Possibly a stupid question.

[Gazz]

I have been painting the house recently and now it is time to paint the skirting boards, and wood around the doors and windows.

When looking at paint to buy the other day I noticed that it is a different type of paint you need to paint on top of wood.

However, the previous owner of the house has aready painted these area... so; technically I am painting on top of PAINT and not on top of wood ?

So will it be ok to buy the cheaper 'normal' paint or do I need to buy the more expensive wood paint ?

[Banned]

Is it your place, short or long term rent ... ?/

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[jay12329]

I'd just get normal stuff, but suspect you will get a better finish if you sand them down a bit to get most of the old stuff off.

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J

[Colin Edwards]

If I am going to paint on top of gloss I sand it down to remove the shine. This gives the new paint something to stick to. Otherwise you can get pealing in a few years

CE

[WildGoose]

Gloss is usual for skirting boards and window frames, but its horrible stuff to work with, it runs easily, leaves brush marks unless you are careful, and stinks.

Also it doesn't wash off the brush without turps or white spirit.

It does look better than using emulsion though.

Removing any old paint is a massive hassle that never seems worth it in the end (you will never be as close to that bit of skirting board/window frame as you are when painting it, so the importance of removing the paint gets skewed in your head at the time of painting), so just sand the surface of the old stuff to give the new paint something to key to and go over the top.
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Painting is part of decorating, and decorating is a woman's task. Sand it down and leave her to decide what to do, while you have a beer.
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[Banned]

Sand it down ... lol .. i paid me mate to do mine, took days and 2 large tins of nitromours, a belt and mouse sander and umpteen sheets, aswell as plenty of scrapping, if your not going to be there long term or if it is not your place, then don't bother, and if you do bother you need doors and flooring that go with the end result.

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[mysterious_rider]

Fucking sand it down, haha you'd be there forever!

Mate I used to do painting with my old man for a living. Best thing you can do is just key the surface, and make sure there's no nasty bumps or imperfections.

Once keyed paint with gloss, all you are doing is adding a shine to it, so really scrape the gloss off the brush on the tin. Spread evening, and 'line it off' (basically means paint it, then run the brush in lines to smooth the paint off, so you dont have brush marks going weird ways)

If you have runs, if you catch them while its drying you can use a gloss brush to 'touch it up' and can usually save it before it dries. Just be gentle.

Gloss is a bastard to work with.

[DrDonnyBrago]

Also, gloss sticks to carpet like shit on a blanket, do your very very best not to spill a drop, if you still manage to spill some then clean it up with an appropriate solvent immediately.

[Gazz]

Cheers for the advice.

[hellkat]

Buy a roll of masking tape. Saves going "over the lines" and onto the carpet.
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[John933]

It depends just how far you want to go? My place has not got a drop of gloss paint in it any where. What I have done over the year's. Is rip the skirting board off the wall and binned it. Then plaster the wall down to the floor. Dam plasters usually miss the last inch or so. The with new wood. Drill the wooden skirting board and plug the wall and fix the wood to the wall with screw's. Slip a piece of wood under the board to give you a gap the slip the carpet under.

Instead of painting it use a light stain. paint sit's on top off wood so you can alway's chip the paint. And another covering of paint will not cover any chippings. Stain on the other hand penetrates the wood so can't be chipped. To re fresh. is easy. Just un screw a few screw's. Take out side re stain. wait until it dry's. And re screw back. Job done.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

IIRC there should be a gap between the plaster and the ground floor. It stops any moisture getting drawn across the damp proof course and then sucked up by the plaster.
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[carlosthejack...]

Run some medium sandpaper over the current gloss to give a key, then use a non liquid gloss. You can use masking tape if you like, or you can just take your time and be careful. I prefer the latter. It's dead easy and you get an awesome sense of satisfaction, achievement and well being once you've done it all. Decorating rocks. Was my first job, back in the mists of time...
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[Bendy]

I'm taking all my old gloss off with my heat gun, it's far more satisfying than sanding.

[Banned]

I should of bought one for the cost of chemicals, sanding sheets and time ....

Never even thought of using one, do they lift a lot of gloss quickly, just say NO !!

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BLUEX5 wrote: Good to have you back covdude.
Ariel Badger - I like the moss and the hole !