Painting over lacquered timber?

[Pikey]

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone knew the best option for painting over previously lacquered timber skirtings, door frames and architraves. I am trying to find out if there is an easier way out then sanding everything. Can anyone recommend a suitable primer/sealer, i have read somewhere about a Zinsser product, has anyone used this?

Cheers,

Pikey.

[rod1949]

Going by the Zinsser web site you maybe onto something there. But there still appears to be some preparation work. Good luck

[echnidna]

Lacquer is inert once set so take the gloss off with some abrasive paper and just paint straight over it with any normal paint.

[celeste]

Hi Pikey

I have just discovered taubmans 3 in 1 (primer/sealer and base coat), its brilliant. paint it over gloss without sanding, its thickish and hides lots of sins as well.

I am currently using it on wooden door/window frames / fascias / gutters and basically every thing, I find when I use it I can get a way with 1 coat of new paint. I am using enamel on windows / doors and acrylic on the other stuff.

Celeste

[durwood]

The Taubmans 3 in 1 is a great product, but you will always get a better result if you make sure the surface is clean and not glossy.

Sugar soap to remove any dirt etc and then flatten with abrasive paper or better still a scothbrite pad especially if the timber has lots of moulded shape in it.

A few minutes spent doing this may save you lots of greif in the future.

Or you can take a gamble !!!

[Metal Head]

Hey Celeste & Durwood, where were you when I I was asking the other day what was the best sealer for painting gyprock?

I ended up getting no responses so tonight I went and bought Dulux, as I think they make the best paint across the whole range.

MH

[durwood]

Sorry metal head, never saw the post but I'm sure the Dulux will do a good job too.

A comment though!!

some questions get asked over and over again, often only days apart. I see there is one in this section about sealing gyprock only a few days old.

People arn't searching real well or at all and I admit often I have not answered questions as I have at other times answered them at length and I often don't have the time to do them all over agai,. but they do get lost in long threads.

I think an answer to part of this problem could be if common questions were put into a file that could be checked out first before asking a question.

This section could have answers to sealing gyprock, brick, etc with the answers and it might be a lot easier than finding them in a long thread. In painting there are a basic rules as to what can be done and what is not good practice and I'm sure that would be the case for a lot of problems people have with all aspects covered on the forum.

I suspect but that this would mean a lot of work for someone and I'm sure comments would follow decrying the answers and insisting others were the way to go.

[Metal Head]

Sorry metal head, never saw the post but I'm sure the Dulux will do a good job too.

A comment though!!

some questions get asked over and over again, often only days apart. I see there is one in this section about sealing gyprock only a few days old.

People arn't searching real well or at all and I admit often I have not answered questions as I have at other times answered them at length and I often don't have the time to do them all over agai,. but they do get lost in long threads.

I think an answer to part of this problem could be if common questions were put into a file that could be checked out first before asking a question.

This section could have answers to sealing gyprock, brick, etc with the answers and it might be a lot easier than finding them in a long thread. In painting there are a basic rules as to what can be done and what is not good practice and I'm sure that would be the case for a lot of problems people have with all aspects covered on the forum.

I suspect but that this would mean a lot of work for someone and I'm sure comments would follow decrying the answers and insisting others were the way to go.

Hi Durwood,

I wasn't having a go at either of you, as it was more tongue in cheek than anything malicious.

I totally agree with your excellent idea, maybe we should call it something original like a "FAQ" section. as I said on another thread tonight, I frequently use the search facility to look for previous threads with the info I am after. Sometimes it finds something and I will add my post to it. However, there are times when something is fairly close but not exactly what I specifically wanted to ask. As of a consequence members maybe inclined to pass over it thinking they had already placed an answer in that thread so it is not worth going back there - if you get my drift?

Regards
MH

[celeste]

Hi Metal Head

Sorry about that, but I haven't been on thos site for a week until yesturday. Can you imagine how many posts I had to look thru.

I didn't look at the gyprock Q as I have never sealed it, only painted over pre painted and I didn't think of it - Sorry

Celeste