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For those with good memories - yes i did a best water based gloss thread. You'll probably guess that it didn't work out.
I remember one comment being something like - "Johnstones Aqua is the best of a bad bunch". I bought it, it looked great, however it just marks up way way too easily. It's been on 6-8 weeks at a guess & it's still marking. Just putting keys on it marks it (& i mean putting, not throwing). My wedding ring (tungsten) doesn't but my wifes wedding ring (palladium) does, badly. Try this test on an oil glossed windowledge & none of it marks it at all.
So we have the dilemma:
* water based gloss but carry a wet cloth around so we can scrub away at the marks all the time (joy).
* satinwood - i remember trying to apply this on another piece. Horror. Not only that, i'm not totally keen on the flat matt look of it.
* standard oil based gloss - but it'll cream after a while. From asking the question it doesn't actually YELLOW. I'm fine with a bit of off white.
So we're thinking oil based gloss. The house gets a ton of light anyway which i read can help.
Question - what's the best oil based gloss? I've read about Dulux, Crown, paints i've never heard of such as Leyland & Sikkens & god knows what else.
Once we've established the best gloss, what primer/undercoat would you use? I did a bit of searching & there's so much choice.[/b]
I remember one comment being something like - "Johnstones Aqua is the best of a bad bunch". I bought it, it looked great, however it just marks up way way too easily. It's been on 6-8 weeks at a guess & it's still marking. Just putting keys on it marks it (& i mean putting, not throwing). My wedding ring (tungsten) doesn't but my wifes wedding ring (palladium) does, badly. Try this test on an oil glossed windowledge & none of it marks it at all.
So we have the dilemma:
* water based gloss but carry a wet cloth around so we can scrub away at the marks all the time (joy).
* satinwood - i remember trying to apply this on another piece. Horror. Not only that, i'm not totally keen on the flat matt look of it.
* standard oil based gloss - but it'll cream after a while. From asking the question it doesn't actually YELLOW. I'm fine with a bit of off white.
So we're thinking oil based gloss. The house gets a ton of light anyway which i read can help.
Question - what's the best oil based gloss? I've read about Dulux, Crown, paints i've never heard of such as Leyland & Sikkens & god knows what else.
Once we've established the best gloss, what primer/undercoat would you use? I did a bit of searching & there's so much choice.[/b]