced; but what about the skirting boards and door-frame /door? They are yellowed and shiney.

Can I just sugar-soap, sand enough to produce a tooth, then repaint? Or will I need to sugar-soap, sand, then seal before a repaint? Using maybe zinsser B-I-N or similar as a sealant?

Purists, please avert your eyes! - what I want is the line of least resistance and cost. It's a deceased estate so no, I won't be stripping them back to bare wood if I can help it!

Thanks

 

[Grenage]

I'd give them a light sand and see how you get on, probably a small patch to check adhesion. If that failed, I'd go the BIN route.

 

[miljee]

Thanks, I'll give that a go. Guess I'll use oil-based gloss.

 

[Grenage]

If you don't mind it yellowing, that's fine; otherwise, go with water-based. Johnstones Aqua is highly praised.

 

[miljee]

Ah, OK. I'd've (wrongly?!) assumed the oil would act as a block on any underlying stain! Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Grenage]

If you're worried about the staining coming through, the I'd use BIN first. Hopefully someone with more nicotine stain experience will reply.

 

[miljee]

Thanks - another question- if I sugar soap/ lightly sand the existing gloss- do I then need to use a primer before the Johnstones Aqua? In which case, which one? Presumably also water based? Or can I just paint the Aqua straight onto the prepared wood?

Ta

 

[Grenage]

Unless you're back to bare wood, I'd just go straight to the paint.

 

[miljee]

Thanks for that!

 

[emilybronte]

If nicotine and tar did that to the skirtingboards, you don't like to think what they did to the guy's lungs...