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Thanks - useful info! Am painting slightly yellowed old gloss with this and then white satin water based wood paint. Was aiming for 1 coat Bullseye123 then 2 coats satin. Should be enough? Will sand as you advise. What is curtaining? Have Frog tape already as son wants a design painted on the walls.
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I've been using it for 20 years. Must have used 100's of litres. It's pretty much an industry standard. You need to stir it before you pour it into the paint kettle and if you have a lot in the kettle stir it occasionally. Otherwise you spend the first half of the tin wondering why it doesn't cover and the second half building up your forearms. It's not a very high opacity paint so I often paint a higher opacity undercoat on top of it. It drys very quickly so you can get on with the job.
I usually denib the surface with a flexible sanding pad (180 grit) before painting and between the first 2 coats.
Make sure you paint in a good light, skirting boards are terrible for curtaining. Mask the floor and walls it's much quicker in the end than cutting in (Frog tape is very good) and use 2 brushes if you have detailing in the skirting, one for the flats and one for the details.