Anyone understand paint?

[Thankyo]

I have been advised to buy a specific type of paint for MDF wardrobes - either allcoats or acryllic eggshell trade paints from dulux. However I want a blue paint and a yellow paint and I don't seem to be able to find either paint in anything but grey/ white. Is it possible to buy these paints in other colours? If not, is it possible to get them tinted? If so, where? Thank you!

I think you need a dulux decorator centre. The people there are experts and they mix everything in the colour paint type you need.

You haven’t been given very grant advice.

If you have smooth MDF, you can undercoat with Farrow and Ball wood floor primer. Then you could use any of their Estate Eggshell for interior wood colours as a top coat. You then get a huge choice. (Do you really want yellow and blue?)

I would undercoat with Zinnser primer with shellac. Lightly sand first with a fine grade sandpaper. Then you can use emulsion over it.

(Why yellow and blue though)

Thanks all.

It's for my kids' room and those are the colours they've chosen. Presumably they can be painted over if they change their minds/ I sell?

Yes if you use emulsion you will be able to just paint right over it afterwards. I would search on YouTube for people that have made their own wardrobes from MDF to see what paint they’ve used, but the better prep you do eg priming the better the finished result.

Don’t use emulsion paint on
MDF. It’s not designed for it.

I don’t always think DC know about colour coordinating. Maybe they need some guidance.

Another vote for zinsser primer and then you can use pretty much any paint on top (although id use a satinwood)

Zinsser and then all oat by rust oleum it comes in over 100 colours you can get little sachets sent , five colours 99p

Sorry allcoat not oat :-)

Primer yes, emulsion no on MDF, it's not tough enough, you'd need a varnish to finish it. And then it's not so easy to repaint when the yellow and blue colour scheme loses its appeal. Satinwood is more usual. Although you could use frenchic indoor-outdoor paint, it's easy to apply if you want a matt finish.
I'd seriously consider keeping the colour scheme neutral for a wardrobe, it's a lot easier to change the colour of walls, soft furnishings etc. than woodwork.

@Smallkeys

Sorry allcoat not oat :-)

This is a good shout!

Zinsser primer, light sand and water based eggshell which you can get mixed to your desired colour at paint centres near you (independent or dulux).

Johnstones sell an acrylic eggshell paint, they will mix it to farrow and ball colours.
It is brilliant paint for woodwork and wardrobes hardly shows brush marks and it dries very quickly.

Yea - you need a shellac primer

I use satin wood on our MDF wardrobes it's fine

@Alwayscheerful

Johnstones sell an acrylic eggshell paint, they will mix it to farrow and ball colours. It is brilliant paint for woodwork and wardrobes hardly shows brush marks and it dries very quickly.

Agree with this. My Dad is painter and decorator and highly rates Johnstones eggshell in terms of colour mix, product and finished result

You need to talk to a paint center, they can give advice and tips. Keep away from yellow and blue paint however.

Agree with the Zinsser to prime and Johnson’s acrylic eggshell mixed to whatever colour you want. However another one to throw into the mix is Benjamin Moore Scuff X.

I haven’t used it yet but have used their Aura paint which is excellent and has been brilliant on a small patch of floor boards as a temporary measure and fared significantly better than proper floor paint. Scuff X is expensive but if it’s as good as the reviews suggest I think it’s worth it and am going to try a pot for some new doors.

I would use a primer specific for MDF, any water-based paint applied directly can cause the fibres of the MDF to rise / thicken and then you will get a poor finish.