How To Prepare Woodwork For Painting

Go over each area of the wood with your sandpaper to remove part of the top layer of paint but dont apply too much pressure as youll remove too much.

How to prepare woodwork for painting. Using opaque acrylics like I have been with a gesso-only technique has been fine. This will ensure all dust and any particles left behind from moving the furniture away from the walls will be collected. Use a sanding block or sandpaper wrapped around a block of wood to sand down the filled area.

Clean thoroughly with sugar soap sand down with a fine paper to give a key for the new paint and then apply your paint. Use a long-handled extension pole or a step ladder to sand hard to reach places at the top of your wall or on the ceiling. Be very careful not to strip away too much paint.

You probably know that bare raw w. If the wood has been previously painted use fine sandpaper to lightly sand it down and remove imperfections. If you plan on painting baseboards trim or doors make sure to sand them as well.

Simply remove imperfections and give the woodwork a key an adhesive surface for the new paint to cling to. Dont completely remove the paint. If your wood was painted before you need sand it down with fine-grain sandpaper to create a key for the new paint stick to.

Do this in the direction of the grain until you have a smooth and level surface. Once its dry use a piece of 180grit sandpaper to rub the area back to a smooth finish. Paintwork with only a few light blemishes can be prepared by sanding.

In this tutorial our Wickes experts show you how to prepare interior woodwork for paintingSubscribe to the Wickes YouTube channel here. Now that your woodwork project is constructed its time to get ready for painting. Preparing painted wood for repainting.