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Hello,
In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. |
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On Oct 16, 11:48*am, Stephen
wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. |
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On Oct 16, 7:45*pm, ransley wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:48*am, Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. International is hardly a crap brand. I cant answer the OQ though. NT |
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In article ,
Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( From what I remember, Japlac is some sort of wierd enamal paint. It is *very* hig gloss _ I used some years back for painting some wooden toys. Dunno about the yellowing though. Only paint I've found in our conservatory that hasn't yellowed is the dulux waterbased gloss - horrible to work with though (but much better for my ashtma ) Darren |
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ransley wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:48 am, Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. Japlac is a well known brand going back to at lest the 50's |
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dmc wrote:
In article , Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( From what I remember, Japlac is some sort of wierd enamal paint. It is *very* hig gloss _ I used some years back for painting some wooden toys. Dunno about the yellowing though. Only paint I've found in our conservatory that hasn't yellowed is the dulux waterbased gloss - horrible to work with though (but much better for my ashtma ) Darren Thats correct. It's a LACQUER. I.e. a paint that goes on really thick and is semi-translucent. Sort of like a car body finish. Largely these days we don't use this..you would be more likely to use a two pack setting paint, than a drying lacquer in industrial uses..but its probably still a very decent way to finish stuff. Whether it yellows or not depends on the nature of the pigment (which probably won't yellow) and the substrate its held in. Plus exposure to UV and fag smoke ;-) |
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On Oct 16, 7:45*pm, ransley wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:48*am, Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. Japlac is a known name brand to those who know anything about the subject. Now crawl back under your rock. |
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Man at B&Q wrote:
On Oct 16, 7:45 pm, ransley wrote: On Oct 16, 11:48 am, Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. Japlac is a known name brand to those who know anything about the subject. Now crawl back under your rock. This lot used to do a very tough non yellowing paint, developed mainly to do platform edges on the London Underground I believe. http://www.applegate.co.uk/plastics/...y/co_21541.htm Alas, no website, but their technical dept might be worth a call. |
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:52:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: Thats correct. It's a LACQUER. I.e. a paint that goes on really thick and is semi-translucent. Sort of like a car body finish. Largely these days we don't use this..you would be more likely to use a two pack setting paint, than a drying lacquer in industrial uses..but its probably still a very decent way to finish stuff. So would you recommend it for skirting and architrave? I did search Wikipedia for "japlac" but never thought to look at the "japanning" entry, though IMHO it didn't really say much. I have heard that lack of UV light accelerates the yellowing of white paint and I remember the underground paint (underground= no uv?) being mentioned here before. IIRC it was expensive though? I will have to ask them. What type of UV is required to prevent yellowing? Is the yellowing reversible? If you put yellowed paint outdoors or under a sunbed (LOL) or blacklight would it revert back to white? Thanks, Stephen. |
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ransley wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:48*am, Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. Japlac is a brand of enamel paint that has been on the market since at least 1954. I have no idea how well the white will stand yellowing as I have only used coloured on indoor applications. The colour seems to last well. -- |
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"AlanG" wrote in message ... ransley wrote: On Oct 16, 11:48 am, Stephen wrote: Hello, In my search for non-yellowing white paint, I stumbled across "japlac" on the international paints' web site. It doesn't say much, except that it's a high gloss finish suitable for wood (and other materials) inside and out. What exactly is it? I it more hard-wearing than gloss and does it yellow? If so, does it yellow faster or slower than "normal" gloss? I did spent 'phone the International help line but they didn't seem to know any more than me ;( Thanks, Stephen. Years ago maybe 20 I painted trim in one room with 2 of the most expensive paints made, both white, I forget why I used 2 brands, both were stated not to yellow, one has badly. So nobody can say about craplac, use a known name brand. Japlac is a brand of enamel paint that has been on the market since at least 1954. I have no idea how well the white will stand yellowing as I have only used coloured on indoor applications. The colour seems to last well. I think I still have a tin somewhe it came with a yellow Viva: long departed. S |
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On 17 Oct, 11:56, Stephen
wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:52:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: What type of UV is required to prevent yellowing? Is the yellowing reversible? If you put yellowed paint outdoors or under a sunbed (LOL) or blacklight would it revert back to white? Thanks, Stephen. I've found that yellowing is reversed if the yellowed paint is placed outdoors. I strongly suspect that a sunbed would have the same effect. |
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Mr Fuxit wrote:
On 17 Oct, 11:56, Stephen wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:52:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: What type of UV is required to prevent yellowing? Is the yellowing reversible? If you put yellowed paint outdoors or under a sunbed (LOL) or blacklight would it revert back to white? Thanks, Stephen. I've found that yellowing is reversed if the yellowed paint is placed outdoors. I strongly suspect that a sunbed would have the same effect. not much good if its a door frame :-) -- Kevin R Reply address works |
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