Cleaning and preparing old bare pine unit for a water based varnish

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kaboo said:

GDB2222 said:

Umm, chalk paint it?

Thanks. Would chalk paint adhere without degreasing and surface prep. Also I thought chalk paint is not resilient enough for high use areas like kitchen - sorry i might be wrong, never used that stuff.

The only place I would use chalk paint would be radiator covers, and it is very expensive for the amount you get.

kaboo

kaboo said:

Opps pressed post too soon! Will varnish be a good finish? This unit sits in west facing kitchen extension which will get quite a bit of sun in summers. Would it get too hot and cause varnish to crack? I was planning on Polyvine decorators Varnish

Hi, could anyone offer suggestions for this? Is varnish going to be tricky in this situation. Aldo would it raise the grain again? I dont want to end up in cycles of varnish sanding varnish sanding!