Our first average we look at for Dulux Difficult Surface Primer is to judge it against other products from the same brand, in this case it’s Dulux. This tells us that there are a total of 712 Dulux products at The Range. It is worth noting that you can still paint over the sealer if you change your mind, but if you are going to paint, you’ll be better off using a coloured sealer/primer. It has a thin consistency which means that you typically only need one coat to seal your MDF, which will be touch dry within 30 minutes. If it needs another coat you’ll have to wait for a couple of hours before you can apply. However, if you don’t want to paint your MDF there are a few alternatives to primer/sealer. Effectively, they do the same job - seal the MDF - but in different ways. If you like the natural look of MDF and want to add some protection you can use a clear varnish - choose matt or gloss - to keep your MDF looking like new. An oil-based varnish is the best choice for this. You apply in much the same way as primer/sealer/paint, with a brush or roller. Unpainted metal Use a metal or all-purpose primer followed by gloss, eggshell or emulsion paint. Use an oil-based undercoat under oil-based paints.

Paint undercoat also protect your walls and surfaces and prepare them for the top coat, providing a neutral base for you to apply any colour, however bold it may be. Primer paint is essential if you're changing a colour scheme from a dark shade to something lighter, helping to show your topcoats true colour while keeping it vibrant for longer. We will be happy to organise an exchange for the correct goods at no extra charge to yourself, please get in touch to organise this. Faulty ItemsCrown PX3 (for those who can’t remember, this is the solvent-based one). This is a bit of an anomaly. It did absolutely everything it said on the tin, adhesion was great and it stopped the woodstain bleeding through. Overall, it was probably marginally the best of the bunch in terms of adhesion. But I don’t like it! Sorry Crown – I love you really, the guys at my local CDC will kill me, but I don’t like this product. Maybe it’s just me, but I found: Again, for this part of the test I had run out of Whitsons, so the four products tested were Zinsser B-I-N, Zinsser AllCoat, Crown PX3 and Crown PX4. When decorating your home it is vital your walls and ceilings are prepared for paint, with the Dulux Primer Paint. This brilliant paint can be used on MDF, tiles, melamine and UPVC surfaces, preparing them to be painted on. Whether it’s inside or outside this paint will be perfect. It provides excellent adhesion on difficult interior and exterior surfaces Dulux’s primer is easy to apply and will get your surfaces ready to be redecorated.

If you want a good smooth paint finish on your MDF, there isn’t any real alternative to priming or sealing. Medium-density fibreboard is made from small wood fibres such as sawdust and shavings, which are mixed with resin and wax and compressed into panels. It is not fond of water as this can make the board swell. So it needs to be treated - or primed or sealed - before you consider painting it. The primer can be applied by brush, roller or spray. It is available in 0.25L, 0.5L, 1L and 2.5L sizes depending on the size of your tasks. However, we then like to go a little deeper to explore more detail about the product by looking at products in the same category as Dulux Difficult Surface Primer. That then tells us that there are 736 products in the DIY category at The Range. The primer is specifically designed to give a bonding surface and undercoat to ready for top coats.Before painting any surface, it should be free from dirt, grease, rust, dust and loose flakes of old paint. Some require primers and/or undercoats to provide a base suitable for painting ... Tiles Clean with sugar soap, then wipe over with white spirit to get rid of any dirt and soap scum. Use a specialist glass, tile or difficult-surface primer followed by paint, or Ronseal One-Coat tile paint (which needs no primer).