Hi all,
In my last home I had used retail matt paint and I found that it would easily get smudged / stained. So when I was going to paint my new home, a few people recommended that I use trade vinyl matt instead. I was told it had additives that would reduce the smudges / stains and make it easier to clean.
So I have just painted the house in Johnstone's Covaplus Vinyl Matt (Brilliant White paint). I did 2 coats of this paint - in some areas even 3 coats. The house is a mixture of newly skimmed walls (that have been left to dry for over 3 months), as well as already painted walls.
However, I'm finding the same issues. Just the other day I was coming down from the loft and my dirty clothes must have touched the walls. It left behind some marks, so I went and grabbed a wet cloth and lightly rubbed off the marks. I noticed that when I was doing this, the cloth had also lifted off some of the paint. Anyway I came back the next day and found that the wall was still not clean. See pic below:
I'm gutted by this. I spent so much time prepping and then painting the whole house with this paint. I'm kind of wishing I'd just gone with silk paint now.
Have I done something wrong with my painting? Or is there a specific way that stains have to be removed?
In my last home I had used retail matt paint and I found that it would easily get smudged / stained. So when I was going to paint my new home, a few people recommended that I use trade vinyl matt instead. I was told it had additives that would reduce the smudges / stains and make it easier to clean.
So I have just painted the house in Johnstone's Covaplus Vinyl Matt (Brilliant White paint). I did 2 coats of this paint - in some areas even 3 coats. The house is a mixture of newly skimmed walls (that have been left to dry for over 3 months), as well as already painted walls.
However, I'm finding the same issues. Just the other day I was coming down from the loft and my dirty clothes must have touched the walls. It left behind some marks, so I went and grabbed a wet cloth and lightly rubbed off the marks. I noticed that when I was doing this, the cloth had also lifted off some of the paint. Anyway I came back the next day and found that the wall was still not clean. See pic below:
I'm gutted by this. I spent so much time prepping and then painting the whole house with this paint. I'm kind of wishing I'd just gone with silk paint now.
Have I done something wrong with my painting? Or is there a specific way that stains have to be removed?
