thinning water based gloss

ali-t

I have read conflicting advice online about how to do this.

I have those white wood effect glass panel doors and they are looking a bit scruffy so I am going to paint them before I put my house up for sale. I bought dulux water based gloss that dries in 30 minutes as it is apparently thinner than other glosses.

I tried to paint one of the doors but the gloss is still too thick and is obscuring the wood grain. So I am looking to thin it down just so it gives a glossy glaze rather than any depth of coverage.

Logic tells me to water down a water based paint with water but is this ok?

Alter_ego

It should say on the tin, perhaps thinning is not recommended

ali-t

It doensn't say either way. All it says is that brushes can be washed in water.

NeverInDebt

I assume this is it

http://www.dulux.co.uk/products/info/quick_dry_gloss.jsp

I know Dulux trade do a eco paint that can be thinned

http://www.icipaints.co.uk/products/ecosure/index.jsp

ali-t

Never in debt, the top link is the one. Even from those links it doesn't say if it can be thinned with water.

ormus

make up a small test pot. say a teacup size.
thin as required and try it on some old/scrap wood.