Oil based over emulsion

Sep 09, 2004 2 Replies

I need to paint the coving in my lounge and have chosen a colour from the Farrow and Ball range. However the smallest Water based Emulsion is around £25.



The coving is currently painted in matt emulsion and I was wondering if it would be acceptable to buy a smaller can of their oil based Dead Flat at half the cost as this should give me sufficient for my needs.



Is putting oil based over sound emulsion acceptable?



I have heard that their paint is one of the flattest their is.


In message , John writes

Yes, I've even used emulsion as an undercoat with no ill effects before now. I suspect modern waterbased acrylic undercoats aren't that far from emulsion in composition anyway.

Try their sample tins.

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