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Painting & Decorating

Varnish over satin on wood

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 4.07 PM

I recently painted interior doors. Doors were well sanded, primed and painted with wood paint (valspar coloured matched in b&q) but there’s some chips in the paint already, right down to the wood. Is there something I can paint over this (after touching up) to make it more durable? Looking in b&q all I can see is dulux diamon glaze satin varnish. Would this be suitable to go over paint? Whatever I use needs to be clear because the doors are green. Thanks

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3 Answers

Mike McDonnell Painting & Decorating

Rating: 5 out of 5

Deeside

I personally am not a fan of valspar paint .I don’t recommend it and prefer not to use it . In your situation Dulux diamond satin clear is a really good product .if you are not going to completely re- do the door this is probably the next best thing

Answered23 April 2023

Shapesmakers LTD

Rating: 5 out of 5

Finchley Church End, London

Hi Generally speaking, yes. You can apply varnish over a paint. It might tint the colour slightly though. If you want to achieve very resistant and shiny surface, apply few coats of varnish and sand each down little bit. SHAPESMAKERS LTD

Answered24 April 2023

Anonymous user

I would of used an oil based primer undercoat x2 coats and a satin oil based finish I’ve done that on my window sill and and door frames except in farrow and ball coulor match which was oval room blue my dogs lays on the window sill and scratching hasn’t effected the finish

Answered14 May 2023