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Some caravan units are made out of plastic covered chipboard and the surface will melt with some types of paints and varnishes

Andy

I dont know about the Ronseal stuff but if its anything like the Dulux cupbord door makeover paint aimed at kitchen and bathroom refurbishment its absolutly rubbish no matter what you put it on with. Its so thick it leaves lines on the surfaces  how ever careful you are, we tried using it over some white melamine draw fronts as a white on white freshen up but it eventually started to peal off despite following the instructions to sand it down first to form a Key for the new stuff to adhere to.

In the end we used plain old satin coat brilliant white which did a much better job the same as it has on all our internal doors and white woodwork around the house.

Julia

I agree with Andy. Although caravan fittings look like real wood it is often just a paper thin film of wood effect material layered onto chipboard or contiboard.

I discovered this when I tried to wash a stain off a cupboard in an old caravan I had and took the woodgrain effect clean off. Fortunately it was only a very small area and didn't show too much.

The photos look to me as if the paint has reacted with the wood effect film and caused it to bubble 

Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 27/5/2011

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Thats funny about the paint,sprayed cars in a booth and we never used uv lighting..sure hes not winding you up ?

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Quote: Originally posted by Dorset Paul on 27/5/2011

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Hi, it looks to me .... that after reading your other post, your wife shouldn't let you near any odd jobs that need doing lol!!!

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