What product would work for this job? We have fantastic solid wood doors, great for limiting noise from one room to another. Problem is that they're finished with this really dated-looking dark brown varnish and I loathe the idea of having to scrape all that off.
Is there a type of primer/paint/etc that can go straight onto this old brown varnish? I'd really like to paint them white if possible.
As the title says, I keep reading online about leaving 3 weeks+ until you put a large area rug down on a newly varnished wooden floor but the varnish is "Rustins Quick Dry Floor Varnish" and the instructions state that it will be fully cured in 3 days.
This is my first time refurbishing a wooden floor. What are people's thoughts?
So I have a red oak blanket chest that I've had for 15 years and is still really blonde. It has a standard semi-gloss on it and I'm wondering if at this point I could add something to help it take on a tan with out stripping the varnish.
I have a small house with old-fashioned trim, and there's a ton of it. Every inside and outside corner, along the floors and ceilings, and in some spots it comes up to chest-height with inset paneling. There are also a lot of built-in shelves and cupboards, and a lot of solid wood doors. A lot of the trim is really decorative too.
The problem is, at some point, all of this was varnished, then someone decided to paint right over it without stripping the varnish. So the paint falls off at the slightest scrape or bump. The doors, door frames, window frames and cupboards are the same.
I'd like to fix this but I have no idea how to start. Stripping the paint and the varnish is probably the solution but it would be a monumental job in this house, there's so much of it. I don't think I could remove most of the trim, the walls are plaster and I'd probably destroy the walls trying.
Anyone have any ideas how I could get paint to stay on?
EDIT: Thanks all, i got the answers I was expecting. I'll leave this as part of a larger future reno, and just touch up spots as needed in the meantime.
