painting sawn wood

[benpost]

in a cupboard i have some sawn looking wood around the middle (nailed in on 3 walls) obviously put there to support a shelf. I'm leaving it in place as i might use it as a shelf in the future (plus trying to take it off might damage the walls, pull off plaster etc) but want to paint it to blend in with the walls.

Is it ok to paint this type of wood with wall emulsion? Or should I really use wood paint. Only prob is i would have to buy matching wood paint so if i could get away with the emulsion it would save money.As the walls are magnolia but i only have white wood paint (used for skirting etc)

ta

[geraldthehamster]

No reason why you shouldn't paint it with emulsion. If screw heads or nail heads are visible, prime them with something oil-or solvent-based first (like a gloss paint), or you'll have rust coming through the emulsion later.

Regards Richard

[The Natural Philosopher]

Emulsion works fine straight on. Its basically pretty similar to thin water based acrylic primer anyway. Which you could use as a base if you want it pretty-perfect

Modern water based wood painst seem only really different in that they are designed for harder wear.

[benpost]

thanks guys :)

[OG]

If it's got knots it may be worth painting some 'knotting' onto them first, otherwise they can discolour the paint.