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Wanting to paint my upvc front door grey. what paint should i use to match my fence panels? (Fence panel paint is cuprinol silver copse)
Wanting to paint my upvc front door grey.

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Sandtex seclusion
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Get the matt rapid dry one. You will need the primer too
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Sorry its satin finish just checked  
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Thats a nice tidy garden. Love it. Can i ask the fence paint. did it go over an existing coour on was it unstained. Im wanting to get silver copse i have a fence stained in a mahogany
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@monet90 yes they used to be painted with cuprinol rustic down, took me 2 coats of the grey to cover.  
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@authority thankyou. I tried ronseal and it just disappeared inti the red
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@monet90 im abit of a messy painter  i slap it on as thick as i can to try and get away with 1 coat, still needed 2 in the end tho x
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Also wondering if maybe you could do the first coat white  then grey after x
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@authority yeah same here on things like fences. I get excited to start then realise. what the f did i just start doing  
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@monet90 haha im the same
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@authority its stain tho isnt it sonwould need to use paint over white and i want it stained
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@monet90 oh, im not sure then x
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Look at Frenchic paint. They have lots of shades of grey in their al fresco range.  
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Frenchic smudge x
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@joellejoellen2 can u paint upvc with this paint?  
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@authority you sure can. Check out the frebchic fan page on Facebook x
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@joellejoellen2 thankyou x
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Frenchic paint type in frenchic fan forum to join
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Your garden is lovely
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Can I ask what pebbles/gravel you used? I have been trying to get something that matches for ages
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@zindman61 its just golden gravel, my fences used to be painted brown so it all matched then when i painted them grey iv just never changed them as all the rest of the garden has golden gravel aswel, we live on corner plot so we the garden goes all the way around the house x
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