Gloss on gloss nightmare!!

daveyjp

Looks like a paint issue, rather than the door or how it has been applied.

If you have a piece of scrap timber repeat what you have done on the door and see if it happens again.  Also test without undercoat.

warwick2001

daveyjp said:

Looks like a paint issue, rather than the door or how it has been applied.

If you have a piece of scrap timber repeat what you have done on the door and see if it happens again.  Also test without undercoat.

Yeah, I'm beginning to think its the paint as well. Could be that the Wilko paint I've used isn't good with a second coat, even though it says to do this on the tin instructions. 

Looks like I'm gonna have to start again. !!!!!!!!! And I think this time I'll use 2 coats of undercoat, with just one coat of gloss.

NeverTooLate

I had something similar when I painted a new supposedly pre-primed door. The primer looked like a top coat and was slightly shiny, so I lightly sanded it before putting on the top coat. The paint went on like your picture in the places where I hadn't sanded a good key.

So I would suggest lightly sanding between first and second top coats.

stuart45

I've found that using a decent undercoat like this helps get a better finish. A lot of people under estimate the value of the undercoat.
Dulux Trade Undercoat (White) 1ltr - Bradfords Building Supplies (buildex.co.uk)

mandy47

This happened to me with emulsion from wilko. Tried again with dulux and it was fine. Never used wilko paints since. Looks like a paint issue. I agree with daveyjp suggesting trying it on a poece of scrap timber.

twopenny

I did wonder when you said wilko.
I've been using Johnson emulsion and its been fine despite reviews. Also their metallic stuff. Very good.
The garden paint however, streaky, even second coatsi 
I wonder if the huge demand lately plus delay in manufacturing (as per first lockdown) has made them cut corners. When glossing i always used berger. Hard to find now but totally reliable.

warwick2001

Apologies for resurrecting this thread.

Just for info:  I have since sanded back the gloss paint, and used Dulux undercoat and gloss. Perfect result.

Lesson learned: Use quality paint. I'm not badmouthing Wilko paints, but make sure you do a tester first before slapping it all over your woodwork. It could save you ALOT of extra work in the long run.

greyteam1959

Thanks for the update.
Always nice to hear the outcome of problems like this.

Lmc74

I made the mistake years ago of buying cheap paint. Never again it's not worth the extra labour as inevitably you need an extra coat etc

Laz123

I assume you mean washed with Sugarsoap. Did you then clean it off with clean water?