Best paint for interior doors?

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One will be a bathroom door so it needs to be good with moisture and hardwearing. Would love some recommendations! Was initially thinking Little Greene or Farrow & Ball but I want them painted white so maybe I should be looking at one of the trade paints? In terms of sheen I'm thinking either eggshell or satin.

I wouldn’t go with either LG or FB, not sure how they have got so popular, through social media and weird names I think. It certainly isn’t for their paint quality. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it’s bad paint it’s just no better than any other off the shelf good quality paint, but it should be for the price. I would suggest you go to your local independent decorator’s merchants, they should give you impartial advice and be able to match any colour in any paint.

I used F&B for a couple of interior doors and found you that they required a number of coats 3+ to get them to look right. If you google F&B - you will find professional decorators will charge more if you use this paint as it takes more coats - lesson I learned! FWIW I found that best results for me were using a water based paint - easier to put on, it barely drips and easier to get the brushes clean as you can wash them out in water.

My go-to paint is Zinsser. Since I discovered Zinsser, I don't use anything else on wood, metal. I successfully painted wooden cladding outdoor with Zinsser Allcoat, it is really hard wearing, and it is also suitable for indoor painting, too.

I wouldn't use WB on timber again
Just my experience of it

My preferred paint is Dulux non-drip gloss. I have used this on bathroom doors.

Basically I find the more oil based, the more forgiving the paint is in terms of getting an even finish regardless of how bad my painting skills are. That is why I choose gloss over satin or eggshell. Plus in your case it will be more water resistant.

Steer clear of Dulux quick drying gloss as it seems they’ve added more water to make it quick drying and it’s therefore not as easy to paint with.

I light a candle after painting to help get rid of the smell.

I love Zinsser Allcoat - painted lots of stuff outside with it - 25 year guarantee, if it lasts 10 years without need maintenance I'll be very happy.
Inside I'm using Benjamin Moore Scruff X - it's meant to be very hard wearing and take a good scrubbing. I wouldn't try to save money on the paint for wood - it needs to work really hard and gets knocked about and touched frequently.

Agree their pigmenting is poor - it took me nearly five coats of emulsion to cover a sage green with cream. Too much time and expense and tbh the rooms I've done in F&B don't have a magical quality to the walls that stands out - I really can't tell the difference.
And I've used their eggshell quite a bit too and once (only once) after priming with Zinsser the surface curdled and wouldn't dry properly - when I googled I found that occasionally that happens and F&B will not accept it was faulty paint.
I had to remove the paint - start again using F&B primer and leave it for 2 weeks before it was even touch dry. That was me finished with F&B. (Btw there was nothing wrong with the can of Zinsser, it had been used before without a problem)

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I've used F&B before in my kitchen and I was very happy with the results. I think if you want one of their beautiful colours, it's worth it but I'm just after a bog standard white this time.

@PlanetJungle I've looked at Benjamin Moore Scruff X - is it good for bathrooms?

@TartTartin Thanks but I think I'd rather go with a water based paint which I don't think that Zinnser paint is?

Zinsser Allcoat I have used are all waterbased. I used Zinsser Allcoat Satin White with my Wagner sparyer too. I think they also have non-water version too though. Anyway, good luck with your project!

I really recommend Johnstones paint and their stores are very friendly & customer focused. Their anti-mould bathroom paint is the best I've ever used. They'll mix colours to F&B, Little Greene, Craig & Rose & it's literally half the price. Crown is also very good & very good customer service also. Their stores are usually a bit out of town, so you'll probably need a car

Benjamin Moore is tough and scrubbable. Zinsser Allcoat is water-based - they make oil-based paints too - but neither brand could be considered as cheaper paint.