Satin or eggshell woodwork paint recommendations

[Clearskies1]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a satin or eggshell paint that is fairly straight forward to apply and has a nice smooth, hard-wearing finish please? I'm planning a whole house re-decoration project at the moment and am planning on using the best quality paint I can find so I don't have to re-do it all too soon!

I really like the look of oil based paints when they're first applied (we live in an older house so they suit it), but they seem to yellow quickly, so I'm thinking water based might be better? I've seen there are oil/water hybrids as well but I've read that they yellow as well?

Thank you!

I really like the b and q valspar satin wood. Very easy to apply, nice finish and can be in any of their colours.

I have just used the Valspar wood paint. It's water based so super easy on application and I'm really happy with the finish.

I was initially drawn to the oil based paints too, but like you say, the oil eventually comes through and gives that yellowish-tinge.

I can also recommend the Zinsser range of wood paints. They are especially good in mould resistant formulas and from the use I've had with them.. still look great a year after painting.
They have quite a good range, definitely worth checking them out too

I would definitely use a trade paint, they will give you the best finish and be more hardwearing than regular paint - I usually use either Johnstone's Trade or Dulux Trade

We bought Benjamin Moore Scuff x - expensive but a huge tin and the paint is virtually indestructible!

Big fan of the duluz trade satinwood and eggshell.

I add floetrol which makes them paint more like an oil based paint. I don't measure exactly, just give a squirt onto the roller tray and stir. Makes a bug difference.

DH works in a builders merchants and all the professional builders and decorators use Johnstones. The have satin or eggshell or whatever you want. Always use the base coat stuff first though.
We've used it in our victorian for the skirtings, spindles etc and it's great.

Zinsser PermaWhite, Screwfix 67474 for reference,

Not the cheapest (so imagine it's why trades don't all use it) but it's amazing as a DIYer, paints well, looks good on bare wood after two coats and as satin you can just repaint on top - we've had ours for almost two years, still looks very clean and white

Honestly can't recommended it highly enough

• we've DIY refurbished a 3 bed semi, top to bottom.and this is the only thing I'd 100% recommend

Thanks so much for all your recommendations, it's so helpful and really good to know what product's you've been happy with both during application, and also over time.
Thanks again!

We have used, and been happy with, standard Crown satinwood. We weren’t happy with standard Dulux satinwood - it looked very scruffy quickly and seemed to pick up dust before it was dry!

Don’t, whatever you do, use Dulux Once satinwood. It is oil based so will stink out the house for weeks. It is incredibly drippy and much harder to get a decent finish on than water-based satinwood. Not worth the benefit of only needing one coat!

Dulux trade diamond satinwood. It is expensive but paints easily, levels our beautifully and hard-wearing. No brush marks at all on the woodwork using it.