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Painting stained/varnished doors/woodwork to white

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 2.47 PM

All the internal doors and banisters in our house have been stained/varnished a horrible dark colour and I'd like to freshen it all up and paint everything white. I wondered if anyone could please give me some advice on the best way to do this? Thank you.

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Anonymous user

Hi Tony, the best way to go about this is to rub down all the dark wood that needs to be painted first, then apply a coat of aluminium paint to seal the old stain off, a coat of white undercoat followed by a coat of gloss, eggshell, or satin as a top coat to finish. If you don't seal the wood stain off correctly, the dark stain will bleed through in time, sounds a big task but if the job is worth it, then my advice will do the job. Hope this helps, Dave

Answered31 October 2013