Got a lot of interior woodwork to paint, previously use the trade Dulux Diamond white,can't remember which one,as they had now changed tins, but other day spotted Crown Trade Fastflow gloss, a water base paint in decorator centre. Is the Crown any better, or stick to Dulux, or is their a better gloss for interior woodwork,prefer satin,but overruled by higher authority.
The Crown Fastflow Gloss is supposed to have a superior gloss than is normally expected from a waterbased paint also it flows out better therefore avoiding the brush marks usually associated with waterbased paints.......... so I am told? Have not used it myself yet but the reviews seem favourable.
A lot of gloss paint tends to go off white fairly quickly these days,something to do with them not being allowed to use a certain chemical in the paint.I have a fair bit to do soon and a painter told me to use one of the new water based glosses,apparently they don't fill the house with paint fumes,they dry quicker and they don't start to yellow in a couple of months.
Time to play catch up.....that was happening 5 years plus ago, new generation oil glosses now dry whiter over a couple of days as they cure.
I'm not a painter, so out of touch with progress. Any particular new generation oil gloss... Reading about Crown Fastflow on Hamilton's site , they qoute the following, & recommend a 'brush comb' never used one of those, haven't even got one. •Wetting and spinning a synthetic brush to make sure that the paint does not dry in the stock. For usage over half an hour, a brush comb should be used and pulled through the filaments. http://www.hamiltondecoratingtools.co.uk/news/crown-water-based-fastflow-gloss---the-lowdown/79
I use all kinds of gloss paint including waterbased but have not used the fastflow yet, although I am told that it is by far the best so far on the market so will be trying it out sometime. To be honest with you I was a great user of Crown Solo prior to 2010 VOC compliant paints when like other white paints turned primrose yellow within a matter of weeks, I went back to it about 8 months ago and have been well impressed with the brightness and no evidence of any yellowing as yet. I'm that confident that my hall, stairs & landing is being painted with Solo starting tomorrow. I do wet my synthetic Purdys prior to use and also run a brush comb through the bristles, sounds daft but does make a difference.
Thanks. Have never used a brush cleaning comb, will get one tomorrow, when I'm out. Crown Solo or Fastflow that is the question. One thing with Fastflow, it's dry in 1-2 hours & recoatable in 4-6 hours, compared to Crown Solo, touch dry in 6 hours. recoatable in 16 hours.
Give the Fastflow a go, I put two coats of Solo on, comes up like a mirror. MMmmmmm you are tempting me towards the Fastflow ......decisions, decisions...
Eagerly awaiting your opinion Might poke my nose in the Crown paint shop & see if I can snaffle some free samples.
Yes. Preparation during the day, then paint when everyone a asleep,I know then my dust sheets are safe from being moved or tripped over, or idiots putting hands on wet paint. Painted lounge ceilings at 1am last year, it was nice & cool at that time, no daytime heatwave.
Crown Fastflow 2.5ltr white gloss £21:30p inc vat at Crown decorator place. it's on offer for August.
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