Removing yellowed gloss paint

Horseygirl123

You could try a liquid de-glosser such as Krud Kutter de glosser or Owatrol Esp.

Ectophile

If you're sanding, all you really need to do is smooth out any old lumps or runs of paint, and take the gloss surface off so that the new paint has something to stick to. No need to go back to bare wood. And no need to undercoat.

Then clean away any loose dust and repaint.

You could use a little electric sander if you can't be bothered to do it all by hand. Some even have an output pipe you can connect to a vacuum cleaner hose. That won't stop all the dust, but can reduce it.

kinger101

ripplyuk wrote: »

I was going to use just basic white emulsion, not water based gloss.

I'll look up the heat gun. That sounds less messy.

Eggshell would probably be more suited to architraves, without giving a glossy look. I'd key the old gloss with sandpaper and repaint. It would take forever to strip back.

marc81

Doing mine at the minute, gave them a very light sand and then applied Zinsser Bullseye 123 as a primer (sticks to the old gloss), then some Johnstones Aqua Water based Gloss as a top coat. The only thing i've found is that the Johnstones does take a few days to go hard.

27cool

It would not occur to me in a thousand years to strip gloss paint. Unless it was in an extremely bad condition. Anyone who does that is just looking for work. Wet and dry should do the job nicely. Maybe a bit of extra work if there are paint runs or knots bleeding through.

arbrighton

Nope, just sand it and paint over.

Very very unusual to strip back to wood and frankly more hassle than it's worth. Just as messy and takes longer.

-taff

Mine's been painted so many times it's lost definition, plus i like using the heat gun...Big job though, everything needs doing, including the lovely violent pink gloss [no idea anyone ever made that in gloss] and some lovely mouldy green gloss.....