Painting Chipped wood

Braodstairs

Hello

Without stripping it back, filling and then priming, undercoating and repainting, does anyone have any labour saving tips for me to spruce up 14 door frames that are dreadfully chipped in places?

We have to sell soon and I don't have the time or stamina (or money to pay someone else to do it).

I tried using caulking to fill chips: didn't remotely work. I have just tried painting over chipped bits preceding painting over the whole door: nothing.

I have also just purchased some Screwfix 'No Nonsense Primer and Undercoat' delivered tomorrow, but who knows. Flying blind here, can any experienced DIYers or professionals help me out?

DigForVictory

Why not sell as is & let the buyers form their own views as to what needs sorting?

It'll not look brilliant, but if your boiler is 17 years old, there's a jungle in the front garden & no indoor bathroom, your property may have other issues that could benefit from being tackled first ...

I've heard of mortgage retentions for a re-wire, but never for repainting chipped door frames.

TELLIT01

Many people want to redecorate when they move in anyway. If any of the frames are really bad it might be worth the effort to fill and repaint. The downside of doing some, and not others, is that the difference will be very obvious and may get potential purchasers wondering what's going on.

Braodstairs

DigForVictory wrote: »

Why not sell as is & let the buyers form their own views as to what needs sorting? It'll not look brilliant, but if your boiler is 17 years old, there's a jungle in the front garden & no indoor bathroom, your property may have other issues that could benefit from being tackled first ...
I've heard of mortgage retentions for a re-wire, but never for repainting chipped door frames.

No, the elements that you mention and others are all-OK, but regarding the more general point, I think first impressions count. I recall the ex on moving into our property originally running a total in her head of what needed to occur and therefore keeping these elements down is beneficial, imho.

As we found out our predecessor actually did similar: bodge painted various surfaces that quickly peeled. Not looking to be so crummy myself.

Kiran

The quickest good quality job would be to use polyfiller in the chips and then just a light rub down to key the surface. Full strip won't increase the finish that much

Grenage

Don't waste your time; chances are that the buyers won't even notice. You notice them because you know they are there.