[Closed] One coat and wipe clean paint advice please

https://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/dulux-trade-diamond-matt

Is the best we've had. Lovely finish and marks come out a treat.

Don't believe in one-coat if you want a decent job, but this paint does mention one coat may be enough.

I doubt you'll find a One Coat paint that works over patterned paper.

Wipe clean paint - that's easy - Johnstone's Endura. We have it in our kitchen and even behind the cooker is still clean despite 2 years of heavy cooking useage (I cook from scratch most days and do lots of curries/stir-frys etc so it is constantly getting food splattered all over it).

If you hate decorating avoid one coat. In fact, avoid it full stop. Get some decent quality paint, make sure you thin it if necessary then go for it. Consistency has a huge effect on whether the jobs a PITA or not.

I need recommendations on some paint available in colours that really is one coat and would go over patterned paper

I'm just using my perpetual motion machine to mix some for you right now. I just need to source a few more drops of unicorn tears and it'll be ready. Colourwise it goes on white but it'll change to whatever colour you like as you enter the room.

Paint quality has declined massively in recent years as manufacturers cut formulation costs. The DIY paints sold in the big sheds are garbage, basically thickened water with little opacifier. The paints sold in Dulux Decorator Centres are of professional quality and if you join their loyaly scheme you'll get a 10% discount.

The Rolls-Royce of paints are Little Greene or Farrow & Ball, which are expensive because they don't cut costs. They are double the price of the DIY paints but I'd be willing to bet you will only need one coat, whereas with cheap paints you'll need two. So save youself a lot of effort and buy quality.

I painted my back door with one coat of Little Greene washable emulsion 12 years ago; it faces west and gets the full brunt of weather and sun yet, to my continued amazement, it is still looking as good as the day I painted it on with no sign of fading.

Yep, a good primer works wonders but will be an extra coat (at least) to cover it properly ready for painting.

I've used Zinsser 123+ before but they also do a specialist wallpaper cover-up one, not sure what the difference is. Both are expensive but should save a lot of recoating to hide the wallpaper pattern.

paint available in colours that really is one coat and would go over patterned paper

Just in case nobody else has said it...

This product does not exist. The last one coat paint I used (with no pattern behind) took three coats to give acceptable coverage/finish. Expect 2-3 if you're painting over something plain, I would plan for 3 coats and count yourself very lucky if you get away with 2 to hide a pattern.

The worst bit is getting everything prepared anyway though, if you mask everything off you can do the coats themselves pretty quickly.

All this reminds me of Adrian Mole, black paint and the bell on Noddy's hat.

It's a light pattern and I'm after a dark teal paint so fingers crossed I'll look at all the suggestions and perhaps a coat of primer on first to help

Cheers all

Don't kid yourself - one coat will never work no matter the paint or paper colour. And depending on the paper it might not even go on flat (ie, if the paper is coated or has any paint repellant inks on the print). Never used primers to be able to comment on them, but your future self (or whoever subsequently tries to do it properly) will probably curse you for layers of paper and paint.

If it were me I would strip off the old wallpaper, re-line and paint – with a good quality paint you could probably get away with one coat (but I'd still do two coats personally).

The Rolls-Royce of paints are Little Greene or Farrow & Ball, which are expensive because they don’t cut costs. They are double the price of the DIY paints but I’d be willing to bet you will only need one coat, whereas with cheap paints you’ll need two. So save youself a lot of effort and buy quality.

Nope, certainly not in the case of F&B, you're paying for the name and colour selection. Get your local builders merchant or paint specialist to mix the F&B colour you want with Dulux, Leyland or the like.

If you want to do a decent job, don't do one coat. You simply will not get an even finish, especially if you don't like painting, no mater how much the tin tells you you will. You also shouldn't need to prime or undercoat when using emulsion,  just the correct quality and quantity of paint applied evenly. Agree with above though, avoid painting over wallpaper, remove and line.

Even on a good wall, One coat is a bit of a myth. You'll need at least 2 to achieve depth of color and sheen consistency.

I guarantee 2 coat coverage with paints below 80% lrv and have a clause for a 3rd coat for paints lighter than 80%.

Scrubbable matts like dulux diamond are good, but they do pick up marks much easier in the first place. Matt however is great to hide surface imperfections and may help with disguising the wall paper seams but a scrubbable eggshell finish will be more resilient, but theres no way you will get consistent sheen with on coat with anything above matt and no way one coat of matt will give you full coverage or depth of color.

Basically, theres no dodging the work, but once you're set up to do one coat, a second isnt really a big deal.

Ohh and OP - top tip which might make the whole decorating thing a bit less painful for you - in between coats don't clean all your brushes/rollers etc - simply bag them up in something airtight (old carrier bags, sandwich bags or whatever) and they'll be good for 24-48 hours easily. When I first heard this tip it made decorating much less painful for me. Almost enjoyable. Almost.

Sandwich bags are too expensive.

Wrap brushes and rollers in clingfilm.

Sandwich bags / Carrier bags?  Won't someone think of the children...

Clingfilm?

By the time you’ve dicked around trying to find the end, unraveling it to try and get back to full width - the sun will have engulfed the earth.