Silicone Question

[FataMorgana]

What kind of coverage would you use on silicone? My paint is sliding off the kitchen cupboards in the places where silicone was used to seal cupboards.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Why on earth would you seal anything with silicone?

 

[WillJ8787]

You'll have to use an oil based primer or paint first as it's the only thing that will stick to silicone. Then you can go with latex paint.

 

[FataMorgana]

You'll have to use an oil based primer or paint first as it's the only thing that will stick to silicone. Then you can go with latex paint.

My paint is water based.

 

[doowdniw]

My paint is water based.

Pretty sure latex is water based. Which is probably why it's not adhering. It's a PIA, but you would have better adhesion if you sand first and prime. It definitely complicated things when covering different paint types, but it can be done. Good luck.

 

[FataMorgana]

Scrubbed with wire wool first. Fucking thing is a nightmare n YouTube suggests shellac but for some reason doesn't seem to be available in England.

 

[chillywilly2]

shellac is available...ask any woodworker...get dewaxed if you want anything to stick to it

 

[WillJ8787]

Ugh... shellac! You could always just scrap off the silicone and reapply with a water based sealant that would take water based paint. I've been there...it sucks!

 

[Conager]

What kind of coverage would you use on silicone? My paint is sliding off the kitchen cupboards in the places where silicone was used to seal cupboards.

You are S.O.L. nothing sticks to silicon. That's sort of the point of silicon.

You'll have to use an oil based primer or paint first as it's the only thing that will stick to silicone. Then you can go with latex paint.

It'll peel.

Probably

 

[Sean]

Cut it out with a stanley knife and just put a bead of tiling grout in its place.

 

[Conager]

Cut it out with a stanley knife and just put a bead of tiling grout in its place.

Ugh... shellac! You could always just scrap off the silicone and reapply with a water based sealant that would take water based paint. I've been there...it sucks!

^this.

 

[thør]

Scrubbed with wire wool first. Fucking thing is a nightmare n YouTube suggests shellac but for some reason doesn't seem to be available in England.

Amazon has your back.

Briwax is good stuff.

 

[thør]

Why on earth would you seal anything with silicone?

It should never be used anywhere that might be painted. The quick fix turns into a mess down the road.

 

[raindancer]

Cut it out with a stanley knife and just put a bead of tiling grout in its place.

This.

 

[thør]

This.

Note that he had to use an American knife to dig out the old.

 

[Conager]

Amazon has your back.

Briwax is good stuff.

Were you just answering her query on where to get shellac, or have had success with that? Curious. I've never gotten anything to stick to silicone I learn that the hard way 33 years ago when I thought Silicon was better and I was building my guest house from basically scratch.

 

[Sean]

Note that he had to use an American knife to dig out the old.

You don't actually call them Stanley Knives in the Great Satan do you?

 

[raindancer]

I've always called it a utility knife but I knew of what you were speaking.

 

[FataMorgana]

Amazon has your back.

Briwax is good stuff.

Oooh fab. I've been waxing my pine doors with briwax.

 

[Conager]

Oooh fab. I've been waxing my pine doors with briwax.

Is that an euphemism?

 

[Saint_Ann]

You don't actually call them Stanley Knives in the Great Satan do you?

They're called box cutters when Muslim terrorists hijack planes with them.