I am refurbishing a pair of built-in cupboard doors from a house build sometime in the 19th century.
As you can imagine, there were many coats of paint of unknown manufacture be removed with my plumbing blow-torch and scraper. I'm sure that at least one layer will have been lead based. I also had to replace the moulding round the panel with new wood.
I have sanded them to the point where I am happy to paint them, although there is still some of the original primer showing, so my next step is to prime them. In the past I have used an aluminium wood primer for this as it covers anything and will seal any old coatings, However, none of my local paint shops stock aluminium wood primer, though it is still available from the manufacturers.
Admittedly it is a while since I last bought any and given that nobody local stocks it, I'm wondering whether I should be looking at using a more modern product.
Does anybody have any experience of more modern primer to cover and seal old painted wood?
As you can imagine, there were many coats of paint of unknown manufacture be removed with my plumbing blow-torch and scraper. I'm sure that at least one layer will have been lead based. I also had to replace the moulding round the panel with new wood.
I have sanded them to the point where I am happy to paint them, although there is still some of the original primer showing, so my next step is to prime them. In the past I have used an aluminium wood primer for this as it covers anything and will seal any old coatings, However, none of my local paint shops stock aluminium wood primer, though it is still available from the manufacturers.
Admittedly it is a while since I last bought any and given that nobody local stocks it, I'm wondering whether I should be looking at using a more modern product.
Does anybody have any experience of more modern primer to cover and seal old painted wood?
