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Should i use gloss or satinwood for skirting, and doors?
hi
i have just found out gloss discolours quickly. we are painting the whole house white and doing it ourselves. i wanted to ask what is the best paint to use for our doors, skirting, etc (wood). some of the wood in the house has already got gloss on it. some of it is bare wood.
i wanted to know what is the other paint you can use instead of gloss and if we use another paint do we need to take the gloss off that we already have on the wood.
i think we would rather go with the other instead of the gloss but what to go with satin or eggshell or is there something else.
i feel confused at the moment as i need to know wether to start stripping the gloss or not.
如果我在木头上使用其他的颜料我要用普通的模拟底漆还是我需要别的东西。
thanks in advance
4 Answers from MyBuilder Painters & Decorators
Best Answer
Oil based gloss does discolour and go yellow over time as the oil content comes to the surface causing the discolouration.
In future do not use oil based paints. Use water based gloss, eggshell and satin instead. These water based paints are getting better as the years go by since they were first introduced to the market.
我要分享我的一个最高商业机密…当我在现有的油基涂料上应用水基光泽度，蛋壳等，我不想花几个小时过度摩擦，以提供两个类型的涂料之间的良好粘结，否则就不会很好地粘在一起。
So instead I use a special water based paint that 'etches' itself onto almost any surface, so it keys itself onto the gloss!...then you paint your new water based paint system on top of the special water based etching paint.
If you are doing spindles for example, you wouldn't believe how much time this saves.
This is the paint: Zinsser 123 plus (yep, silly name!)
http://www.zinsseruk.com/product/bulls-eye-1-2-3-plus/
You can generally only buy it from decorating trade shops such as Leyland and Brewers, or order it online.
It's not the cheapest paint on the market, but I know from experience...you get what you pay for!
All the paints and products I use are the most expensive on the market but my workmanship lasts and I save huge amounts of labour time when on a job by using the tools, paints and products.
遵循我的顶级交易技巧，你也会获得你不可能获得的结果!
Happy painting
Answered 19th Apr 2017
Hi Saffy_63
Its true that gloss discolours quick, my advise is that you use satin as it will maintain white for longer and its classy. Now for your already glossy wood you have to sand it down slightly with sand paper and apply a coat or two of undercoat and then you can finally apply satin, for the bare wood make sure its noted so it don't bleed through in the future and then you apply a coat of acrylic primer not emulsion hehe then undercoat one or two coats as needed then finally again satin..
I hope i have answered all of your questions
Kind Regards
F Hoti
Answered 1st Dec 2012
when you are painting on to bare wood you first need to treat any knotts with knotting soluction. then use a wood primer,undercoat and top coat of what ever you use,
if you use satin on top of the gloss just give the gloss a light sand down first you dont need a undercoat with satin as its self priming,
if you use gloss then use a undercoat first this will stop it from dis colouring.
Answered 1st Dec 2012
use water based gloss or satin it never yellows because there is no oil in it.
Answered 1st Dec 2012
