hang on, how 'yellow' does faded gloss white get actually?

JustAnotherSaver

Well we're painting things such as the windowsill (turning from that dark-reddy/browny colour to white). We've done that in satin. Door frames may get done in satin.

The Mrs really wants the bannister & spindles done in gloss though. The only reason she gives for this is that folks greasy hands will be on that all the time & it'll be the most likely thing to take a bashing so wants it the most durable/protected. Not sure how much better gloss is over satin in that department. If it's minimal then perhaps satin would do. If gloss is much more hard wearing than satin, then we may lump for gloss.

Pipkin

I would think gloss would be more durable because if it gets a serious mark you can gently scrub it, satin I'm not sure.

bambam0074

Thats how yellow white gloss can get

Pipkin

Some good examples of yellowing on this thread (look at all the pages)


http://www.bib-n-braces.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1002

nickj_2

use water based paints , they are now almoswt as good as solvent based , and won't yellow , or smell and dry quick , why would anyone still use paint that will go yellow , ie solvent based paint

adandem

I always use water based too. It gets chance to dry before the dog walks against it, it stays white and there aee no fumes.

JustAnotherSaver

Who does a decent water based gloss? The ones i've looked at have been solvent based.

adandem

I like the Crown one.

nickj_2

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Who does a decent water based gloss? The ones i've looked at have been solvent based.

i normally use bedec aqua advance for my customers jobs , also available in satin finish , or johnstones aqua , dulux eco sure is ok ,but a bit pricey
the technique for applying W/B gloss is slightly different to a solvent based ,
here's a you tube clip with a dulux demo which is good if you are trying it out , there's a bit of talk from pro decs as well so you might want to skip that bit

kiwi_fruit

I can share our first-hand experience. http://tinypic.com/r/fp9hdj/8 It's not a great picture, apologies, but if anything- it looked even worse in reality. Skirting on the left has been painted with dulux "brilliant white" oil-based satin 2 MONTHS(!) prior. (on the right is still wet sikkens) I feel lucky we've only painted two bedrooms upstairs and didn't get round to doing doors, staircase etc before noticing this. And yes, as mentioned above it turns more of a magnolia colour, rather than yellow (the wall in the picture above was magnolia, it matched it well!!)
If you want WHITE, don't even consider oil-based paints. Can't help with a gloss finish, but for a satin I can totally recommend Sikkens, we couldn't have been more impressed with it!