Have used dulux water based gloss paint in the past, not really been very impressed, seemed to take quite a few coats and then the final finish never hardened like old style gloss paint. Have things changed in the last couple of years or can anyone recomend another brand.
Reason for water based is a 20 month old daughter and I work from home, we have lots of door frames to paint so its not possible just to keep the doors closed.
See the Farrow and Ball thread. We use F&B low odour stuff.
Only ever used Crown, but TBH, not that impressed.
Reason for water based is a 20 month old daughter and I work from home
You're a hard Dad making her work at that age.......
Things changed drastically earlier this year when new regulations came in regarding VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds),in the making of paint. These make the paint dry quicker and 'spread' easier but are harmful to the environment. Obviously paint made since then has had less VOC's in but the above characteristics suffer as a consequence.
Best option is to use Johnstone's Aqua Gloss system, both base coat and topcoat. Whatever you do, don't use Crown. F&B are just overpriced alternatives but not made to the same spec.
PS - guess what I do for a living 😆
butcher?
Not quite.
baker? 😉
PS - guess what I do for a living
Then you will know that it is [b]Volatile[/b] organic compounds, not [b]Violent[/b]
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That's why my customers keep looking at me like I'm stupid when I say that to them - probably cos I am 🙄
That's better 😆
Water based single pack gloss is generally rubbish. Generally water based paint isn't that good, it's why when we first starting making paint we ditched the water and went for solvents.
Even water based smell as they use a small amount of (coalescing) solvent. There was also something in the news recently about them being harmful because of other chemicals (a glycol but I forget which).
To improve drying times and finish you need your rooms to be warm and humidity free. At this time of year it's going to dry slowly and retain water unless you put the heating on.
Can't recommend anything as I only do industrial stuff.