Any painters here?
Submitted by wayneleech on Sat, 2011-08-27 20:22
hi fellas,
Have a question for any painters here...
I'm going to be painting the doors, door frames, and skirting in my house with a gloss enamel. I've heard that just white gloss with yellow over time. Therefore I was going to get a white gloss enamel with a drop of black in it - eg, a white tone.
Will making it any off white eliminate the chance of it yellowing over time? Or do all gloss enamels yellow?
I know there is the water based aquaenamel though I've used this before and don't really like the finish you get.
cheers
Wayne
Tomcat
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Paint
Me and my son are painters ask for WA white it's got just the right amount of black in it you will get some yellowing but should be good for 5/6 years
wayneleech
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Tomcat - thanks for that.
Tomcat - thanks for that. Just to confirm then, regardless of what tint you have in the gloss all the gloss enamels will yellow over time? Do you know what causes it to yellow?
Have 16 doors to paint and skirting throughout the house so I wanna get it right before starting;)
Is WA white a dulux colour?
cheers
Wayne
PerthGlory
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wall??
what happened to the brick wall wayne?
maybe you're like me and get to 80% complete and start another project??
thesupervisor
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wa white is a solver mix but
wa white is a solver mix but most paint places do it
its the only white id paint a ceiling in it covers so well and easy to touch up
ive painted a fair bit for a living and ii painted all my extrior timber windows in white enamel 7 years ago and no yellowing yet some has full sun , i only use wattyl id for my enammel so dont be affraid to spend a bit extra for a quality paint and use a good sealer/under coat
evoriamental factors cause some yellowing like smoking /cooking and some gas heating and have seen some from sun
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Paully
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Good advice here -
one thing though of ineterst - is that i have been told that the yellowing effect is actually not as pronounced in natural sunlight (would be why there is no yellowing on the exterior timber window frmaes - I'm guessing). It has something to do with the curing agent in the white paint. The other interesting thing is i painted a hallway quite a few years ago and got some yellowing inside 18 months. I repainted the hallway after a large skylight was installed, almost two years ago now, with no sign of the dreaded yellow yet. Cheers
Tomcat
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Dulux
Dulux is what we use just tinted to WA white
wayneleech
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thanks for the feedback
thanks for the feedback guys:)
hey PerthGlory - yeah the wall is up! It took a few weeks over the xmas break though I got it finished. Pretty happy with how it turned out. The next thing to do is render it though the mrs has got me inside do the decorating at the mo...
Soon as summer returns it's all going on hold for some long awaited fishing and diving!
cheers
Wayne
thesupervisor
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done some searching
done some searching
http://www.ebossnow.co.nz/2010/heather-goode/what-causes-enamel-paints-to-yellow-over-time.html
intresting
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Tomcat
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Yes
She's right only have to look at backs of robe doors always a lot more yellow than the face of door
wayneleech
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yeah i spoke with a lady at
yeah i spoke with a lady at bunnings and she reckons that if you add a tint to pure white enamel it won't yellow - though reading this it seems it doesn't matter if the tint is in it or not. Perhaps the tint just delays it some what...
jigsaw
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bit of a hijack,
bit of a hijack, just painted a few rooms today with acrylic. The smell tonight makes the house almost unlivable. Does anyone have any hints on how to get rid of the smell quickly or is it just opening doors and windows and waiting?
Tomcat
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Yes
You can buy an additive that take the smell out but it's not cheap if it's only acrylic its not that bad last resort move in with mother inlaw then you will gladly put up with smell
wayneleech
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jigsaw - i've heard to put a
jigsaw - i've heard to put a bucket of water in the room when painting (helps to vapourise the smell). Have also heard of leaving a bowl of peeled onions in the room too... bit wierd huh!
When I had this problem I just sprayed some Glen20 in the room. This seemed to get rid of the smell for a while though a few hours later it was back.
Being acrylic it shouldn't hang around too long...