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Ah somebody else who spent a 1/4 of the paint budget on tester pots...
i’m using the Albany satinwood for the first time yesterday/today and it’s the nicest paint I have ever used, will not use anything else if i can help it. though they do not match to every colour so ended up picking a colour in haste over the phone and it’s a bit too cold/blue so will have to live with it.I too have a problem wall that wasn’t plastered and have just orbital sanded with a half worn 120 disc that takes some of the random rough texture areas out but that high solid paint sounds interesting, might deal with the brush marks from 15 different test pot areas too...
Mr_Smyth-
It's good but no miracle worker, though test pot coverage is above average. Cheap and available at the usual outlets fairly readily. I used one and a half 15l tubs in the tiny loft extension bedroom trying to cover nicotine stains (which had been thoroughly sugar soaped also). Should have gone with Cover Stain instead. But 3 coats in I was invested.
Ms_com loves a tester pot. Was handy actually as this is "wicker" and dries much more light yellow than the paint card or online image, so is a better fit for the yellows we wanted to pick out of the stained glass.
stevo_com
Working on the hallway where DIY goes to die. Two coats of Leyland Superleytex High Solid white covered all (most of) the sins. The "easier" thing to do would have been to get a grown up in and rip down/replaster that wall but fucked if I could face the disruption. One coat of Albany Vinyl Matt has gone on, one more to do. Ordered new dado rail and beading to retrofit some wainscotting. That and the skirting will be painted the same colour as the wall in Albany eggshell. May also paint a simple single panel rad the same colour. Woodwork around the door/windows needs touched up so will straighten that edge then. Took a manky old rad off the wall and the act of shutting off the valve awoke a likely decades old leak. Water does not do my bidding so a plumber is coming on Monday to replace the valves and the copper leading to the valves.