dammit
19th April 2008, 08:24 PM
Hi All
Since recently painting the interior walls of our entire house, we have gotten a little paint on the wooden skirting (just plain wood never been stained, sealed or lacquered etc) so we thought it would be a good time to paint the skirting, architraves, etc white, as well as the interior doors (currently an off white gloss but quite dirty/damaged paint)
I have repainted one door with British Paints Incolour white full gloss enamel which seemed to go on ok with a 100mm foam roller, however it has left some roller marks despite being very careful and pedantic. I have taken the door off the hinge and have it flat in the garage to paint. Is there any way to ensure a smoother surface and to avoid roller marks etc? Should I be using a 230-270mm roller? Is foam less likely to put marks than the fluffy type? I used a fluffy type for another door which put fluff all over the door :( so hence why I went with a foam one this time round.
Ideally I guess I should probably have a spray gun to do this but I only have 5 doors to do so can't justify the expense.
With the trim/skirtings, I did one coat of undercoat with Taubmans Easycoat Prep interior which is a water based undercoat first given the skirting etc have never been sealed or painted before and are just plain wood (MDF i think?), then using the British Paints Incolour enamel started to paint all the trim/skirting. It seems very time consuming, the skirting really drinks the enamel.
I am wondering if I am doing something wrong or if there is an easier way to save time, should I be using a full gloss enamel for skirting trim etc or should I be using like a white latex paint (never used latex paint before but I heard it is glossy and water based?) How does the cost of latex compare to enamel? Is it easier to clean up? Given that the house is 3 bedroom and quite a lot of trim, and that 1 door frame took a few hours to do, I'm thinking theres gotta be a better way - otherwise it will take me forever ! Also not sure if I should be using a different type of undercoat? The undercoat Im using is left over from undercoating walls & it is water based.
Any tips/info appreciated :)
Since recently painting the interior walls of our entire house, we have gotten a little paint on the wooden skirting (just plain wood never been stained, sealed or lacquered etc) so we thought it would be a good time to paint the skirting, architraves, etc white, as well as the interior doors (currently an off white gloss but quite dirty/damaged paint)
I have repainted one door with British Paints Incolour white full gloss enamel which seemed to go on ok with a 100mm foam roller, however it has left some roller marks despite being very careful and pedantic. I have taken the door off the hinge and have it flat in the garage to paint. Is there any way to ensure a smoother surface and to avoid roller marks etc? Should I be using a 230-270mm roller? Is foam less likely to put marks than the fluffy type? I used a fluffy type for another door which put fluff all over the door :( so hence why I went with a foam one this time round.
Ideally I guess I should probably have a spray gun to do this but I only have 5 doors to do so can't justify the expense.
With the trim/skirtings, I did one coat of undercoat with Taubmans Easycoat Prep interior which is a water based undercoat first given the skirting etc have never been sealed or painted before and are just plain wood (MDF i think?), then using the British Paints Incolour enamel started to paint all the trim/skirting. It seems very time consuming, the skirting really drinks the enamel.
I am wondering if I am doing something wrong or if there is an easier way to save time, should I be using a full gloss enamel for skirting trim etc or should I be using like a white latex paint (never used latex paint before but I heard it is glossy and water based?) How does the cost of latex compare to enamel? Is it easier to clean up? Given that the house is 3 bedroom and quite a lot of trim, and that 1 door frame took a few hours to do, I'm thinking theres gotta be a better way - otherwise it will take me forever ! Also not sure if I should be using a different type of undercoat? The undercoat Im using is left over from undercoating walls & it is water based.
Any tips/info appreciated :)