lesson learnt - properly lidding my oil-based gloss even when painting days apart

[Whitling2k]

I think I had sealed the lid improperly, allowing some of the solvent to escape... No smell though and happened in less than a week..

But when I went to open my nice, expensive Crown Trade Gloss today, it had a sort of soft skin on the top, and around the edge of the main body of paint.

I'm a tad annoyed as I have been using it for less than 4 weeks, and had the lid quite tight - thankfully, my main job has finished, but the rest of the tin is now wasted - Garage door and eaves will now have to wait because I'm not buying more.

So as I was finishing the 2nd coat of the last 7 balustrades, the paint in the tin was skinning up between dipping my brush in! I had to use a spare brush to keep dragging the newly formed skin out before loading my brush

 

[OwainDIYer]

But when I went to open my nice, expensive Crown Trade Gloss today, it had a sort of soft skin on the top, and around the edge of the main body of paint.

You can thin it down with a bit of white spirit, and get the lumps out with one of those cheap electric 'stick' blenders or strain it through some tights.

 

[Whitling2k]

even when it's forming a skin within 2-3 minutes? it's like the anti-skinning solvent has gone. It still went on the same, and has so far dried the same, but it takes 5 times longer to paint with.

guess I have nothing to loose by trying though ta

 

[OwainDIYer]

It is also quite warm weather at the moment which will affect the paint.

 

[Whitling2k]

I'm in discussion with Crown customer service as we speak, I'll post the result.