Best paint for lining paper?

Emma867

Hello all

A few years ago I painted our hall, stairs & landing with a regular emulsion paint (Dulux - think it was matt). Problem was as all of the walls are lined, the paper seemed to suck the paint in and left a patchy finish, despite several coats. I've never been happy with it.:(

It's now looking a bit grubby and needs a lick of paint. Question is, is there a paint anyone can recommend? I don't want the same problem as before as it's such a large area and costs £££.

Any tips/advice appreciated.

keystone

Patchy finish implies paint applied too thickly, wrong roller type and wrong technique used rather than it being the fault of the lining paper.

Bear in mind that the patchyness will still be there when you repaint so you'll need to rub it down with a very fine grade abrasive paper to get an even surface over which to repaint.

Get those three things right and you shouldn't have a problem with any decent paint.

Cheers

McKneff

My husband is a retired decorator, I foolishly bought some B&Q emulsion and it took 3 coats to do our lounge.

He bought some Johnsons One Coat for our bedroom and it did exactly what it said on the tin.

Dont use a sponge roller, use a good mohair one.

Emma867

Thanks for the posts guys.

I'm normally pretty good at painting to be honest but it seems not on this occasion

It's plain lining paper, won't it cause a bobbled effect if I lightly sand?

I used some of that 'Endurance' paint in the bathoom and it is great. Slight sheen to it and easy to maintain.

Would this type of paint work the same on a lined wall?

keystone

Emma867 wrote: »

It's plain lining paper, won't it cause a bobbled effect if I lightly sand?

Yes it will if you use 60 grade. By fine I mean 300 grade.

I used some of that 'Endurance' paint in the bathoom and it is great. Slight sheen to it and easy to maintain.

Very good stuff for a retail spec paint.

Would this type of paint work the same on a lined wall?

See no reason why not.

Cheers