Quick question about paint type for bannisters.

I’d go with the above advice we have water based satin on our banisters and it has gone horrible way to quick it feels tacky and the dirt sticks to it like glue. I’m currently painting a new house an all the wood work will be Johnstone's trade eggshell it’s oil based and dries to a lovely finish only time will tell how durable it is!
 
If you are going to apply water-based paint over existing oil-based gloss, you would need to sand down the existing paint well before applying. Did you do that? It doesn't look like it to me. It looks as though you've painted the new paint straight on with no preparation. Water-based paint will look bad over old gloss if you haven't done any preparation.

If you were going to use water-based (better for environment), then you would need to sand first, then apply primer undercoat, then gloss, or use two coats of a self-priming water-based gloss like Dulux Quick Dry. I've used this to good effect to paint a door and door frame.

That said, I would agree with the others that oil-based gloss offers a harder wearing finish, so may be the better choice for high contact surfaces. The water-based gloss just doesn't provide as hard a surface and is therefore more prone to damage. However, water-based gloss is also better for the environment, and dries relatively quickly, so if you just keep a tin on standby, you can quickly apply a touch-up to any damage that occurs.
 
radderfire said:
If you are going to apply water-based paint over existing oil-based gloss, you would need to sand down the existing paint well before applying. Did you do that? It doesn't look like it to me. It looks as though you've painted the new paint straight on with no preparation. Water-based paint will look bad over old gloss if you haven't done any preparation.

If you were going to use water-based (better for environment), then you would need to sand first, then apply primer undercoat, then gloss, or use two coats of a self-priming water-based gloss like Dulux Quick Dry. I've used this to good effect to paint a door and door frame.

That said, I would agree with the others that oil-based gloss offers a harder wearing finish, so may be the better choice for high contact surfaces. The water-based gloss just doesn't provide as hard a surface and is therefore more prone to damage. However, water-based gloss is also better for the environment, and dries relatively quickly, so if you just keep a tin on standby, you can quickly apply a touch-up to any damage that occurs.
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You are right that it does come down to preparation. You can also apply an acrylic varnish on top to really toughen up water paints.
 
We bought our house in August and the previous owners left behind some of the paint.
The banisters have been painted with Farrow and Ball Estate Eggshell, which is water based.

It is worn in places, but looking in places that dont have a high amount of contact they done seem to have given it the best coating.

I know that it has been on at least 3 years and it seems to have worn reasonably iMO.
 
I use dulux trade water based undercoat and gloss for my woodwork. I also opted for a grey colour for the area's where you touch with your hands so that if the paint needs touching up in the future, I can just touch up the grey bits and not have to re do whole banisters.

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I've got two flights of stairs so it was a right pain to do but 2 years later, still looks good as new.
 
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