White wood paint for your project
Sometimes it just has to be white. Often, there is simply no other colour than a shade of white to paint a wooden object. Here we show you what to look for when searching for the perfect shade of white for your project.
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Where to use white wood paint
The water-based wood paints from MissPompadour are all easy to paint over. White wood paint is perfect for wooden furniture, as well as doors and window frames. Wall panelling and wooden ceilings can also benefit from a coat of white paint.
Or how about giving a staircase a fresh new look with white wood paint? Treads, risers, banisters - everything can shine in white. Children's and baby furniture, and even children's toys, can be brightened up with white paint. Perhaps you only want to give a dark picture frame a light finish. White paint can be used on wood in all sorts of ways.
Indoor use
White wood paint can of course be used anywhere indoors, in all the paint qualities MissPompadour offers.
If you're painting wooden kitchen fronts, it's important to choose an especially hard-wearing paint quality. In the kitchen, you'll get the best results with Easy Eggshell!. This paint is hard-wearing with a satin finish. Its smooth surface is easy to clean. Window frames and doors also need an especially durable paint.
The chalk paints from CosyColours and LittlePomp are currently only available in Germany and Austria. For the children's room, LittlePomp chalk varnish is a top tip. This gentle paint is washable. It also impresses with a wonderfully matt, chalky finish.
You can also create completely matt finishes with CosyColours chalk paints. The collection's three elegant shades of white create slightly rustic finishes that are particularly well suited to an authentic vintage style.
Outdoor use
Outdoors, we recommend choosing the paint quality from the Balkon & Garten collection or Easy Eggshell!. These paints are weatherproof and UV-resistant. That means garden sheds and fences can shine in a bright white such as Mondlicht Weiß or Kristallklar Weiß, too.
Garden sheds can look especially lovely if you choose a rich wood paint such as Green with Forest or Red with Sweden for the large surfaces, then paint the window frames and roof edges in white paint. Or perhaps you'd like to repaint your wooden garden furniture, or bring more brightness to a dark brown pergola with white paint.
These paints are only suitable for surfaces where water can drain off easily. Standing water will destroy the paint.
Do you need a primer under white wood paint?
First things first: remove dust, grease and any dirt from the surfaces before painting. The best way to do this is with the mild but effective MissPompadour To Clean.
A first coat of To Bond & Block creates a barrier between the wood and the paint, and prepares the surface perfectly for the white paint.
We generally recommend priming light shades with a primer first, as the topcoat will then cover more quickly.
White paint for wood: differences in finish
As well as the paint quality Easy Eggshell!, MissPompadour offers CosyColours chalk varnish and Little Pomp chalk varnish. While chalk varnish has a completely matt finish, Easy Eggshell! has a satin finish.
Our wood paints in shades of white
Even with wood paint, white isn't just white. MissPompadour has many different shades of white on offer. In the MissPompadour Easy Eggshell! range, you'll find whites whose pigments give them very different undertones.
Alongside the crisp, clear White with White, there are whites that get a sunny or fresh feel from a small amount of yellow pigment. Examples are White with Sun or White with Ginger. Warm whites are created by mixing in small amounts of coloured pigment. These include White with Vanilla and White with Marble. These shades work especially well with natural wood. White with Character, on the other hand, looks clear and understated thanks to a small amount of grey pigment.
Tinted whites are possible too. Blue with Snow is a white with just a touch of blue. White with Powder has a slight pink shimmer, and White with Linden Green leans slightly towards green.
LittlePomp chalk paint also offers 3 balanced, soft shades of white, developed especially for the children's room. LittlePomp Weiß & Strahlend is a neutral, very bright white. Weiß & Treu looks creamy thanks to a few beige pigments, and White & Friendly feels warm thanks to a hint of yellow pigment.
While Simply White from the CosyColours collection is simply white and therefore completely neutral, True White has a small amount of grey for a slightly softened radiance. The wonderful Fresh White contains a few grey pigments as well as yellow tones, which make it look friendly and inviting.
The two shades of white Mondlicht Weiß and Kristallklar Weiß from the Balkon & Garten collection are perfect for bright, radiant finishes outdoors and your projects in the open air.
Order white wood paint from MissPompadour
The fact that MissPompadour paints come in so many different shades of white often makes choosing the "right" white tricky. Luckily, there are handy MissPompadour colour cards. Each colour card can be taken out of the pack individually. That way, you can lay the different shades of white side by side and compare them. You can also pin them to the item you're planning to paint and take your time looking at them in any light.
If you still can't decide, our friendly and highly knowledgeable customer service team is sure to help. You can reach them almost around the clock by email, WhatsApp and phone.
Does white wood varnish also cover dark surfaces?
On a dark surface, white paint usually needs more than one coat, and a primer helps you get an even finish. Thanks to the high coverage of MissPompadour wood paint, the white wood paint normally covers in 2 coats. If the wood has heavy stains, you'll need to apply a stainblock such as To Bond & Block before painting with white furniture paint.
Whites that don't contain pigments, such as White with White or Simply White, don't offer the same high coverage as other white paints (Simply White is currently only available in Germany and Austria). You may need to apply one or two extra coats here.
Can MissPompadour wood paint in white be painted over?
White-painted wood can generally be painted over in a different shade, as long as the surface is clean, dry, and sound. A wooden surface that has been treated with white wood paint can be painted over at any time with furniture paint in a different hue, in any of MissPompadour's paint qualities.
Is MissPompadour white wood paint suitable for outdoor use?
Outdoors, choose a white wood paint that's specifically designed for outdoor use and for standing up to the weather. The paints from the Balkon & Garten Kollektion and Easy Eggshell! are all suitable for use outdoors. White paint is especially good for wooden garden furniture. Windows and doors outside also benefit from our outdoor paints. And last but not least, white paint smartens up fences and garden sheds too.
Which surfaces go well with MissPompadour white wood paint?
White wood lacquer can be used on raw, lacquered, or veneered wood, as long as the surface is clean, dry, and sound. Any type of wood can be painted with MissPompadour White Wood Paint. White Wood Paint is also suitable for spraying onto wood. Thanks to their high coverage, the paints work on raw wood as well as on wood veneer.
How long does MissPompadour white wood paint last?
The durability of the white wood colour depends on the exposure of the surfaces. In outdoor areas, it must be taken into account that wood changes constantly depending on the humidity.
