Painting A Varnished Surface

We had to prime wood paneling after using tsp because the wood surface kept bleeding through.

Painting a varnished surface. Soak a lint free cloth with deglosser. Cover your mouth and nose with a facemask to avoid breathing in the dust and debris as you do this. Painting over this just lets the damage get worse which isnt good for your home or furniture. Clean the trim by wiping the surface with the deglosser in a circular.

The sanding gives the paint a better surface to grip. Do not sand down to bare wood. This will prove super helpful in the years to come because you can simply use a damp cloth to wipe and clean the varnish surface helping your painting look like new again. Most of these steps help the paint last longer and look better doing so.

When varnish is used on a painting a coat is applied that evens out the surfaces filling in all the super tiny crooks and crevices of your painting surface. Cover the floors with drop cloths. Alazco mini has a woven fiber design and is extra absorbent. Deglosser cover the floor below the trim with a solvent resistant drop cloth.

It worked and i only needed to coat a couple of times with paint. Cover the drop cloth with newspaper to soak up any. Sand and scuff the entire surface you will be painting using a medium grit sanding block. Its best if you use a primer on the wood before painting.

For an extra smooth finish sand the surface with medium grit 60 to 80 grit sandpaper after you finish with the. Now the woodstained or varnished surfaces have been suitably prepared and primed they can be decorated with two full coats of zinsser perma white interior in accordance with the manufacturers instructions allowing a minimum drying time of two hours between coats. Amongst the best paint rollers you can find are alazco 3 mini and wagner smart roller. You can buy tsp at home depot or lowes to wash a wood table top or cabinet surfaces and then rinse off.

Wood rot and damaged wood in general may slow down the process. Priming also helps the paint stick better. Paint rollers are the best way to apply if the surface is vast and flat. Now that the varnished surface is clean and dull you can actually prime it with a variety of bonding primers.