painting help

northernstar007

hi all can anyone advise me
i got my full house painted about 3 weeks ago and there is paint left over
so lastweek i got new wooden flooring down with new skirting boards, the skirts have come with a primer coating on, the walls are painted with white emulsion paint and old skirts had oil based paint
now should i paint the new skirts with the left over emulsion or use the white oil based paint

flo22

You don't want to emulsion skirting boards, use the oil based gloss.  

Albermarle

You should not paint wood with standard emulsion for walls and ceilings.
You should use either oil or water based gloss/satinwood.

northernstar007

cheers guys 

FreeBear

But if you are using white, be warned. It will turn yellow over time. Some brands go yellow quite quickly, others take a few years.

twopenny

Water based stays white.
7yrs and it's still fine.

If you have small children then oil based is tougher on kicks and knocks 

FreeBear

twopenny said:

Water based stays white.
7yrs and it's still fine.

I have a door painted with a water based satin that says different. 5 years after painting, a very definite yellow tinge.

Grenage

I think it depends on the paint.  I've used Johnstone's Aqua satin and it's a white now as it was 8 years ago.  Oil-based though, will visibly yellow.  It occurs less in direct line.