Wood - White Paint turning yellow

[Martynt74]

When we bought our house about 3 years ago and painted pretty much everything a nice boring white. The woodwork has since turned quite yellowish in the upstairs hallway. Apparently one reason for this happening could be due to there being no natural light shining on the wood. All doors leading to windows are usually shut so it's often quite dark up there.

Does anyone know if there’s anything we can do to try to prevent this?

 

[Martynt74]

Cheers guys, i presume by decent brand you just mean either Crown or Dulux, and not general own store brands?

 

[Martynt74]

Water based don't yellow, dry faster and don't make your house stink of paint for days. On the negative side they aren't as durable and are harder to achieve a brush stroke free finish.

Dulux Trade Diamond is supposed to be a durable water based paint, but it comes with a hefty price tag. Personally I'd rather use oil based and just redo it after a few years when it yellows, although I am strange and enjoy painting .

Just make sure you key the surface really well if using water based on top of a surface previously painted with oil based. A lot of people don't and it starts to peel at the slightest knock.

Rossendale isn't too far away. Want a job!

I had seem that Dulux Diamond, as you say it comes at a hefty price!