I've made some skirtings & architraves and given an initial coat using Leyland Acrylic Primer undercoat (not sure why I chose this instead of Johnstones Aqua), was going to use Dulux Trade Satinwood as top coat as painter used it in my Partners house, but thinking Johnstones Aqua Satin might be better - what's the best satin top coat?
Thanks KIAB. I have a Brewers near me but they're showing slightly different paints e.g. this one https://www.brewers.co.uk/product/AF022005N Is it the same? edit: Ah or this one https://www.brewers.co.uk/product/AF033005N
I used paint https://www.thepaintshed.com/produc...-satin-2.5lt-brilliant-white/c-24/c-304/p-985 I really liked
Used same here on all woodwork, nice paint. The Albany satin white water base paint is suppose to be very good, sure it was Astra praising it up.
Crown Fastflow Satin Without doubt, beats the Johnstone’s and is a pleasure to use, flows out really nicely and is super bright white Over the years and switching to water based trim paint I’ve gone Leyland (yuk), Dulux (ok, left brush marks, maybe me though), Johnstone’s (nice, until I tried Crown Fastflow - it’s fantastic
Thanks for the crown tip - I'll see what the prices are like at my local Brewers and choose accordingly.
And use a quailty paint brush, using Purdy Monarch Elite here. Crown Fast Flow, lovely paint. http://www.thepaintshed.com/product...tflow-quick-dry-satin-white/c-24/c-433/p-3162
The very best Satin at the present time in my honest opinion as a pro decorator is 'Johnstones Aqua Satin' it is recommended to use the Aqua undercoat which forms a good high build base for the top coats. If gloss preferred use Crown FastFlow together with the FastFlow undercoat, I find the FastFlow Satin lacks opacity.