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Painting a fireplace

dmck · 2006-10-25 11:41:41

Hi, I have a cast iron fireplace that was originally painted gloss white, I want to paint it matt black. I bought a tin of hamerite high heat resistant paint to do the job. I roughly sanded the fireplace down, just to give it a key, and applied the paint, however the white gloss comes through every time, I have applied…

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25-10-2006 12:41pm

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dmck

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Hi,
I have a cast iron fireplace that was originally painted gloss white, I want to paint it matt black. I bought a tin of hamerite high heat resistant paint to do the job. I roughly sanded the fireplace down, just to give it a key, and applied the paint, however the white gloss comes through every time, I have applied numerous coats but the same thing happens, even on area’s where the black paint has covered the white gloss underneath, if I reapply the black over it, it starts to streak. The tin says nothing about needing a primer. Any idea’s?
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