Working on something where I'll be painting a design over stained wood surface. The wood underneath is all being stained one color, but the painted design will involve 3 different colors then a few coats of polyurethane afterwards.

Heard that some types of paint are better than others when it comes to having crisp, clear lines while other types of paint will soak into the wood and bleed, causing a blurred looking edge.

Recommendation on what type of paint to use for getting nice crisp lines?

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Posted by TigerBandTuba

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Posted on 12/28/21 at 8:52 pm to Tiger Prawn

You could try putting a layer or two of polyurethane down first and then painting and doing more polyurethane

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Posted by Tiger Prawn

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Posted on 12/28/21 at 10:13 pm to TigerBandTuba

So stain it first, then poly, then paint followed by poly again? Its a table top surface so just making sure the paint will stick to a layer of poly under it

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Posted by Shwapp

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Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:01 pm to Tiger Prawn

Use water-based poly over paint, or it will yellow over time.

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Posted by TigerBandTuba

Member since Sep 2006

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Posted on 12/31/21 at 2:56 pm to Tiger Prawn

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So stain it first, then poly, then paint followed by poly again? Its a table top surface so just making sure the paint will stick to a layer of poly under it

I have done paint pens over poly, never actual paint, but I would think it should work just fine.

You can always test it on scrap wood.

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