Help & Advice

Prepare woodwork

New Woodwork

• New woodwork may have rough edges and splinters. These should be sanded down and any rough edge rounded off.
• Where the wood is darker due to knots or resin, overpaint with knotting to prevent a show-through.
• To give a smooth, solid finish, fill crackers and joins with a filler before you paint. Open graining and scratches can be smoothed over with a fine surface filler and then when dry, rubbed over with sandpaper and dusted off.
• Prime with one coat of Berger Universal Primer, which should be well brushed into the wood.

Previously Painted Woodwork

• On sound woodwork, prepare for painting by washing down with diluted washing-up liquid and rub over with wet and dry paper before a final rinse. Wash from the bottom upwards.
• Where paint is loose, remove it with sandpaper and dust clean. Any cracks or joints should be filled and sanded smooth when dry.