Best White Gloss Paint for Skirting / Architrave?

Sleepy

There's a staggering array of white gloss paints out there, even in the Crown Trade centre the other week, I could see non-drip, stay-white, oil based, water based and some other varieties from the same manufacturer.

I don't mind using an oil based paint if it's harder wearing than water based but I'm lead to believe the oil based glosses yellow quite quickly nowadays?

Can anyone point me in the direction of a tried and tested, hard-wearing, non-yellowing gloss white paint for skirtings and architraves?

Lex Luthor

I'm currently upgrading all the skirting boards & architraves to a satinwood paint (French White) colour

Its an off white but has a nice colour to it and ages well
I found with pure white they eventually look dated and also some of them yellowed

The satinwood aswell is easy to put on and dries very quickly

I'm using a Fleetwood base with Colourtrends French white, I used a French white undercoat aswell so if it gets a scuff and the top coat gets chipped it will be French white underneath

Sleepy

Interesting, I'm actually moving away from a Satinwood finish because I want a gloss to help brighten up some of the rooms (more light being bounced around).

It might just be my monitor calibration but that "French White" looks the same colour as a yellowed with time pure brilliant white to me!?

dok_golf

Oil based will yellow. Water based won't. If you want a hard wearing WB gloss , you won't go wrong with Helmi 80. Just note, all waterbased white satins and glosses, drag like f*ck with brush. You are better off going with an ever so slightly off white.

Sleepy

Hmmm, so wondering if it's worth trying to roller a water-based gloss onto the trim or if I should consider using those foam "brush" pads with with it?

I don't suppose there's an equivalent of owalterol for these paints? I can't imagine adding water to thin them works?

Irish_peppa

dok_golf wrote: »

Oil based will yellow. Water based won't. If you want a hard wearing WB gloss , you won't go wrong with Helmi 80. Just note, all waterbased white satins and glosses, drag like f*ck with brush. You are better off going with an ever so slightly off white.

Dok will Water based gloss still have that plastic type water resistant finish like a standard gloss? Where the water will just bead on top of it?

Irish_peppa

Sleepy wrote: »

Hmmm, so wondering if it's worth trying to roller a water-based gloss onto the trim or if I should consider using those foam "brush" pads with with it?

I don't suppose there's an equivalent of owalterol for these paints? I can't imagine adding water to thin them works?

AFAIK the water based equivalent of Owatrol Oil is Floetrol. I use Owatrol in my Oil based glosses too. I am considering going water based route if its easier but I would still like that tough hard easy clean gloss look. Never used water based white gloss before so a tad apprehensive but if it doesnt yellow thats a huge plus

dok_golf

Floetrol makes the WB paints easier to work with by keeping them wet a little bit longer, it doesn't make the paint bind like Owatrol. You shouldn't need it for glossing. If you want, add a squirt of washing up liquid into the paint., it will keep the edges wet for longer. And yes, the water will bead off the WB paints just the same as oil based.

SEPT 23 1989

Oil based high gloss

Harris brush

A dream to paint with

dok_golf

Sleepy wrote: »

Hmmm, so wondering if it's worth trying to roller a water-based gloss onto the trim or if I should consider using those foam "brush" pads with with it?

I don't suppose there's an equivalent of owalterol for these paints? I can't imagine adding water to thin them works?

Naw. you'll still have to brush into the recess at top of skirting or on bull nose.