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Painting & Decorating

White Primer has gone green

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 2.46 PM

I've just painted 3 oak wooden doors which had been unpainted/stained previously. After applying the water based primer they turned green on all of them. I've since applied a oil based undercoat and whilst this has covered the wood it now has a lime green tinge to it? Does anyone know why and what I should do next?

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2 Answers

A Fresh Lick Ltd

Rating: 5 out of 5
Chelmsford
Sand the doors down flat, give the doors a coat with a stain blocking primer sealer. I use Zinnser products, i.e 1.2.3 plus http://www.zinsseruk.com/ This is a water based product which stops all the stains coming through, and drys quick, they also have oil based products too. It is the stain blocking element your after, normal water based primer just doesn't cut it. Once 2 coats have been applied (follow manufacturer's instructions) your normal top coat can be applied. hope this helps matt
Answered5 October 2013
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Anonymous user

Hi, Oak is a resinous timber, standard acrylic primers will not work, you get bleed through. As stated by by a previous decorator Zinsser is a good choice, we always clean down new timber with white spirit, allow to dry/evaporate and paint 1 or 2 coats of Aluminium Primer, followed by conventional undercoats/gloss, never a problem. Hope this helps. Kelly Timber Window Repair Co
Answered13 October 2013
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