Stephen Hull wrote in message ...
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(Bob) wrote:

I've been repainting my kitchen cupboard doors using dulux satinwood,
since none of the kitchen makeover paints were available in the colour
I wanted.

To give a hardwearing, washable finish, I thought I should then add a
few coats of varnish. However, the varnish leaves a patchy,
grubby-looking finish (even when using brand new brushes) which makes
me wonder whether it is incompatible with the paint below.

What varnish are you using, If water base then you'll get much better
results using either an oil or a polyurathane base varnish.

Does anyone know if this is likely to be the problem, and more to the
point, what kind of varnish I should be using?

Personally I'd use an oil based varnish, But I would say that

Steve.

It's a polyurathane varnish, but even using clean, new brushes, the
finish looks dirty. The nice light creamy yellow finish of the
satinwood paint looks as if it has been covered with dirty dishwater.
The doors now look as if they were painted ten years ago!

I figured it must be something to do with the varnish (and it can't be
just this pot, because I knocked it over and had buy another one!).

Bob