New fitted wardrobe-finish inside?

Any

Hi,

We just had new bespoke wardrobes fitted. They are currently just naked MDF. The outside will be spray finished, but for this I believe they will just take away the doors and side.
What about the inside?
Do you put a coat of clear varnish there or something?
Thanks

By the way this is just from local joiner as a part of a large project, so we are not currently decided on what happens to the wardrobe next.
This wasn't a job where you see a pic from Sharps and are expecting completely finished thing. Any advice appreciated.

Doozergirl

I'd paint them. Naked mdf isn't a great look.

Any

First seal?
What would you recommend?

shaun_from_Africa

If it was me, I would opt for using a water based paint such as this:
https://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/ultimate-professionals-switch

The reasons for choosing this are twofold.
Water based paints give off far less of a smell than oil or solvent based paints (something that would be very important on the inside of a wardrobe to ensure that the clothing in there doesn't pick up the smell of paint).

A few years ago, there was a reduction in the amount of solvent that could be added to paints and in many cases, there was an increase in oil to help the drying process.
One of the downsides of this is that many solvent & oil based white paints discolour and turn yellowish far sooner than they used to and this happens quicker in areas that don't get much sunlight (as would be the case with the inside of a wardrobe).
Water based paints don't suffer to anywhere near the same degree as other paints.

Any

Is water based paint really o.k. for MDF?
I was told that really for that I need oil based.. Why?

Cats_are_great

Water based paint is fine for MDF, you would probably want 2 coats with the first coat watered down (mist coat). Why not wallpaper the inside back panel? It would give you a really stylish finish....if you did use ready mixed adhesive as the flake paste may not be strong enough. Good luck!