Best water based satin paint

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katie1987

• 4 Apr 2013

• #1

Johnstons aqua is one i have been told to get or dulux satin
btw I don't want a sheen finish so a matt finish to match ceiling also whats the best brush to use synthetic? Also what make?

Kate x

 

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• 4 Apr 2013

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Its funny i thought for a while it was aqua satin but its just satin :-

http://www.johnstonestrade.com/product-range/product.aspx?product=Acrylic_Satin

It is good but the sikkens BL satura its the pups nuts :-

http://www.decoratingwarehouse.co.uk/buy/woodstains/primers-preservers/sikkens-rubbol-bl-satura/1317

Brush wise purdy monarch elite, proform picasso or corona (which i don't think you'll find very easily)

You gotta prep well though Kate and give it two coats, been using it today looks good.

I've heard the dulux is ok but not used it, don't use their products much now as they keep robbing us poor old painters

 

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• 4 Apr 2013

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Satin IS a sheen finish. If you don't want a sheen then you don't want a satin.

What is it you are painting anyway?

 

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• 4 Apr 2013

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Good point, the satura is a pretty low sheen, have to be eggshell for lower or a dead flat oil

 

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katie1987

• 4 Apr 2013

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Door frames and skirting boards
is that right! Deffently don't want gloss it's horrid imo

 

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• 6 Apr 2013

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hi Kate

long term lurker really but some relevant experience. we are using sikkens water based satin and it's excellent. like you we didn't want gloss but thought matt would be too dull. it's looking nice and gf, who to be fair has no previous painting experience, refers to it as "the good paint" now. I suppose she hasn't got experience of the rivals and it's only up against some dulux retail which was recommended to us ( and shouldn't have been now I have used it).

anyway, long and short, the sikkens is going on well and looking good with synthetic brush put on by a novice.

 

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• 6 Apr 2013

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Hi there.

I've done my whole house in Sikkens Rubbol Bl Satura. It's excellent. Flattens out nicely, stays open for long enough and is quite tough after it's hardened. I'd recommend that, it's not like gloss, has a slight sheen but more of a matt/low sheen.

I used Purdy brushes with it.