How to maintain wooden porch?

Question

We have a wooden porch with double glazed windows. We need to paint it before the summer is finished. What do we need to do to prepare the wood? Do we need to sand it or could we just paint straight over the existing paint? Also what type of paint do we use? Is there anything else I need to know - I am a complete novice. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

You need to sand down the existing paint, clean off any loose pain, sweep off any dust wipe down with a lithely damp cloth. Put some masking tape around the edge of the glass so the paint does not go on it.

What ever colour you decide to use, use a corresponding undercoat so for white gloss finish use a white undercoat, for black gloss finish use a Gray. There are not many different undercoats to choose from as far a colour is concerned so white would do for yellow etc, and Gray for dark colours like midnight blue.

Use external Gloss paint.

Answer 2

it is not necessary to sand it but you should take a wire brush to it to remove the loose paint....I would use an OIL based paint and add some "penetrol" to the paint to help it flow better and reduce the "brush" and "roller" marks.

Depending on the color it is and the color you are going to paint, you might need to use a primer, KILZ or Bullseye are the better primers.  The paint stores can tint the primer slightly.  Either way it will need 2 coats of paint for the best results.