Painting And Decorating. What Paints Do You recommend?

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Painting And Decorating. What Paints Do You recommend?

Answer 1

Designer paints like Farrow & Ball are nice to look at, but horrible quality.



Dulux is the best all round paint. Dulux Satinwood is a very good paint and finish for interior wood. Sikken's wood paints are better quality again and the only paints to use if you insist on using water-based wood paints, although they do oil-based versions also - Sikkens do not make wall emulsion, but they do make the very best varnishes and stains.



One coat or self-undercoating gloss is not new to painters who have been mixing a bit of undercoat in with the gloss as a cheat for decades that I know of. Always has been a bit Mickey Mouse and I wouldn't touch it or employ any decorator who proposed using it.



Some paint manufacturers that were good 30 yrs ago aren't so much now, Crown and Macpherson for example. Permoglaze emulsions quite good, Leyland microporous, Johnstone interior emulsion a good cheap alternative, but not their exterior masonry paint.



Synthetic brushes are popular nowadays, though personally I find the bristles too coarse compared to natural bristles - their only use for me is as a cutting in brush for emulsion as the ends are cut perfectly straight and I always flatten my cutting in with a 4 inch foam roller.



Dulux make a 'trade' version of all their paints and emulsions which amounts to a more concentrated version of the retail version. It is only really worth buying the more expensive trade version for exterior work or the Dulux 'trade' Satinwood on interiors is wonderfully easy to work with.

Answer 2

I found b and q paint very good. Even the non one coat paint seems to cover paintable wallpaper in one coat and it washes out easily from the brushes, isn't too expensive and comes in a great range of colours. Their gloss comes in colours to match the main wall colours and can have a very striking effect. My whole house is basically b and q!!

Answer 3

On the ceiling and walls i would use a matt or silk emulsion doors and skirtings i would use a satin finish but it is upto you. The best brushes are hamilton brushes but are expensive. You can use Dulux, International, Crown, Leyland, Paints where you can buy at most paint stores.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

To be honest the one coat gloss are not all they are cracked up to be. They are more for saving time and money. I always find a good oil based undercoat and gloss finishes off the room nicely and really gives off a shine which is what you want. As a note, Satinwood is the closest to gloss that i have seen that doesnt need an undercoat.



As for paint on the walls and ceiling;



- If you just want a coat of paint of the walls with no specific attributes Matt is what you want.



- If you want a specific property however...



- Did you want the walls to be washable if they get a mark on them? Then Softsheen or egshell is for you



- Is the room you painting prone to a lot of grease (Kitchen) or a lot of humidity (Bathroom) then Eggshell is definitely for you again



Dulux and others such as Albany and crown are all very similar and perfectly fine to use.



If you do a lot of painting or it is your career then paint brushes make a huge difference. I pay anything from around £10 a brush for the Purdy range, with a whole set setting you back about £40 to £50. That being said if its only for a room a cheapy brush is perfectly fine.



Paint ceiling first, then walls, then skirting and doors.