.. >On May 17, 2:44 pm, Gogs wrote: .. >> Having purchased some interiorpaintthey claim that it should only .. >> take one coat but after one coat, its clear that its going to need .. >> two. .. >>
.. >> Now this is a lightpaintof a good white base yet there is no chance .. >> one coat would do it. .. >>
.. >> So my question thepaintthey do that is actually called 'Once' I .. >> think.......is that any better as I have heard some people say you .. >> dont get away with one coat. .. >>
.. >> Anyone any experience of using it? .. >>
.. >> Thanks .. >
.. >What roller did you use? Rollers hold and release different amounts of .. >paint. Woven rollers are generally better than knitted rollers for .. >dumping loads of paint on the surface. More expensive rollers are .. >normally better than the cheap ones. Except..!...Micro-fibre rollers, .. >although they leave a smooth finish & hold loads of paint, they don't .. >release it very readily. .. >
.. >One coat paints - they tend to be about 60%+ in solid content, the .. >rest being water. Compare this to normal paints at about 40%+. They .. >are also designed to spread less, so cover (say) 9m2/l vs the normal .. >12m2/l plus. They also normally contain more pigment, which gives .. >better hiding. So... applied with care, re-filling your roller .. >regularly, using a decent roller, you should get coverage in one coat. .. >With the usual rider - if you are painting a zebra you may need more .. >than one coat to cover up the stripes..... :-) .. >
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I used one coat paint recently and had great success. The technique I only had to change was to load the roller well, roll slowly and keep the roller half loaded ... if you see what I mean.
Mike P