About Tikkurila Helmi Furniture Paint

Helmi Furniture Paint is an advanced, water-based, high performance acrylic trim and furniture paint which provides class leading levels of application and opacity.

Suitable for interior trim and furniture, including doors, skirting, kitchens radiators and cabinets. Helmi is suitable for application onto metal after priming and will not yellow under heating. Helmi cures to form an incredibly tough film which can be cleaned and washed, resistance to scrubbing over 5000 cycles SFS 3755.

Available in Gloss (80), Semi-Matt (30) and Matt (10) finishes, which is hard-wearing and easily cleaned.

It is suitable for application to:

• Interior wood
• Wood fibreboard
• Chipboard
• Panelling
• Doors,
• Furniture
• Walls
• MDF
• Primed and previously painted metal (interior)

Suitable for touch-up and first application painting and repainting of surfaces previously coated with an alkyd or acid-curing paint. Not suitable for repainting of surfaces painted with nitrocellulose lacquer.

Surface Preparation

Surfaces must be clean, dry, and free from grease, dirt, oil, wax, rust, loose material and surface contamination.

Use Tikkurila cleaning and mould removal products for best results.

Treat knots and resinous areas with knotting solution and a good quality filler for filling cracks, nail holes, blemishes and leveling of uneven surfaces. 

Ensure painted and filled surfaces are thoroughly sanded smooth.

Note: Discoloration of paint, especially noticeable within light colours, may occur over knots and resinous areas present in the wood. Particular attention with regards to preparation should be given to wood such as oak, teak, cedar, douglas fir, mahogany and idigbo, etc., which contain oil and water-soluble tannin which may impair the drying, hardening or adhesion of surface coatings and discolour the finished surface.

Prime bare interior wood overall and, if necessary, spot prime all bare areas on previously painted surfaces with Helmi Primer or Otex Adhesion Primer. Otex Adhesion Primer is also recommended for wood that contains substances which may ‘bleed through’ and cause staining to the finished surface.

Prime all bare metal and potential rust spots with Rostex Super.

Application and Thinning

Methods: brush, roller or spray application.

Brushes: A good quality synthetic brush is best suited for the application of Helmi.

For airless spray: use a 0.013” – 0.015” spray tip.

Thinning: if necessary thin by up to 5% with water.