Yellowing wood paint

[akist]

We painted the new house 14 months ago. For the walls and ceilings we used Johnstone's brilliant white matt emulsion (which I supplied from Brewers) and for the wood work, doors, architraves and skirtings, we used Johnstone's Brilliant White Eggshell oil based (which the decorator supplied).

About a year later the eggshell wood paint is getting darker, maybe with tones of cream - like yellowing.

The decorator said that eggshell, oil based paint does that and is to be expected?!

It has only been one year!

 

[Wayners]

That's oil based paint for you. Will yellow especially if there is not much natural light

 

[akist]

That's oil based paint for you. Will yellow especially if there is not much natural light

Terrible! there should be a WARNING on the box then. It's hardly been 12 months! Next repaint will be with water based paint then? Not sure how it will take on the existing eggshell paint. Or maybe some specialised paint/chemical for this purpose?

 

[sparkwright]

Water-based tends to show brush marks though.
Although I can stand a bit of yellowing from oil-based, I imagine it looks bad with the brilliant white emulsioned walls.