Covering Over Dark Brown Trim

PlainPainter

Mark I agree with the aquaglo - I told this woman that it doesn't cover like it use to. My main trim enamel is Muralo Ultra as well - it is freakin thinnnnn, but still covers amazingly. Still - I did some work for my folks - where the carpenter but this thin grey pre-primed luan like trim between the windows. I reprimed them with 100% acrylic enamel undercoater, and then one coat of muralo ultra white semi. While the grey is totally killed and looks beautiful - the sheen just isn't there in some places - so it really needs a 220 sanding and another coat - so including factory prime coat - 4 coats total. And this is new work! Though the funny thing is - for the first time I tried the all-purpose latex enamel undercoater on the surrounding moulding trim which wasn't primed - I puttied the nail holes and sanded the wood, primed and one coat of Ultra - and it looks better than the wood that was factory primed that I reprimed!

lornmastro

O.K. drumroll please...the results were as follows
For coverage only on trim painted with a dark brown paint
The primer and 2 coats of paint covered almost as well as the semi-gloss 3 coats (and needed to touch up with a 4th coat here and there)
BUT
the aura needed only 2 coats (with a touch up here and there). It covered much better brushing it on verses rolling it on. But remember it only comes in satin.
So from now on if I have a paint job like this again ...going over dark trim I definitely will be using aura first. I want to shoot the guy at my BM store that told me it wouldn't work...cost me many woman hours of labor. Thanks all for setting me straight. Bought another can of it today. By the way there a way you can add white pigment?? to the can to help with coverage

MakDeco

I have not use the satin aura but am assuming its probably close to pearl in the sheen level??? I notice that the aura eggshell was pretty shiny.

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JSpaint

question-
1. Was the trim painted with the 3 coats of semi-gloss shinier than the others? Each coat of a a paint with a sheen tends to graduate the shine with every coat.

As far as I know, with Aura and the waterbornes you can't add any other tint because they're titned with a different kind than say Regal.

lornmastro

yes the semi gloss was shinier than the aura...didn't really notice a difference in sheen with the primer. Don't know whether if it was a tint...they added something to make it cover better.

MakDeco

Aura has its own tints yes, but standard waterbornes ie - Moores Impervo waterborne and Muralo's waterbornes use standard tints.

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slickshift

Thanks for the update

Basically, all the Auras are tinted until the cans are full
So, even your White (color # 01) is tinted, and the can has no room for more

I suppose you could scoop out some of the base and add extra tint, I'm not sure that would help with what you are talking about though
Which I am thinking you are meaning 'hiding' rather than 'coverage'
It wouldn't help with actual 'coverage'
I think it would also change it from #01 White, but I could be wrong on that one

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Originally Posted by ModernStyle I have never used this crap before and I pray to the paint gods that I never have to use it again, I would rather use Behr

lornmastro

opps yes hiding not coverage...thanks slick