kitchen wall paint- Eggshell or soft sheen.

[michealangelo]

Agreed with the mat paint, I have tried diamond matt 10x mat or whatever they call it and they are all rubbish when it comes to wiping marks off.
The kitchen I used the jhonsons eggshell and everywhere else in the house I use dulux soft sheen.
I also find with the mat that it catches dirt in the air and you can see it in the corners at ceiling level. Or a build up above a radiator - very faint from dust rising from the heat. Matt is nasty stuff used by builders to mask bad plastering.

Soft sheen was a great go between paint in my opinion

It seems like all the trendsetter have decided durable matt or tough matt or wipeable matt wasn't cool anymore so now people in the main seem to want it

I think soft sheen is a far more durable paint than any of the so called modern matt paints and a lot of the bathroom and kitchen paints are 4 on a 10 scale compared to silk so fine by me

Not so much soft sheen about these days it seems so if I can't get any I use a low sheen bathroom or kitchen paint

If not people will end up painting their walls every other year

 

[aveatry]

Soft sheen was a great go between paint in my opinion

It seems like all the trendsetter have decided durable matt or tough matt or wipeable matt wasn't cool anymore so now people in the main seem to want it

I think soft sheen is a far more durable paint than any of the so called modern matt paints and a lot of the bathroom and kitchen paints are 4 on a 10 scale compared to silk so fine by me

Not so much soft sheen about these days it seems so if I can't get any I use a low sheen bathroom or kitchen paint

If not people will end up painting their walls every other year

Yes I found the dulux soft sheen not easy to get hold of. I would use the johnsons egg shell again and it looks the same as the dulux soft sheen to me but a little expensive for general use everywhere but would be good in the hall stairs and landing.

 

[michealangelo]

Yes I found the dulux soft sheen not easy to get hold of. I would use the johnsons egg shell again and it looks the same as the dulux soft sheen to me but a little expensive for general use everywhere but would be good in the hall stairs and landing.

I thought you didn't want to use eggshell ?

Soft sheen is made by johnstones and leyland as well as dulux

And a lot of bathroom and kitchen paints , advertised as specially for kitchens and bathrooms ......are actually just soft sheen

Johnstones do a sheen rating on their emulsion paints these days I think , on the back ?

I wouldn't bother with dulux paint personally

 

[michealangelo]

Thanks for that. that goes with my thinking but goes against JohnD's thoughts. when you talk about the finish (using the the foam roller) are you referring to the finish via the roller (orange peel effect) or the actual paint finish/sheen?
Thanks

If you look at an ordinary brown or white egg , eggshell paint is said to have that sort of finish

A dull shine I suppose

Obviously that finish will depend on ones eyesight , the area painted , the light and how good the paint is

 

[aveatry]

I thought you didn't want to use eggshell ?

Soft sheen is made by johnstones and leyland as well as dulux

And a lot of bathroom and kitchen paints , advertised as specially for kitchens and bathrooms ......are actually just soft sheen

Johnstones do a sheen rating on their emulsion paints these days I think , on the back ?

I wouldn't bother with dulux paint personally

Nope that's not me - you are getting mixed up a bit. It was JhonD saying it was hard to clean - clearly he knows nothing. I gave a link to the eggshell I used in my kitchen its good stuff.

 

[aveatry]

Obviously that finish will depend on ones eyesight , the area painted , the light and how good the paint is

And how thick you put it on and with what roller length pile too.

 

[opps]

Agreed with the mat paint, I have tried diamond matt 10x mat or whatever they call it and they are all rubbish when it comes to wiping marks off.
The kitchen I used the jhonsons eggshell and everywhere else in the house I use dulux soft sheen.
I also find with the mat that it catches dirt in the air and you can see it in the corners at ceiling level. Or a build up above a radiator - very faint from dust rising from the heat. Matt is nasty stuff used by builders to mask bad plastering.

I have used Dulux Trade diamond matt several times. It is an odd beast. Without Floetrol/etc, the first coat wants to go on very thick (even over existing emulsion). The second coat glides nicely over the first.

I do however disagree with your suggestion that matt emulsion paint is only used to mask bad plastering. Granted, it is more forgiving of bad plastering than emulsions with a higher sheen level.

In the past, I have used stoopidly expensive ultra matt paints on very, very long ceilings to mitigate the risk of the sunlight highlighting minor bows in the ceiling. On the upside, any dinks left by the kitchen fitters could be touched in without any halo effect (that I could see). Impossible to keep the paint clean though.

 

[aveatry]

Have you seen this - marketed just for ceilings https://www.tikkurila.co.uk/anti-reflex-white-2