Painting MDF Doors: Factory Primed…Primer? What Primer? Our basic rule for painting mdf doors that were primed at the factory is to pretend that they were not primed at all. Do whatever cosmetic tweaking is needed, and then start building your finish as if you were working over raw substrate. The factory primer is really […]
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