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A nice colour to paint skirting etc?

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  • #2
    sas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭sas


    woodoo wrote: »
    Would a creamy colour or a whiter colour suit the doors better?

    I think white tends to look better with oak. We have oak and actually went with a pumice colour. People have admired it but I'm not 100% sure I like it, I could see white coming back on the first repaint!

    I would definitely go with a matt rather than a gloss finish. I think it ages better.


  • #3
    paddy147
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    woodoo wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a nice off white/creamy colour of paint to use on my skirting and architrave etc. The doors are oak.
    They would be like this colour: http://www.broadleaftimber.com/products/doors/internal-oak-panelled-doors/91/panelled-oak-fire-doors

    Would a creamy colour or a whiter colour suit the doors better?

    Some people have recommended jasmine white and french white?


    I have oak doors in my house and also engineered wide plank oak flooring too.

    We painted the skirting and architrave with a nice white eggshell.

    Its more of a matt white finish (in reality) and not glossy like normal wood gloss.

    Works ratherwell (in my opinion).

    A coat of Zinsser to prime/seal the new skirting and their knots (important to seal the knots),and then 2 quick coats of McPherson Eggshell and thats it.A light sanding in-between the 2 coats too.

    Job Done.:)


  • #4
    woodoo
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    Thanks a lot for that paddy. The house looks very well.

    Yeah nothing too shiney is what i'm looking for. I'm hearing a lot about satin and eggshell finishes. I wouldn't like anything too glossy. I think eggshell would be best.


  • #5
    paddy147
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    woodoo wrote: »
    Thanks a lot for that paddy. The house looks very well.

    Yeah nothing too shiney is what i'm looking for. I'm hearing a lot about satin and eggshell finishes. I wouldn't like anything too glossy. I think eggshell would be best.


    No problem.:)

    Give it a go yourself...you will be surprised how easy it is to do stuff like this...and you are saving money too.

    Sure if I can paint a new skirting board.....then anyone can.:D


  • #6
    Pinky123
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    Howdy,
    Have all my skirting and architrave painted in Almost White by colour trend paints, eggshell finish. Also got primed MDF as opposed to timber, longer lengths were available, no warping no sanding and only needed a single coat of primer all a god send when you have to do them for a whole house...
    Nearly all the paint companies have a couple of different shades of white and your friendly paint desk should be able to tint any of the bigger standard white tins with your preferred shade at no extra cost. Best of luck


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  • #7
    woodoo
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    Pinky123 wrote: »
    Howdy,
    Have all my skirting and architrave painted in Almost White by colour trend paints, eggshell finish. Also got primed MDF as opposed to timber, longer lengths were available, no warping no sanding and only needed a single coat of primer all a god send when you have to do them for a whole house...
    Nearly all the paint companies have a couple of different shades of white and your friendly paint desk should be able to tint any of the bigger standard white tins with your preferred shade at no extra cost. Best of luck

    Yeah i have the mdf architrave and skirting too. How did yours turn out? Is the almost white closer to a brilliant white or is it a creamier colour once its painted on?


  • #8
    woodoo
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    sas wrote: »
    I think white tends to look better with oak. We have oak and actually went with a pumice colour. People have admired it but I'm not 100% sure I like it, I could see white coming back on the first repaint!

    I would definitely go with a matt rather than a gloss finish. I think it ages better.

    Is your pumice a kind of sandy colour or a little tinge of greeny colour?


  • #9
    paddy147
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    Only problem with MDF skirting is that it swells up and bursts if it ever gets slightly wet (bleeding a radiator or changing a radiator).


  • #10
    Pinky123
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    woodoo wrote: »
    Yeah i have the mdf architrave and skirting too. How did yours turn out? Is the almost white closer to a brilliant white or is it a creamier colour once its painted on?

    It's turned out great, thankfully. The almost white is closer to pure white than cream but I have found that the creamier colours can look tired after a couple of years and I do not intend on painting them feckin things again.


  • #11
    sas
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    woodoo wrote: »
    Is your pumice a kind of sandy colour or a little tinge of greeny colour?

    Neither. It's more of a very very light grey depending on the light.

    In our hall which is darker and has white walls, the wood work looks grey. In our kitchen which is very bright and has greyish walls, the wood work looks pretty much white. If it hadn't all come out of the same tin I'd swear there was a big difference in the 2 batches.


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