Diluting farrow and ball estate eggshell

[600rob]

Ive heard/read that I should dilute farrow and ball estate eggshell (hauge blue) in order to avoid brush / roller marks when painting kitchen cupboards.

If so, how what ratio of water to paint should I use e.g. 5% / 10%.

Do you dilute the paint in one batch to cover all of the cupboards?


Existing base Layers

· 1 x Annie Slone chalk paint

· 2 x Farrow and ball primer – this went on well – not diluted.

· Expecting to need 2 to 3 top coats of estate eggshell – not sure if diluting the paint will require more coats.


Thanks

 

[opps]

Adding water to paint simply thins it.

Adding something like XIM Extender or Floetrol helps the paint flow and reduces tramlines (read: brush marks).

For a number of years, my bread and butter was cabinet painting. I still prefer using OB paints but I understand why people use WB paints.

Roller marks!!! I use Anza paint pads, unfortunately they became difficult to source in the UK when Anza bought Hamilton Acorn. At the time the HA buyer was unwilling to allow their parent company's superior product to compete with their inferior chinese crap. She insisted that I would have to commit to £2K of the anza pads per year . I was willing to pay £500 but couldn't afford to commit more tha that.

Sorry about the rant... the best product is hard to get hold of. If you use a roller, please use a brush immediately after to eliminate the roller marks.

 

[600rob]

Sorry about the rant... the best product is hard to get hold of. If you use a roller, please use a brush immediately after to eliminate the roller marks.

No worries and thanks for the tips