When it comes to decorating your home, choosing the right paint finish is just as important as selecting the perfect colour. Johnstone’s Trade Paints offers a diverse range of high-quality products tailored to meet the needs of every room in your home. From walls to trim, their range includes finishes designed for durability, elegance, and practicality. In this guide, we’ll explore their top offerings and help you determine the best choice for your next project.
Johnstone’s Vinyl Matt Paint: Covaplus
Best for: Living rooms, bedrooms, and dining areas
Johnstone’s Covaplus Vinyl Matt is a classic choice for interior walls and ceilings. This paint provides a smooth, non-reflective finish that helps to disguise surface imperfections, making it ideal for areas where you want a clean, uniform look.
Key Features:
- Finish: Matt with a subtle, soft texture
- Durability: Standard durability for low-traffic areas, dry wipeable.
- Coverage: 17m2 per litre. Excellent, with fewer coats required
Why Choose Covaplus?
This paint is perfect for creating a cosy, inviting atmosphere in living spaces and bedrooms. Its high-opacity formula ensures an even finish, while its affordable price point makes it a great choice for large-scale projects.
Johnstone’s Acrylic Durable Matt Paint
Best for: Kitchens, bathrooms, and high-traffic areas
For spaces that demand extra durability, Johnstone’s Acrylic Durable Matt is the ideal solution. This hardwearing paint is resistant to moisture, stains, and scuffs, making it perfect for busy households.
Key Features:
- Finish: Matt with a durable, scrubbable surface
- Durability: Class 1 scrub rated. High, with excellent resistance to wear and tear
- Coverage: 16m2 per litre. Great, with a long-lasting finish
Why Choose Acrylic Durable Matt?
If you’re painting a kitchen or bathroom, this paint’s moisture resistance ensures it will stay looking fresh even in humid conditions. It’s also a fantastic choice for hallways and children’s rooms where walls are more likely to face daily challenges.
Johnstone’s Cleanable Matt Paint
Best for: Hallways, high traffic areas, playrooms, and busy households
Johnstone’s Cleanable Matt takes durability to the next level with its advanced scrub-resistant formula. This paint is specifically designed for areas that require frequent cleaning without compromising the finish.
Key Features:
- Finish: Matt with a superior cleanable surface
- Durability: Class 1 scrub rated. Exceptional, with high resistance to stains and scrubbing
- Coverage: 15m2 per litre. Reliable and long-lasting
Why Choose Cleanable Matt?
This paint is ideal for spaces where spills and marks are inevitable. From sticky fingerprints in playrooms to accidental splashes in family rooms, Cleanable Matt ensures your walls stay pristine with minimal effort whilst extending your maintenance cycles.
Johnstone’s Perfect Matt Paint
Best for: Luxury living spaces, feature walls, and high-end interiors
For a flawless, ultra-flat finish, Johnstone’s Perfect Matt is the ultimate choice. This paint eliminates surface imperfections and provides a sophisticated, no-sheen look that’s perfect for modern, minimalist designs. For a home that regularly needs touch ups, this is the perfect matt finish paint. You’re able to touch up small areas without being able to see your repairs.
Key Features:
- Finish: Super flat with zero sheen
- Durability: Moderate, designed for low-traffic areas, dry wipeable.
- Coverage: 13m2 per litre. Excellent, with a smooth, uniform application
Why Choose Perfect Matt?
Perfect Matt is ideal for creating a statement in living rooms, bedrooms, or dining areas. Its velvety finish adds a touch of elegance to any space, making it a favourite for feature walls and high-end projects.
Johnstone’s Aqua Guard Range: Trim Paints
Best for: Skirting boards, doors, window frames, radiators and trim throughout the house
Johnstone’s Aqua Guard range offers a versatile selection of trim paints, including Matt, Satin, Gloss, and Primer Undercoat finishes. These water-based paints are designed for both durability and ease of use, ensuring a flawless finish on all trim surfaces.
Key Features:
- Finish Options: Matt, Satin, Gloss, and Primer Undercoat
- Durability: Extremely high, with excellent resistance to chips and scratches
- Application: Quick-drying, fully water based, low VOC and low odour for hassle-free decorating
Why Choose Aqua Guard?
Whether you prefer a sleek satin finish or a bold gloss, Aqua Guard paints are perfect for adding the finishing touches to your home. Their quick-drying formula and low odour make them a convenient choice for busy households, while their durable finish ensures your trim will stay looking great for years to come. Innovative Surface Protection Technology provides the ultimate defence against scratches, wear & tear, and greasy finger marks, for a long-lasting finish. Johnstone’s Trade Aqua Guard Satin also has enhanced application qualities with outstanding flow, excellent hiding power and long-lasting whiteness (when using their brilliant white finish). Their quick-drying formula and low odour make them a convenient choice for busy households, while their durable finish ensures your trim will stay looking great for years to come.
How to Choose the Right Paint for Each Room
Selecting the right paint finish depends on the specific needs of each room. Here’s a quick guide to help you decide:
- Living Rooms & Bedrooms: Opt for Covaplus Vinyl Matt or Perfect Matt for a soft, inviting look.
- Kitchens & Bathrooms: Choose Acrylic Durable Matt for its moisture resistance and easy-clean properties or Cleanable Matt for a really busy household.
- High-Traffic Areas: Go for Cleanable Matt to keep walls looking fresh despite daily wear and tear.
- Trim & Woodwork: Use the Aqua Guard range for a durable, professional finish on doors, skirting boards, and window frames.
Why Choose Johnstone’s Trade Paints?
Johnstone’s Trade Paints are trusted by professionals and DIY enthusiasts alike for their exceptional quality, ease of application, and long-lasting results. With a wide range of finishes to suit every need, their products make it easy to achieve a professional-grade finish in your home. The additional benefit of selecting a Johnstone’s Trade paint? Their unparalleled colour matching service, meaning you can select any colour from any brand and have a colour equivalent mixed up into your favourite Johnstone’s trade paint. Read more about this and the other benefits of opting for Johnstone’s trade paints in our blog here.
Ready to transform your space? Explore our range of Johnstone’s Trade Paints today and find the perfect product for your next project!
Helen x
