Painting Waxed Pine Doors
How to wax pine doors.
Painting waxed pine doors. Radiata pine lumber is a softwood that has a beautiful grain and texture and is an excellent choice for making light duty furniture or keepsake cabinets. Wax holds the paint on the surface and does not allow it to permeate. It is used in the building industry as structural lumber but also as an interesting diversion from hardwood for. Wax is a resist for water based paints so if you have a piece of waxed furniture you want to paint over this video will demonstrate how to prep it for success.
Hi i have been a decorator for 10 years i found the best way to get old wax of is to use furniture cleaner fron any good diy stores apply with rag if there is a lot of wax you might need to give it ago again then to paint use zinsser bin to prime you can get it from any good decorator merchant. The reason for this is that wood is porous and allows the paint to soak into the surface of the wood. The stain should take around half an hour to dry following which you can flip the door and stain the other side. The solvents in oil paint will soften it leaving a tacky finish and wax prevents water based varnishes from bonding to the wood surface causing eventual peeling.
Painting over waxed wood generally isn t recommended unlike paint or clear finish wax even super hard carnauba wax never completely cures. The removal of wax from woodwork to allow painting is a time consuming and labour intensive task but luckily there are various ways to do it. And in this case after well keying the surface a 100 water based approach would be acceptable. If you will not be using radiata pine in its natural state with a clear coat finish recommended for best results and to preserve.
Pine is a soft wood with a pleasing light amber color. Wax will seep into the underlying timber and provide a moisture seal while conditioning and protecting the pine. How to finish pine doors. We receive regular questions about annie sloan chalk paint straight on waxed pine on our article about how to paint pine furniture.
However like other types of pinewoods it can be difficult to get the best finish when painting or staining. The article talks about bare pine waxed pine and previously painted pine but a lot of furniture available on the second hand marked is factory varnished lacquered. If the doors are not waxed now it may be relatively straight forward to paint conventionally with the caveat of filling. Janet august 14th 2015 at 03 39.