painting over Zinsser Bin

frankie

Have painted my previously wood stained skirting and door frames with 1 coat of Zinsser bin and they appear to have covered well.

I bought some Dulux Trade Satin to apply next, on reading the small print on the tin it says solvent based paints prone to yellowing, reccommend water based paint if this is an issue.

Will a waterbase paint 'take' on the Zinsser bin? Or will I have to use a solvent based paint? Have looked at the Zinsser blurb but I'm a bit confused.

If a waterbased is OK for longer lasting 'whiteness' what type would be the best satin finish?

Captaincodpiece

I painted a stained dado in zinzer, two coats of leyland water based under coat and two top coats. No issues.

savemoney

I must admit I use the product a fair bit and only used water based paint including emulsion. I tend to avoid solvent based paint now much as I prefer it in old formulas but since EU interfered I now find solvent based paint goes yellow. maybe not all companies do but certainly ones I have tried

abankerbutnotafatcat

We have used Zinsser a lot for various reasons and have painted over it with many different paints with no issue. Our decorator used it on our stairs (lead paint under so we couldn't sand to get a key) and used solvent based paint that he chose to go with it - it looks great. But we tend to use water based paints and have never had a problem.

frankie

Thanks peeps.

Have applied a second coat of Zinsser and now the brown stain is completely obliterated and the adhesion seems strong.

Have decided to try water based satinwood quick dry (Dulux) for next 2 coats and I feel confident that I will get good coverage and hopefully no bleeding.

Wished I'd come across this earlier as only one more room to go!