Painting over melamine

[Arron]

I know this has been asked many times before but I want to get the current best thinking.

I am wanting to paint over melamine faced boards.

Either melamine faced pineboard (carcass satin)
Or that very luxurious, thicker looking melamine on mdf.

I could be painting with either opaque water based lacquer, rattle-can paint, tinted precatalysed lacquer, or maybe even Dulux Aquanamel.

I assume I need some type of sprayable primer first to overcome melamine’s inbuilt tendency to repel just about anything ? Maybe also rough up the surface with sandpaper ?

What’s the current best practice ?

Cheers
Arron

[Beardy]

Have a look at Zinzer or ESP as a primer, there are also ceramic tile paint primers

[nrb]

ESP should work I have successfully painted on glass
Wipe with ESP as recommended