painting over layers of chipped paint
Although I do a lot of painting, I’m not sure what to do about our bedroom bannister.
I’ve left it for ages as couldn’t face it but it currently has a grey gloss paint with lots of chips out of it going back to wood in some places.
It’s in our bedroom with a new floor so I really don’t want to have to chemical strip it all down.
Aside from giving it all a light sand as a key for the new paint, should I just use a lightweight filler to patch up any deep gaps?? Would that work??
Could I get away with just using an oil based primer/undercoat on top of it or should I get the zinnser bin paint to use as a first coat? (Can’t remember if it’s the blue tin or red one I would need??)
Any advice appreciated. Going to use an eggshell as a top coat in a darker grey to match the rest of the woodwork.
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Tani H-S
4 years agoOh and the bulkhead which is quite bad but this is over the stairs so I could possible scrape off the top layer
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