Best covering paint?

Inactive

B&Q's own One Coat emulsion is far better than Dulux, in my opinion.

Crown and Wickes own branded stuff should be avoided.

misgrace

weekendwarrior wrote:

I used a paint pad to apply it when I did an hall stairs and landing in a three storey house, I used a brush to cut in the edges and never had a problem at all with it

TBH I have never used those pads so I wouldnt know,I use brush and roller, But its awful stuff unless you water it down.
Infact I was using the crown one last week, 'solo', admittidly its not half as thick as the dulux, and infact the dulux ordinary emulsion I find was thicker than the crown one.
I still watered it down though to get a smoother finish, and like ormus said it is worth doing an extra coat, even thinned down, as I find the finish is well worth it.

In reply to ageandjo about the gloss work etc.

again like ormus said do your prep work, then emulsion, and your woodworl last, if your painting walls a neautral colour you can perhaps undercoat in between, but your top coat, ie satinwood or gloss should be done last, and if your using finish paper, then you do your ceiling, and glossing first, then you hang your paper last.

gooismeid

I can echo what weekendwarrior says about one-coat paint - I found putting it on with a roller an absolute disaster, but with paintpads and emulsion brushes it went on fine. The trick is not to "work" it as much as normal paint - just slap it on with a couple of quick strokes then leave it. Because it's put on more thickly than normal paint it does cover up tiny imperfections in the wall, but it's definitely one to have a practice with before trying a whole room!

Peartree

I would suggest you go to a decorators' trade centre and go for a 'high opacity' emulsion to cover up the colour. I wouldn't go for Crown or Dulux in a DIY store - they're no better, you're paying extra for their advertising campaigns.

I used to start with a cheaper white to blot out the colour but recently got some advice about using a cream rather than a white. Apparently, the pigments in the cream cover up better than those in a brilliant white.

Last weekend I pretty much blotted out a dark red with one coat of a Johnstones 'high opacity' magnolia emulsion. I'm pleased as I expected to have to do a couple of coats of white to blot it out. Will now be covering that with a light blue.



Good luck.

ormus

gooismeid is correct re working the paint.
in fact it applies to all emulsions, basically you slap it on and hardly work it at all.

Ginger_Prince

I'd try a cheap undercoat on the purple as it is such a dark colour you are going to need a lot of emulsion to cover it. Undercoat doesn't bleed the colours as much. You can use either oil-based or water-based (the latter is usually cheaper).

GP

lucywillow

I spent last weekend painting a kitchen and used Homebase Duracoat paint. I found it excellent at covering the previous colour and much better than Crown & Dulux paints I've used before. Good Luck!