OK to Emulsion Inside of Shed?

I wouldn't use emulsion paint. The first cold snap of frost will see it flaking off. Tip, if you get emulsion paint on your clothes, wet them and put them in the freezer and wash, the paint will have crumbled and washed out.

Dave

Cuprinol Garden Shades

That's interesting and I will try it. However, many years ago, I painted a pebble dashed house with normal emulsion and then with silicon water seal. No problems after a couple of winters snow and rain.

John

Michael You say it has been "treated / painted at some stage". There is a crucial difference! If it has been treated - that will be an OS or similar product and I would use a Water repellant preservative stain such as Sikkens or the like AKZO produce the best products in my opionion but ICI (soon to go RIP) produce allegedly similar products and does Ronseal etc I personally would go for the Sikkens even though pricey. You can get a variety of colours. It will be easy to put on, have a slight (minimal) preservative effect but will protect against UV and will wear by checking so you do not have to burn off when repainting. It is a good product for wood. Oil based and other paints have certain disadvantages for wood subject to moisture and movement as will be the case with this shed Chris

Try an exterior grade paint like sandtex on it..if it sticks, use more.

We painted the inside of our old shed with cheapo white emulsion (made it seem a lot lighter in there)

Were there about 5 more years before we moved. Never had any problems with paint flaking or anything.

Shades

Thanks - I've ordered a tin.

replying to Chris George, Tobyboy wrote: What about the inside of my summerhouse? I painted/treated the outside with Sikkens and had some left so,did the inside. However, it's quite dark and I would like to paint over it with a white or magnolia colour. Please can you let me know what is the best thing to,do. Thank you.

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NT

Yes they persist in not following the standard so people outside of that interface often ponder on what was meant as it refers to resources only on the web site. Also all sorts of daft stuff can happen with dates to make people reply to old threads years ago as well. Myself I'd do a test patch of paint over and see what happes. Brian