I painted my skirtings and door frames in my wall shade with the same tin of emulsion just to save money: three weeks later, one knock from the vacuum showed me what I’d done
A homeowner’s penny-pinching decision to paint walls, skirting boards, and door frames with a single tin of wall emulsion backfired spectacularly when a routine vacuum cleaner knock revealed why this approach violates basic paint chemistry. The solution exists, but it requires understanding the crucial difference between wall paint and woodwork paint.
