Advise on painting pre-primed MDF skirting

riverboat2001

I've had all the architrave and skirting replaced in my new home.
It's all MDF

I think it's all pre-primed. It's white and has a slightly rough surface.

I want to paint it with Duluxe Diamond White Satinwood, which according to this forum will stay white, and not yellow.

Will i need to do anything to this MDF prior to painting, and will i need to use more than one coat?

markdavey

We have just had an extension completed with the same MDF pre-primed skirting.

I did the following:

Lightly rubbed down the skirting to remove the 'rough' patches (not too much or you'll remove the primer)
2 coats of Dulux Professional Undercoat
1 coat of Dulux Professional Gloss

Am very pleased with the finish.

riverboat2001

markdavey wrote: »

We have just had an extension completed with the same MDF pre-primed skirting.

I did the following:

Lightly rubbed down the skirting to remove the 'rough' patches (not too much or you'll remove the primer)
2 coats of Dulux Professional Undercoat
1 coat of Dulux Professional Gloss

Am very pleased with the finish.

Wow, that's a lot of painting, i've got a whole house to paint:eek:

markdavey

You should be OK. the Dulux site says nothing about undercoating for Satinwood just primer (which is already done).

booty40uk

I used this recently in my dining room. I simply filled and rubbed down the fixing holes and primed these areas. Then applied one coat of dulux satinwood and it looks great.

HTH

Andy

keystone

Lightly it first with a medium grade abrasive to remove the rough bits. Then prime it again as you will have removed some of the primer. Go over it again with a very fine grade. Remove all dust. Satinwood can then go straight on. Mind you, I just hate the finish of satinwood but each to his own and its very easy to apply. Post #2 refers to a different finish and poster is 100% spot on if you are using gloss paint - but you ain't.

Cheers

riverboat2001

Hi All,
Well i was going with Satinwood, as a previous poster on here asked for a non yellowing paint for skirting etc.

But still open to suggestions, we're not big DIYer's and don't paint every couple of years.

So whatever goes up has to cope with the ocassional knock, and look good for 5+ years.

I haven't bought the paint yet, but do intend to get a quality make, so any other ideas?