How do I keep gloss paint staying white

[igiveup]

How do I keep gloss paint from discolouring after a few months? is there anything I can add to it? Thanks

 

[JohnD]

do you smoke?

 

[igiveup]

no and it still goes yellow

 

[JohnD]

water-based gloss is less prone to yellowing

 

[Robbie uk]

But you dont get a shine half as good as with oil based gloss.

 

[Zampa]

I agree with that..but the Dulux and Johnstones ones are very good.

Two things send a traditional oil based gloss yellow..heat and lack of light..so make sure you keep the room as light as possible.

I once had a call from someone asking for a price to re-paint the wood work in her back, north facing bedroom..when I got there I noticed the paint, which was sposed to be white was almost like magnolia..I asked how long it had been done, she said she did it herself 6 months previous..something was seriously wrong here...she tool me into another room she had done a month before, the windows had been covered in two layers of newspapers to 'protect the paint'!!

 

[simon_m]

I painted most of the woodwork in the house with Dulux one coat gloss, this is still as white as when I first did it.

The only room I didn't do was the one with the most woodwork, the hall, stairs and landing. For some reason I used Crown, after about 2 months I noticed that the loft hatch was looking a bit yellow compared to the white celing, this gradualy got worse until all of the woodwork took on a yellow tinge as if a heavy smoker had lived in the house, this took only 3 months.

I contacted Crown, who told me it was perfectly normal that gloss will yelllow where there is not much natural sunlight, but couldn't explain why the Dulux I had used under the stairs was still bright white.

The technical dept said I could take the tins back for a full refund and also offered to send somone out to look at the problem with a view to getting it re-painted for me. I declined the offer as they refused to use Dulux Did get me money back though.