Epoxy Over Stained Wood

Oil based products create adhesion and finish issues.

Epoxy over stained wood.

If you re going to try and epoxy over stained surfaces in most cases you will need a uv resistant epoxy resin. 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 an oil based stain has already been applied the official recommendation would. My childhood dresser is beautiful but the wood stain looks faded.

Would you like to contribute to our faq or community. Since then we have done some additional adhesion testing to a number of stains. If the paint is old and you are working on concrete sand the surface with a course sandpaper such as 60 grit. We recommend the use of water based stains.

Polyurethane before doing the seal coat. October 03 2019 20 02. This does not take the place of the epoxy seal coat as that is still necessary. This is to avoid non sticking and easy to peel off surfaces after a couple of months.

You must make sure that the stain is properly dried before applying epoxy. The epoxy seal coat will not stick to an oil based stain or oil based paint. On wood remove loose areas of paint and spackle as necessary. Of hardener 16 oz.

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. We have occasionally reported results of adhesion testing of west system epoxy to wood coated with various stains. 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. For the seal coat mix up a small batch of epoxy 16 oz.

Our product is not designed to be used over oil based stains urethanes or paints. However you have to be careful in doing so. Applying epoxy over stained surfaces jennifer b.