Repainting skirting, doors and bannisters

"Hi, yes you will need to sand well but only need to spot prime any bare timber. You can use oil based or water based satin/eggshell, and both are usually self undercoating, so no need to do this separately.
I hope this helps."

"If they’re very thick layers I would strip the paint back to the bare wood with a hot gun. If they’re in reasonable condition I would just sand the with a sander before putting the undercoat and then 2 eggshells on top and sand with sanding pads between coats"

"Rub down and apply two coats off Dulux oil based satin wood. No need for undercoat when using this product."

"Hi.
For bannister, I still recommend oil based Eggshell for flat finish or satin.
Our sweat/grease naturally occurs on hands and although I do use Acrylic ( water based ) paints oil will allow cleaning without breaking down over time.
Without looking I would suggest maybe not taking it back to bare wood.... sand back to smooth then under coat/ couple top coats."

"Hi, yes a good rub down. Apply primer to any bare wood. Then two coats of Satinwood I’d recommend oil based."

"Hey, great question.
You can sand them down or strip the paint with a paint stripper.
And satinwood would be a good idea or if you wanted to start away from oil based gloss you can get water based (be careful as it is like water) hope this helps."

"Hi, you can sand down. To start making some repair work wood filler where needed and after that, you sand again where you apply wood filler, apply first coat satinwood after that leave dry after you can apply finally gloss."

"Sanding or burning with blow torch is the only way to remove old paint. We used to be able to use a fluid called nitromorse which was an acidic material. This melted the paint off. Satin wood is a good paint. But oil based to be used rather than water based satin wood."

"An undercoat primer is a good start try not to use cheap gloss it’s to watery"

"Yes you would have to rub all the skirting boards and etc down cos if you was to put a water base satin wood straight on top of the old existing paint it will start to flake and dis colour"