I'm not familiar with this paint, but can share what we used.

We used Benjamin Moore's Aura paint in the Matte finish on all our bathrooms' walls and ceilings, and then used the matching colors in Aura Satin finish on the base molding. (We used regular Aura paint in the guest bathroom and the Bath and Spa version in the other two) So far all the bathroom walls look great and seem to hold up well.

Semi-Gloss in ALL rooms for me

The higher the gloss, the more durable the paint in terms of being able to be cleaned and the better the paint is able to stand up to increased moisture levels.

I'll usually use a semi-gloss on painted trim and if I can get away with it, a semi- on the walls and ceilings too. If I can't I'll step the gloss down a notch for the walls and ceilings.

In your case where you have texture you're trying to hide, a lower gloss would serve you better for that purpose.

For moisture protection, you could go with a semi-gloss on the textured areas and then do a top coat of the lower gloss. You'd get the moisture protection of the semi- and the visual hiding of the Lo- or eggshell.

I'll do similar with urethanes on wood. If a satin or matte finish is desired, I'll sometimes use the more durable gloss urethane for the first few coats and transition to the lower gloss for the top coat.

Our house when built was painted with Dun Edwards. Lots of painters use it here in Arizona. I, had my bathroon, done in their egg shell. It looked real nice. I, say looked because we have since repainted with another brand that Dun Edwards did not have the color we, wanted.

ditto mongo.

If you mean you have to hide some surface discontinuity lines and or surface things that are ugly, then you are right on.

Wow, thanks for the replies! We have a surface texture that is sprayed over drywall--ick. I prefer subtle--and this is not it. A shiny wall/ceiling will emphasize this.

Mongo and Davidro1, I'm confused about starting with a higher gloss then painting a lower sheen. I thought that it is easy to paint a glossy paint over a flat paint, but not the other way around. Does the painter have to prime between layers if he uses semi-gloss then skips down to an eggshell?

Thanks again for taking time to respond. I've learned so much from this board!

If you were painting over an old fully-cured gloss, then you are correct, there could be problems painting over a semi- or gloss paint without using a de-glosser or scuff sanding to provide the new coat with a bit of tooth to grab on to, etc.

But since you're doing this in one shot, the semi-won't be fully cured. I might have the specific terminology wrong, but paint has additives in it that help a new layer of paint bind to the previous as long as the previous isn't fully cured. That's how it was explained to me recently by a tech department guy, and I've never had a problem.

If your painter is hesitant, you or he could call the tech department of the paint you'll be using and ask them. I usually ring them up every time they change formulations and ask a few questions.

Comparatively, primers are high on binder and short on pigment, where paint is high on pigment and low on binder. If your painter was really hesitant and you really wanted that undercoat of a semi-, you could do semi-gloss, then prime, the topcoat with egg. But before going that route, I'd just do the following: just prime and then use a bathroom-rated eggshell for your two color coats.

Exactly what you were going to do before I got involved and muddled things up! lol. My apologies!