Gloss on gloss nightmare!!

aprilball

I was also going to paint with glossy paint, but now I'm afraid of the same effect Have you painted with gloss before or is this your first experience?

warwick2001

Laz123 said:

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

Yeah, sugar soap (apologies for typo). And rinsed with clean water.

Problem wasn't this, was the paint. Used different paint with far better results.

warwick2001

aprilball said:

I was also going to paint with glossy paint, but now I'm afraid of the same effect Have you painted with gloss before or is this your first experience?

Painted with gloss loads of times, never had the problem before. Only happened using the Wilko gloss paint. Again, not badmouthing their paints, but this one may have been a bad batch or something.

My advice, don't be scared, just use a good quality paint i.e. Dulux trade range. And follow this method for good results:

1. Sand back all old paint
2. Wash thoroughly with sugarsoap, rinse with clean water
3. Using a good quality undercoat, give it 2 coats (I used Dulux trade undercoat). I also used a gloss specific paint brush, made by Harris.
4. Using a good quality gloss paint, give it a coat. The 3 combined coats should you give total coverage of any colours underneath. If not, a final gloss coat should do the job.
5. Sit back smugly and admire your work with a well earned cuppa and cake

Step 5 is optional, but I totally recommend it 

pinkteapot

Lmc74 said:

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

Wholeheartedly agree. I still remember the trauma of my first flat where I tried to cover quite dark previous wall colours with the cheapest white emulsion. So. Many. Coats. 

stuart45

Grey is always a good undercoat for darker colours.

Laz123

As above or you could use the Crown Solo or Dulux Once one coat self-undercoating gloss.