Is all satin paint horrendous to apply or just Crown Non Drip? Losing the will here!!

cyclonebri1

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

I was on the toilet today at work (told you not to bother if you're overly sensitive) & i got thinking. 1 sheet is suicide. 2 sheets is probably do-able although risky but best to go with 3 sheets for guaranteed protection.
Which (welcome to my mind!) got me thinking about coats of paint. Everything i've read & been told has been 2 layers. The first one gets a bit of a spread & the second evens everything out.

I just wonder ....... why 2 coats? Why not 3, or 4, or 5 etc? I know we could get silly & say why not 100, so let's keep it sensible & stick to why not 3? Would it offer any extra benefit or no?

Just the random wonderings of a toilet visit

You spend too much time in the bog.

You give enough coats to give full coverage with no opaqueness, unless it is a paint designed to achieve a show through effect.

Most non drips cover perfectly in 1 coat provided there isn't a drastic colour change, plus too many coats can become brittle and crack rather than bruise when damaged.

No, I am not typing this on the bog.:A

DaftyDuck

Anyway, I thought the whole point of non-drip gloss was you didn't get the runs?

cyclonebri1

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Anyway, I thought the whole point of non-drip gloss was you didn't get the runs?

Subtle, love it:D:D

JustAnotherSaver

Here's another, although this one wasn't whilst on the toilet...

I was having a look at the options in B&Q. What i've got right now is solvent based Crown undercoat & water based Crown top coat.

Dulux appear to do a solvent based top coat. Is this better for any reason vs the water based Crown top coat? Is it easier to work with maybe? More hard wearing maybe? I'd rather not buy just to find out as it's not exactly the cheapest thing.


EDIT: And for those who asked about the mini blobs of paint i mentioned...

I did it over again. This time i used a 4" brush instead of a 2" or 2.5" whichever i was using. I ran under the tap & shook off first & i went against grain before then going down grain as suggested.

All was well at first but after a bit it started depositing mini blobs of paint again which were annoying. They wouldn't smooth out, they'd just move around & cause drag marks. I'd have to pick them out & brush over again which risked the earlier problems.

Anyway, this be them....






No they're not parts of the wood that i haven't sanded, they move, they're bits of paint i'm sure. Bits of something anyway.