flat or semi-gloss for wood ceilings?
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Help...Blue Porch Beadboard ceiling - Flat or Semi Gloss
Comments (9)Hi Funcolors, I enjoy reading your very informative posts. I need your advice please. I am in total agreement about glossiness accentuating imperfections but here is my dilema. I want my exterior paint job to hold up as long as possible and people keep telling me semi gloss and high gloss will hold up longer then flatter finish, AND will not stay so glossy for long so could it be if we sacrifice seeing the imperfections then later on we will graduate to a satin in time and get far more longevity as well? I saw a man's house done with a fancy european paint in red with green trim, high gloss, not everyone's cup of tea, but for his house it was stunning! He says he paints every year to keep up the gloss as it does diminish. As you say every flaw sticks out but all in all with his architecture and plantings it is lovely. I on the other hand have a colonial revival 1910 house not all that old and want a slightly off white base coat with bright white trim. I live in CT zone 6, everyone here is advocating SW duration for longevity. My painter says it will cost a lot more money for the application of an oil primer rather then these self priming paints. I am willing to spend more if I get more time with the paint job and am seeking your experience for longest lasting exterior with best color to go along with this criteria. Do you also have a good blue color for porch ceiling? Thanks so much for all your input!...See MoreWood trim paint problem - semi gloss over satin question
Comments (23)Lukkiirish and Paintguy22: thanks so much for hanging in here with me. Earlier today I emailed SW corporate asking if there were any health risks associated with using A-100 indoors and if yes, what is the fix. They say they will respond within 48 hours so I should have something in writing soon. I will update the folks here when I get the 411. In the meantime, I plan to send an email to the GC asking him to verify with the local office that indoor use is an approved use, that it poses no health hazard and that I can sand it and paint over it with any paint of my choice when the time comes. I guess I should send another inquiry off to corporate asking the same exact thing. I'm not out of the woods, but I'm feeling much better. Thank you all again. Honu...See MorePainted pine paneling - flat or semi gloss?
Comments (15)I wouldn't do the paneling in semi-gloss due to that it will show imperfections much more. The more sheen the more visible imperfections show and this will be true for any brush strokes etc. so you need to be careful when you paint to keep a wet edge and minimize any brush strokes when doing the grooves if you do use semi-gloss, but you do need to be careful with lower sheen as well. On the other hand I don't like flat paint on a wood wall either. I think an eggshell is a good compromise....See Morepicking white for ceilings (flat) , and doors/trim (semi-gloss).
Comments (2)Whites are hard! We have a space that somehow turns all colors extremely warm, so went with Decorator’s White which I never would have chosen from the swatch, and yet in our home it looks like a nice, clean pure white. I recommend getting Samplize samples of all colors involved and seeing how they work in your space....See Moremaryinthefalls
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