About 10 years ago I had most of my house professionally decorated and I am pretty sure Dulux brilliant white eggshell was used for the woodwork. It still looks great, the same as it did when completed, lovely finish, covers well, doesn't show irregularities and has not yellowed at all.
I am now decorating a couple of bedrooms which weren't done at that time and wanted to use the same paint. My local shop didn't have Dulux eggshell so I bought a tin of Dulux satinwood but when I used it on a window sill which was supposed to have been made good after new windows had been installed, I found it showed irregularities and I didn't like the finish as much as the eggshell which had been used previously. Unfortunately, the shop didn't have Dulux eggshell in small tins so I bought Johnson's and this was applied to a door yesterday. I am horrified to find that not only does it look like gloss paint but it has a slightly yellow tint and does not cover as well as eggshell where previously I only needed one coat where the paint was in good condition.
Can anyone recommend a good, brilliant white eggshell paint. I see Dulux is doing a new one (possibly water based?) Has anyone tried it and is it any good? I do want something that stays brilliant white and only has a slight sheen but not totally flat.
I am now decorating a couple of bedrooms which weren't done at that time and wanted to use the same paint. My local shop didn't have Dulux eggshell so I bought a tin of Dulux satinwood but when I used it on a window sill which was supposed to have been made good after new windows had been installed, I found it showed irregularities and I didn't like the finish as much as the eggshell which had been used previously. Unfortunately, the shop didn't have Dulux eggshell in small tins so I bought Johnson's and this was applied to a door yesterday. I am horrified to find that not only does it look like gloss paint but it has a slightly yellow tint and does not cover as well as eggshell where previously I only needed one coat where the paint was in good condition.
Can anyone recommend a good, brilliant white eggshell paint. I see Dulux is doing a new one (possibly water based?) Has anyone tried it and is it any good? I do want something that stays brilliant white and only has a slight sheen but not totally flat.