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How much paint for internal doors

  • 18-09-2018 5:20pm
    #1
    miss choc
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    I need to know how many litres of undercoat and satinwood I need to paint 8 internal pine doors white. It's all gallons on google search and I'm getting conflicting advice on how many tins I need. Doors are approx 77 x 200cm each. Im guessing 2.5L for two doors or maybe just get a 10L undercoat and 10L satinwood for all 8 to save money I used to buy Dulux but due to cost need a cheaper brand that is just as good.


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  • #2
    dok_golf
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    miss choc wrote: »
    I need to know how many litres of undercoat and satinwood I need to paint 8 internal pine doors white. It's all gallons on google search and I'm getting conflicting advice on how many tins I need. Doors are approx 77 x 200cm each. Im guessing 2.5L for two doors or maybe just get a 10L undercoat and 10L satinwood for all 8 to save money I used to buy Dulux but due to cost need a cheaper brand that is just as good.

    You need to block any knots first, then prime before uc and top coat


  • #3
    miss choc
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    dok_golf wrote: »
    You need to block any knots first, then prime before uc and top coat

    The doors have been treated and varnished already so I just need to sand and paint the knots. Just wondering how many tins of undercoat and satin wood I would need for 8 doors


  • #4
    Purgative
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    A gallon (old tin) is about 5 litres (new tin) - give or take.


    You're not going to hit it exactly. You'll either run out - big PIA or have stuff left over - minor PIA.


  • #5
    Juwwi
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    miss choc wrote: »
    The doors have been treated and varnished already so I just need to sand and paint the knots. Just wondering how many tins of undercoat and satin wood I would need for 8 doors


    Woodies are selling Dulux paint 3 for 2 at the moment .

    Because they have been varnished you are better off sanding them and giving them a coat of Bin Primer , it will help stop them chipping .

    https://www.lenehans.ie/zinsser-bin-primer-2-5lt.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwxILdBRBqEiwAHL2R85g9pTGanfO65RaHPDAAMKxOmF75Yn8BuGNVLNYd049OFWFdUuPgjRoCi68QAvD_BwE

    If you leave the Bin to dry overnight then give them an undercoat and 2 coats of satinwood , it would be possible to just give 2 coats of satinwood on top of the Bin Primer as well tho .


  • #6
    cardwizzard
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    5l of each should be loads. Roughly it 15m2 per liter


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  • #7
    Sleepy
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    Try one of the trade places rather than Woodies or B&Q or the like. We got all the paint for our house from the Fleetwood Trade Centre in Inchicore during the re-decoration of our fixer-upper and found them good on price and the paint to be better quality than the Dulux stuff you'd get in a DIY store...


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