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Any recommendations for a good 'water based' white paint ?

WLM21
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Our daughter has just moved house and needs to paint the woodwork. (Luckily we finished most of the emulsion before she moved in)
As the kids are at school, a water-based paint approach is probably the better option, as it should be dry before the kids return
What do folk here recommend, brand-wise for the undercoat and gloss coats?
Somebody recommended Leyland, but the reviews for their fast-drying undercoat are not very good.
thank you
As the kids are at school, a water-based paint approach is probably the better option, as it should be dry before the kids return
What do folk here recommend, brand-wise for the undercoat and gloss coats?
Somebody recommended Leyland, but the reviews for their fast-drying undercoat are not very good.
thank you
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I've always had good results with Crown trade fastlow. They have a water based undercoat which dries quickly. I use the satin rather than gloss though.
I've also used Leyland trade satin which is fine too1 -
I use Dulux professional undercoat and non drip gloss. Having used other brands I always use Dulux now. Whilst not water based your daughter could use the undercoat once the kids have gone to bed and then it will be dry by the morning (I’ve used it as recently as this week and painted around 7pm and it’s dry by the morning). The gloss on the other hand will still be slightly tacky in the morningFTB - April 20201
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Does it have to be gloss. There are good water based Saitnwood paints, Dulux Quick Dry satinwood or Dulux Trade Quick Dry satinwood. They also do water based Quick Dry gloss versions in both standard and trade, I've used the standard Quick Dry gloss before and whilst it'll never be as good as solvent based gloss, it does work quite well.1
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Leyland or Johnstone trade paint ( the same company , second is little bit better ) - huge choice, good quality ( gloss, eggshell or satinwood -all in water or solvent base ) and price quite a lot lower than Dulux ( pretty much every decorator uses dulux or johnstone trade paint... ). You can get them in Screwfix or Toolstation too - you can't really buy for any less off the shelf than that ,unless you have an account with some decorator's merchant and wait for a promotion ( not all variety but with white you should be ok )1
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We've been using Johnstone's Aqua satin for our woodwork; it's been decent.
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I simply can't recommend any water based gloss you simply can't get the finish you can with oil based not even close
You can get a half decent finish with satinwood though it's better to get a trade product0
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