Paint, Which Paint?

wrightk

the trouble with oridinary emulsions are they just aren't good enough for scrubbing.

I have 3 little ones too, all under 5. Our whole house is done in wickes durable matt which is fully scrubbable, ive even bleached and scrubbed it to get pen off the wall and the colour isnt going anywhere.The only other areas in the house are the bathroom and hall/landing which is done in dulux kitchen+ i believe which is also scrubbable and a bit more resistant to humidity/much thicker

Gloss is a pain due to the new EU laws on VOC's meaning they constantly yellow. I find with the kids though,the satinwood just isn't durable enough and the paint ends up rubbing off. In the end we settled for some trade satinwood which was shinier than ordinary satinwood and more gloss like/more durable which has been fine + hasn't yellowed

dirty_magic

If you want matt paint that you can clean you could go for bathroom paint. In our old flat with mould issues I found that it was a lot easier to clean bathroom paint.

csgohan4

ritesh wrote: »

Agree with above post matt for walls.

Dulux do a great paint called Endurance which is very tough once dried.

Even better get the Dulux trade series, better than endurance. I would avoid the diamond series as they are too expensive for what they are.

phil24_7

I personally find non drip or one coat paints a waste of money. They perform little to no better than standard paints for a massive premium.

I find gloss paint only yellows in areas/rooms with little natural light. I have done all of my doors and skirting in gloss white and only the wood in the hall and stairwell have yellowed due to lack of light but the gloss in the main rooms is still bright white, 3+ years after doing it.

Regards
Phil

wrightk

phil24_7 wrote: »

I personally find non drip or one coat paints a waste of money. They perform little to no better than standard paints for a massive premium.

I find gloss paint only yellows in areas/rooms with little natural light. I have done all of my doors and skirting in gloss white and only the wood in the hall and stairwell have yellowed due to lack of light but the gloss in the main rooms is still bright white, 3+ years after doing it.

Regards
Phil

Certainly agree with you about the natural light issue. Its become so much of a problem paint manufacturers are now printing warnings on the tins. The problem is accelerated by paint manufacturers being forced to alter the amount of VOC'S in their gloss products. Less oil- more yellowing. Lack of natural light simply accelerates the yellowing process. Thousands have opened up small claims against paint manufacturers before they decided to print disclaimers on the tins

Its the reason i just dont bother with gloss anymore- no point in gambling

Ben84

I've always put gloss on the wood, so doors, window frames and skirting boards are gloss. Oh, and radiators are gloss too - but take the time to sand and prime those very well or it can flake. I hear the new lower VOC gloss goes yellow, but that's only an issue with the white gloss. Most of my woodwork is painted various different colours, which so far look no different with time. VOCs aren't nice to breathe, so maybe we're better off without too much of them anyway. I recall feeling pretty sick from the fumes off the old type gloss paints in the past and prefer it now it's much less smelly.