Tutorial how to prepare interior woodwork!

Preparing your woodwork should always be a part of your home decoration preparation, after all prep is the key to a complete and professionally finished result. Messy woodwork can be the fine line between a beautiful home interior and a ‘not so beautiful’ one so prepare your woodwork today with a few tips straight from the experts. Cracks and holes in your woodwork are unsightly to say the least so repair these with a good quality wood filler. Large knots can be off putting too so use a knotting compound to seal these.

You will need:

- Wood filler
- Knotting compound
- Sugar soap
- Electric sander
- Filler knife
- Fine sandpaper
- Cloth
- White spirit
- Wood primer (quick rying and water-based)

If you are working with a painted surface and wish to spruce it up with a fresh coat, wash the surface down with sugar soap before you commence work. The sugar soap will remove any dirt, grime and dust that can go unnoticed to the naked eye but creates a poor result once the new coat of paint has dried.

For a professional finish, prepare your woodwork with an electric sander and remove any flaking paint with a filler knife. Finish by sanding down the whole surface with a fine sheet of sandpaper, paying particular attention to the areas where the newly applied filler has dried. Give the surface a quick wipe down with a cloth dampened in white spirit to remove any fine dust, then seal the surface with a water-based and quick drying wood primer. This sanded and sealed surface is now ready to be painted; the sanding will not only smooth the rough surface but also provide extra adhesion for the new paint to stick to. When repainting start with vertical strokes and brush out the paint horizontally to get right into the grain of the wooden surface. Finish the first coat using light strokes, painting in the direction of the grain. Allow the first coat to dry before you apply the topcoat.

What if the new coat doesn't cover the old one ?

Painting over woodwork in a different colour takes patience and a lot of paint. But the trick to a beautiful finish is to do multiple coats rather than cover the surface in one thick layer of paint. Why not spend some extra time preparing the wood for painting? It may take a couple of extra hours to sand down the painted surface to bare wood but the end result will be second-to-none.

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