Where does silk, soft sheen, and eggshell fit into the scale of shinyness? I assume matt is at the bottom of the scale, and gloss at the top, but where do these 3 fit in?
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18 years ago
Paint, really stupid question
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18 years ago
You forgot...Lustre,Satin
Personaly, all other four are the same just a different wording,however eggshell is primarily a hardwearing satin.
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Matt Eggshell Satin Softsheen Gloss
Though I'm not sure about the Satin and Softsheen. I suspect it's where the marketdroids put 'em.
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Once upon a time Eggshell was Matt but oil based like gloss and so more durable than Matt Emulsion. These days 'Eggshell' doesn't seem to resemble eggshells at all and looks pretty much the same as 'soft sheen' or 'satin'. I don't think there is much difference between satin and soft-sheen especially taking into account the variations of surface and method of application.
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I've never known "eggshell" to be matt? as the name suggest to resemble the coating on an chicken egg a slight sheen.
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I always used to wondered about the "eggshell", and I would have assumed it was matt but didn't mark so easily. Real eggshells are matt but hard. But some eggshell paints seem to be slightly shiny...
Suzanne
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Agreed.
Many 'eggshell' paints are *much* shinier than anything in my fridge. Some are nealy as shiny as my cycling magazines...
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Yebbut - some of the things in your fridge are hairy.
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Look, I haven't put David in yet...
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He'd only kick his way out.
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When I worked at a Crown Decorator Centre it went like this:
For walls: matt, silk, mid sheen - the last has much more vinyl in it so is harder wearing, suitable for kichens, bathrooms etc, but at the expense of being shinier.
For woodwork: gloss, satinwood, the latter being nearly matt in application.
Oil based eggshell was often substituted for satinwood - for example brilliant white was available in a 1litre can in satin but not in ob eggshell. We often sold satinwood for use on radiators.
Waterbased egshell was most often used on contracts where specified by an architect. I would say that its finish was close to silk but harder.
When people asked for 'soft sheen', a Dulux term, we would sell mid sheen but then one day I came across an old tin of Dulux matt in my garage and found it described as 'soft sheen'! Didn't stop us selling mid sheen for soft sheen though.