Epoxy Over Stained Wood

This does not take the place of the epoxy seal coat as that is still necessary.

Epoxy over stained wood.

My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded. The epoxy seal coat will not stick to an oil based stain or oil based paint. For the seal coat mix up a small batch of epoxy 16 oz. 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.

You must make sure that the stain is properly dried before applying epoxy. 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. If the paint is old and you are working on concrete sand the surface with a course sandpaper such as 60 grit. Oil based products create adhesion and finish issues.

October 03 2019 20 02. Polyurethane before doing the seal coat. On wood remove loose areas of paint and spackle as necessary. If you re going to try and epoxy over stained surfaces in most cases you will need a uv resistant epoxy resin.

Since then we have done some additional adhesion testing to a number of 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. If you have just painted the surface within the last couple of days wash it with a mild detergent and allow to dry well. Yes you can apply our epoxy resin over stained wood.

Our product is not designed to be used over oil based stains urethanes or paints. This is to avoid non sticking and easy to peel off surfaces after a couple of months. However you have to be careful in doing so. We recommend the use of water based stains.

Applying epoxy over stained surfaces jennifer b. The polyurethane will cover that and allow the epoxy to stick. If an oil based stain has already been applied the official recommendation would.