jimmyjambo Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 currently doing some decorating round the house, normally use Dulux brilliant white gloss, last used it in May last year for the bedroom but going yellow already, so I thought I would use Crown this time but it does'nt even look white in the tin, it looks like a light green colour, done 3 rooms with it, the woodwork was whiter before I started , so now thinking of trying a water based white, any painters out there or home DIY people with any tips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 EU regulations made them change a chemical content and that's why it yellows so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 It might be worth complaiming. http://www.telegraph...-to-yellow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornajambo Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 currently doing some decorating round the house, normally use Dulux brilliant white gloss, last used it in May last year for the bedroom but going yellow already, so I thought I would use Crown this time but it does'nt even look white in the tin, it looks like a light green colour, done 3 rooms with it, the woodwork was whiter before I started , so now thinking of trying a water based white, any painters out there or home DIY people with any tips Water based for me.........stays white, dries quick, low odour & easy to clean the brushes. Some say it peels, chips easy but tbh I've never had an issue. Happy decorating:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david1874 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Wickes do a 'truewhite' trade gloss which is meant to keep white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Crown paint for me it does look slightly off white but does dry white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wattie Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I had the same problem a few years back, hadn't even finished painting all the woodwork and it had started to yellow (it was a matter of weeks/months after regulations changed and they altered the VOCs). My old man recently painted with the cheapest water based gloss he could find and it still looks great, about 2 years on. So my advice as a DIYer, go water based, although I wouldn't bother with "non drip", it's crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Water based for me.........stays white, dries quick, low odour & easy to clean the brushes. Some say it peels, chips easy but tbh I've never had an issue. Happy decorating:-) cheers, going to try and get some Leyland water based tommorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Crown paint for me it does look slightly off white but does dry white cheers for that, will see what it looks like tomorrow when it drys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky999 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Use a white primer first then white gloss, pretty sure my guy diluted down with some water also. Then again I could be talking sheeite. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack D and coke Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oil based gloss or eggshell does start to yellow within a few weeks unfortunately but the water based stuff apparently does stay whiter longer although I don't use it an awful lot to be certain. The new crown gloss is yellow in the tin but dries white. I prefer off whites on my woodwork such as antique white by Leyland or farrow and ball colours such as All White, Wimborne White or Pointing. Now Farrow and Ball stuff is expensive (they only do water based paints these days) if you buy the real stuff but most paint merchants Paint Shed or Peffer will make you an equivalent much cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjambo Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oil based gloss or eggshell does start to yellow within a few weeks unfortunately but the water based stuff apparently does stay whiter longer although I don't use it an awful lot to be certain. The new crown gloss is yellow in the tin but dries white. I prefer off whites on my woodwork such as antique white by Leyland or farrow and ball colours such as All White, Wimborne White or Pointing. Now Farrow and Ball stuff is expensive (they only do water based paints these days) if you buy the real stuff but most paint merchants Paint Shed or Peffer will make you an equivalent much cheaper. now the paint (crown gloss) is starting to dry it is tuning white, I thought I was going to have to redo if all, next time I'm going to try leylands water based paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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