Valspar Premium Reviews
Tina Popielarczyk
Does anyone have a solid tested recommendation for a really good quality Kitchen and Bathroom paint (matt) that can be colour matched??
I am in the customer complaints process with Valspar. I have bought several 2.5 & 5 liter containers of their colour matched premium product over the last month and it's absolute garbage. I have used their 'Premium Walls and Ceiling' - Colour matched to COAT colours as I wasn't paying 87 for 5 liters from them although now slightly wishing I had. Irritatingly this means the ones I now don't want to use are non returnable (great)
Looking at their K&B online it still appears water based whereas I am lead to believe the really durable ones contain vinyl of some description??
Not durable, DEFINITELY not scrub-able (or even wipe-able seemingly!!) and while i'm in the midst of clearing out the garage I see a little logo on the tin stating that its approved (or whatever) by Mumsnet??!! This forum has some great (and less great) content however clearly the cut-throat brutality of its users doesn't extend to paint appraisal??
Its awful, it marks terribly, the slightest dampness or condensation drips and stains, and god forbid you try and wipe it as it basically comes completely off!!
We have been decorating ourselves over the last few weeks/weekends.. hours and hours of painting/sanding/caulking etc, and weeks in it looks marked and scruffy. Absolute rubbish, I'm going to have to do it all again aren't I...
Also yes I have complained and they want a load of info I don't have such as the original lid label (now covered in paint) and the original receipt (which I don't have). All fair enough though really. I'm just cross that I still paid over 50 a tin and its rubbish. RAGE.
Personally, I've never had an issue with valspar. I also have used Johnstones in the past and that's been fine too. I do tend to stick to colours that are easier to make wipeable in high traffic areas though (ie not dark)
But the MN recommendation is nothing to do with individuals on the talk forum and more likely the money the company gets for the advertising.
I have used Valspar kitchen and bathroom paint, the room gets very steamy due to teens liking long shower Never had an issue with it, cleans fine. I have used Valspar throughout my house and some rooms were done at least 5 years ago. The bathroom was also about 5 years ago, our en-suite is also Valspar kitchen and bathroom paint.
Did you prep all the walls first? Clean them down properly? Usually paint doesn't adhere well or has issues if the surface underneath has issues. Sometimes it is the paint already on the wall that makes the top coat not adhere.
@Unbridezilla Mumsnet has real Mumsnet testers, as Mimes said. You can register for their panel and get sent things to test and report back on. I have used Valspar, Dulux, Crown and Wilko paints and I do get premium Valspar every time as I feel it is a good quality paint I can get from B&Q. If I need to prime a wall I use Zinsser Bin (blue tin water based primer)
Also very happy with valspar, used several colours in several rooms, in a house with seven children.
Main living area we got them to match F&B dix blue, colour match is exact, most of the room was double undecoated first (fresh plaster) before painting, we subsequently had a door modified and I thought I'd give it a go with the valspar direct onto fresh plaster - covered seamlessly with one coat.
We've just finished renovating and have painted the entire house with Valspar paint. I found it very easy to work with, but we bought off the colour charts rather than colour matching and found that in most cases, the colour we ended up with was nowt like we expected - anyone else?
We used valspar premium for a deep blue feature wall, very thin paint poor coverage took four coats to get decent coverage, even then if I look closely some patchy, makes very easily, never again Thnaks fully we only got for one wall
Use Johnstone trade or dulux trade for decent quality, if u want expensive designer paint don't go farrow and ball, buy Benjamin Moore instead
I had Valspar eggshell mixed for bathroom woodwork (tongue & groove, some cupboards). It's shocking - marks really easily. It's a shame 'cos I love the colour.
Wouldn't have it again. Will stick with Johnstone's - much more hard wearing.
We need to repaint a whole house we have just bought. There is a B&Q 15 minutes walk from the house which does Valspar paint mixing and colour matching. The only option for Dulux paint mixing locally is the notoriously expensive decorators merchant or a Homebase quite a lot further afield.
Is Valspar really ok, or is it worth doing Dulux? And if so is it worth paying for their V700 over their V500 (we are expecting our first baby in November)?
Valspar is known problem paint due to B&Q denying responsibility for the cat piss smell and blaming customers on shody work and improper wall priming.
Search valspar paint and cat piss in any Search format you like and read the trade and public reviews of a horror paint.
I used valspar, I thinking was the 700 one. I have used it in 3 different areas of our home, one of which is the busy hallway. I did all this having not read any of the reviews. My paint had no smell, certainly no bad odour. It was gorgeous paint to use, went on beautifully. I always used dulux or crown, then in later years used f & b foe a while. But for durability and what I call scrub-a- bility I can't fault valspar paint. I don't know whether they make different sorts? Or whether the formulations have changed, but I've honestly never had any problems. I'd definitely choose it again. And at my local store they were so fab at mixing paint to mat h other colours and other brands. Its not cheap though ( the premium one) if you compare it to duly or crown.
I've repainted our house using the v700.
It goes on well. Needed two coats only.
Cleans well and I preferred the range of colours it came in. I also had a colour specially mixed to match a wallpaper and it's beautiful! And definitely no strange smells.
I've never had a problem with smell.
However it's not as wipable as it cracks itself up to be. It's easy to wipe light smudges and marks off, but deliberate pen or pencil scribble doesn't come off that well even with a magic eraser. I think it was tested on well behaved kids.
No. Go to decorators merchant tell them you are doing a whole house and ask for a discount card. Valspar is expensive and horrible, after the third or fourth streaky thin coat you will be kicking yourself.
Tried it when we did the MN test, then DH was mugged into buying it again to paint dark blue, it was beyond awful.
Don't homebase still mix dulux? Or try a cheaper trade brand eg Leyland, Albany, Johnstone, or ready mix Dulux, well anything that's not Valspar. Cheap paint is a false economy if there ever was one.
I've used valspar for a few different rooms, in light and dark colours. It didn't smell bad and it covered really well, though I don't think it went as far as some other brands as it's quite thick. Obviously it's not a patch on F&B, but I much prefer it to Dulux, etc.
I typically find it much easier to apply than farrow and ball and the coverage of imperfections is much better. I did one side of a door in Valspar and the other in Farrow and Ball and the Valspar is much better. I have had a problem recently, but think that is due to the very hot weather, or trying to apply with brushes that are not 100% dry. I have certainly not had a problem with smell.
Ok, Ive been warned! Will look at Dulux and the other more expensive ones if they have a particular colour I want. What is the best type of Dulux paint then, for walls that may face some wear and tear in coming years?
I think you'd better get a few tester tins to try out after all this conflicting advice! Most ranges do an extra durable paint.
The decorator centre will mix you a decent 200ml tester of Dulux and Valspar testers are mixed to order anyway.
I just felt the Vslspar was kind of insubstantial and plastic, although thick in the tin (presumably to reduce drips) it didn't really cover. Like fat free artificially thickened yoghurt vs full fat creamy yoghurt.
Strange isn't it, how we all have such different experiences.
After the Valspar incident - I painted an entire massive hall and landing with the same amount of Dulux trade paint, as it took of Valspar to do a small bedroom.
The difference is quality was not imagined - from consistency, coverage, how it went on, to the finished article.
Maybe I was just unlucky. Maybe they didn't mix mine right or something, maybe I picked the wrong colour - but the difference between the two painting projects was night and day. And I bought the premium version on the assistant's recommendation.
I can only go on my own experience, and would never use Valspar again, but others here seem to have done ok with it, so who knows?
We did one room in it and I was quite impressed with the coverage - we were going over a wall painted basically a very dark brick red and it only took a couple of coats - I was expecting to be there forever doing it.
Covers carpet nicely as well after DH spilt 1/3 of the tin of it onto the kids' bedroom carpet! Took bloody days to get the worst of it off and there's still a strategically positioned rug hiding it!
Valspar paint is owned by Sherwin Williams, who is the biggest paint manufacturer in the world. Valspar have a whole range of paint to meet the requirements of just about everybody, from interior designers and decorators to those on a budget.
There are a couple of negatives. The first is the price, which is on the high side for contract matt. The other is opacity. A contract matt should cover bare plaster in two coats. Valspar Trade Vinyl Matt takes three.
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