painting moulded doors - gloss v satin and satin confusion

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So we could decide how to paint all our doors, we painted one in one coat gloss, one in satin - very little difference in the sheen, although the quality of the finish was much better with satin being was so much thinner paint.

Having painted 4 out of 5 doors, when the last one was painted, the satin sheen result was very different (I'd say 50% between matt and gloss - which was what I would have expected satin to be!). All painted with the same tin of paint, same type of door, same surface etc etc.

So, my question is, why did the first 4 doors all come out almost like gloss?

We're happy with the end result of these, but they don't match the newly painted one (which I view as 'proper' satin)

And to follow up, what's the best way of rescuing the last door - would thinning the one coat gloss and painting be the best approach, or getting something like liquid gloss be a way to save the day (and make all the doors look the same)?

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[sparkwright]

was the last door in a particularly dark area?

could the brush have had some white spirit left in it?

could you paint a bit of similar scrap wood with the satin paint and see what finish you get then?

what about buying another smaller tin of satin and try using that.