Painting staircase spindles

MSaxp

Hi,

Our house is about 10 years old. The staircase spindles are wooden, painted white glossy(ish). It now has areas of yellowing and some scuff marks from the previous owners.

We would like to refresh the white paint a bit, but fully sanding 30 spindles to bare wood will take forever.

Any ideas on how we could paint white on white (I assume some sort of a primer first?) without sanding for weeks?

Was thinking something like Ronseal 2in1 primer and paint but it seems to be receiving mixed reviews.

Thank you

tanith

Why are suggesting sanding down to bare wood? Surely you give them a good rub with sandpaper to take off the surface and reduce the scuffed areas and then repaint. As its white on white that should be perfectly adequate.

Reece_

You don't need to sand back to bare wood, just provide a good key for the next coat and create a smooth finish.
Sand with a 80-120 grit paper, don't need to go over the top, just smoothing off any lumps and bumps mainly, then I'd recommend something like this http://www.screwfix.com/p/leyland-trade-acrylic-primer-undercoat-white-2-5ltr/64719 before applying your top coat of gloss/satinwood.

jcb208

All you need to do is flatten the existing paint and repaint ,sanding pads are very good to key up spindles http://www.hafele.co.uk/shop/Images/Details/005.58.300P1.JPEG

MSaxp

Thank you. I'm hoping to do this using my mouse sander. I'll start with the 120 grit and see how it goes. It's good to know I don't have to go all the way to the wood for the primer to stick.

I'll also give the Leyland primer a go, seems to have better reviews than the ronseal one.

martinthebandit

Why are you using primer on wood that's been previously painted?

MSaxp

Do I not need it? I've never painted already painted wood before. And it's a quite shiny white finish. So. I'm worried just paint, will not stick

martinthebandit

https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/products/once-gloss

Top tip, never buy cheap paint unless you want a cheap finish.

phil24_7

Use some scotch pads to take the shine off, then just re-gloss them. Dulux liquid gloss goes on quite easily.

xyz123

I would suggest light sanding and then use zinsser BIN as primer and then top coats.

tanith

I've never used primer on previously painted wood its meant for bare wood thats never been painted so not necessary..