So unless you’re willing to sand your woodwork right back to basics, i’m not convinced their water based paint is quite cutting it. Everyone claims water based paints are as good if not better than our old skool paints. But then when you’re all finished and the first thing you do is dink your woodwork and see all that hard work “chip off” it’s pretty infuriating. Don’t get me wrong, water based paints are way easier to use than their solvent based counterparts: Less smell, quicker drying times, easier to work with, a doddle to clean up afterwards and way better for the environment. A “brand specific” primer or undercoat is required to improve the adhesion between the old surface and new top coat of paint.
So before using any water based eggshell/gloss, you now need to use a water based primer too. You’ve got to get yourself clued up.īecause, if you apply a water based gloss/eggshell directly onto solvent based woodwork paint it will just chip, scratch or peel off. You know, how if you dropped a bit of oil into a glass of water, they just separate don’t they? The solvent in your old gloss paint forms a barrier which repels the water based paint from ahering. So now, when you want to touch up or re-paint your existing skirting and architraves, it’s not as simple as popping down to your local DIY warehouse and picking up any old pot of eggshell. The problem is, most of us have already used solvent based paint on our woodwork and metalwork at home. Well yes, but as in Animal Farm, “All paints are equal, but some paints are more equal than others.” More often, i’m finding myself steering people away from well loved paint brands and onto others in order to avoid some of the problems i’ve had with paint in the past. What gets a middle-y though is that fact that nobody’s really informed us, the customer about how this changes things, in practice.Įrm, ok, why would anyone bother telling us? Paint is paint right? This is great! Anything that’s better for the environment gets a thumbs up from me. Water based paints, with their naturally low VOC levels, have fast become a popular alternative.” Dulux
#Deluxe paint equivalents for mac professional
“This marked a huge shake up in the paint and coatings market and left many professional appliers looking for alternative products that provide the results they require while complying with the legislation. You know how old school gloss paint stinks and takes ages to dry? It’s also really bad for the environment. Oil or solvent based paints as we knew them could no longer be sold because of environmental reasons. It meant the paints we’re used to painting our wood/metal work with have had to change in order to comply with the new VOC regs. Ok, that’s very interesting, Karen, but what does this actually mean? “Since the latest Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Regulations came into force in the UK back in 2010, many paint products containing high levels of VOCs – the solvents that determine a paint’s viscosity, flow and drying time – were no longer be able to be manufactured.” Dulux Over the past few years, there’s been a huge shift in the paint industry. I haven’t seen anyone else tackle this issue yet and it’s about time someone did. I’ve been planning to write this post for months, but wanted to collate as much info and evidence as possible before shooting my mouth.
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