Weak Cocoa

It had been a month since the decorating of the dairy was suspended due to exasperation with the purchased paint, which was not only well-removed from the advertised ‘cocoa bean’ shade but also failed to live up to its billing as a gloss paint, producing a thin streaky wash that made no attempt to cover the previous colour; four weeks, some heavy-duty sandpaper, and a coat of white primer later I tried again today and got a result of sorts after a couple of coats, but it is weak stuff  - in making it odourless with the brushes cleaned by rinsing under the tap they’ve sacrificed the very essence of the product, the ability to stick to a surface and colour it (often including much of my hand).