Bore on. Painting MDF Skirting.

[Bm101]

Got to replace all the knackered cupped pine skirtings in the newly plastered front room. I'm looking mdf, do I need to prime? That's the main question tbhI was thinking, 2 coats undercoat, scribing i can manage, gloss to finish. Screw and plug. Sound ok? Short and sweet. All advice welcome as always.

 

[flying haggis]

Jewsons do preprimed mdf skirting and architrave .

 

[Bm101]

Many thanks Haggis, I've seen it. I'll cost it up. Question stands though, does mdf benefit from priming? Just from interest.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

It's probably easier and quicker to prime than to undercoat twice as the primer is water based (or mine was, anyway) so you can undercoat quickly after priming.

 

[Gary]

Wickes do preprimed too.

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[Random Orbital Bob]

You do need to prime because of course if it gets wet....bad news.

I've used that pre-primed stuff extensively and really like it. Very very easy to use compared to natural wood and you don't need to plug and screw if the wall its being fixed to is true enough. A builders adhesive and 16 gauge nails will often do.

 

[ColeyS1]

Use satin paint. No undercoat required, no risk of yellowing- happy days

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[Phil Pascoe]

I used Dulux trade satin - it marked badly within days and discoloured. I wouldn't touch it with yours.

 

[Bm101]

Thanks guys. Helpful as always.

 

[Doug B]

I use a water based primer/ undercoat on MDF architrave & skirt kills two birds with one stone, then top coat with the customers choice of finish.

 

[Bigdanny]

I definitely recommend preprimed. Over the last couple of years have had to do a customers house and they had bought raw mdf. There is no primer available here so used watered down latex and PVA mixed into it. If you can get it use Zinser to prime then 2 or 3 coats gloss. The curved bits of the skirting will tend to fluff up and then sanded but I had to work with the materials available here.

Also as Bob said a good builders adhesive, I used a few heavy concrete blocks to push the board against the wall where it was a bit curvy. I just mitred the corners then used good elastic filler to hide any gaps.

Danny