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Just for balance, in our last place we had 2 sets of MDF alcove cupboards. The first was built by a carpenter and painted in oil-based satinwood by painters they work with; the second was built by me and painted (again by me) in Dulux water-based satinwood. Although the build quality for my cupboards was (natch) at least as good the paint job was much better on the first set. The painters did an excellent job and the paint dried very, very hard which made it extremely durable. The water-based pain, in contrast, always retained a slightly tacky (latexy?) feel, which meant that heavy items would mark it given enough time and books at the end of the shelves were always slightly adhered to the sides of the cupboard; not damagingly so, but enough to make a slight noise when removed. FWIW YMMV etc.
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Thanks all, really helpful.
Minimised VOC and hard wearing is the target. I know companies like Lick are pretty good at reducing chemical release and we used Earthborn before on the walls which is clay based and low VOC. Durability is awful though as lovely as it looks. Our two and four year old have destroyed the area we painted last year and we can't wipe it down without getting streaks.
I'll have a look at the Dulux stuff, try a few tests.