Epoxy Over Stained Wood

I d love to update it with fresh paint and new hardware but i ve heard that you can t get good results painting over stain.

Epoxy over stained wood.

The polyurethane will cover that and allow the epoxy to stick. However you have to be careful in doing so. For the seal coat mix up a small batch of epoxy 16 oz. Oil based products create adhesion and finish issues.

October 03 2019 20 02. Our product is not designed to be used over oil based stains urethanes or paints. We recommend the use of water based stains. In varnish over epoxy epoxyworks 18 we touched on the topic of wood stains under epoxy and warned that some oil based stains would cause an adhesion problem for west system epoxy.

Would you like to contribute to our faq or community. If an oil based stain has already been applied the official recommendation would. Applying epoxy over stained surfaces jennifer b. Since then we have done some additional adhesion testing to a number of stains.

The big advantage of epoxy resin when compared to polyester resin you may also see polyester resins in the hardware store and the big difference when working with wood is that epoxy resin doesn t shrink very much during the. We have occasionally reported results of adhesion testing of west system epoxy to wood coated with various stains. Polyurethane before doing the seal coat. If you have just painted the surface within the last couple of days wash it with a mild detergent and allow to dry well.

On wood remove loose areas of paint and spackle as necessary. The epoxy seal coat will not stick to an oil based stain or oil based paint. This is to avoid non sticking and easy to peel off surfaces after a couple of months. If you re going to try and epoxy over stained surfaces in most cases you will need a uv resistant epoxy resin.

Yes you can apply our epoxy resin over stained wood. Of hardener 16 oz. My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded.