Good water based white gloss paint, if any

buglawton

Poor old Rubbol BL Satura!

keystone

Sikkens make damned good surface coatings. Weird product names come from its Dutch origins.

Cheers

Leif

patriick wrote: »

With a name like that it must be good! :rotfl:

Yes, 'sickens' is not really the ideal brand name is it?

I tried a tin of Ronseal Diamond White gloss, and it is far superior to the Dulux water based gloss paint. It is thicker, presumably due to the polyurethane content, although muggins had problems with runs (probably due to insufficient experience of painting) when I tried it on some scrap pieces of wood.

savemoney

I have only ever seen sikkens in dulux trade centre I believe Dulux parent company own them

I seem to recall they do one of the best wood stains for decking

Leif

savemoney wrote: »

I have only ever seen sikkens in dulux trade centre I believe Dulux parent company own them

I seem to recall they do one of the best wood stains for decking

I will try the Dulux trade centre. Thanks.

keystone

You'll also find Sikkens in specialist decorators merchants like Brewers or Trade Paints.

Cheers

Leif

I found a fascinating post here:

http://detailingworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203093#4

So it looks as if yellow gloss paint can be restored to white by exposure to daylight, presumably the near UV part of the spectrum. In which case turning a bright daylight balanced light onto the paint for a sufficient time (replacing the usual light with a silly bright one and leaving it on for a day or two perhaps) might be a cheaper alternative to repainting.

keystone

Leif wrote: »

I found a fascinating post here:

http://detailingworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203093#4

So it looks as if yellow gloss paint can be restored to white by exposure to daylight, presumably the near UV part of the spectrum. In which case turning a bright daylight balanced light onto the paint for a sufficient time (replacing the usual light with a silly bright one and leaving it on for a day or two perhaps) might be a cheaper alternative to repainting.

Actually no if its been deprived of sunlight for some considerable time (already mentioned in passing in post #4) it won't come back. Although you are correct in your assumption that its not getting the the UV end of the spectrum which causes it to go yellow shining an artifical light on it (even after a temporary deprival of natural sunlight) won't make any difference to it.

Cheers

Ilovemilkbottles

A year ago I painted my kitchen walls in PBW Dulux diamond matt and the woodwork in white oil based Satinwood. Within 6 months the woodwork yellowed, very noticable against the white walls, so I'm thinking of painting over it with water based satinwood. Is it okay to do this or will it involve lots of sanding etc.?

Leif

See the second post in this thread:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/recommend-me-a-waterbased-satin-eggshell-finish-t47150-15.html

The summary is that Sickens oil based satinwood yellows very slowly. Apparently it is does not use linseed oil in its formulation which helps but it costs twice the price of normal satinwood. It looks like this could be the solution to my problem.