B&Q Ever White Paint
Paul Whiteside
?
I bought a can last week and applied it.... result....
C**P with a capital C !
After proper preparation, the result after 2 coats is a patchy white that
looks just like primer.
Any one else get a similar result ?
Ross Galvin
I thought it was too good to be true.
Ross
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Paul Whiteside wrote in message <01be63be$e1730460$520c66a1@eusunw0345>...
>Well you have seen the product, on the latest TV ad's but have you tried it
>?
All the good decorators I know use only Dulux. A few experiences of other
paints have convinced me that is a good idea.
Colin Bignell
Paul Whiteside
years.
Max Bone
<whit...@nosalami.bp.com> writes
>Well you have seen the product, on the latest TV ad's but have you tried it
>?
I haven't tried it yet, so can't comment on its effectiveness... but the
TV advertising makes some statements which probably can't be justified.
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Max Bone
Chris French
<whit...@nosalami.bp.com> writes
>Well you have seen the product, on the latest TV ad's but have you tried it
>?
>
>
>C**P with a capital C !
>After proper preparation, the result after 2 coats is a patchy white that
>looks just like primer.
>
>Any one else get a similar result ?
never used it, but take it back and get a refund.
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Chris French, Leeds
Ken Redman
> ... but the TV advertising makes some statements which probably can't be
> justified.
Perhaps a call to the ASA is in order?
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Ken Redman
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Nigel Orr
<enqu...@bignellsurgical.co.uk> wrote:
>All the good decorators I know use only Dulux. A few experiences of other
>paints have convinced me that is a good idea.
How does Crown compare? I would have rated them equal, but I've got
no real basis for that- is Dulux usually better?
Nigel
Max Bone
<nigel.orr@ncl_dot_ac.uk> writes
>How does Crown compare? I would have rated them equal, but I've got
>no real basis for that- is Dulux usually better?
Its pretty impossible to say that Dulux is better, its only a brand name
after all, it depends what products you would be using from their range,
and whether or not there is anything comparable in a competitors range
at around the same price.
However that said... Dulux Trade is very well regarded by most
proffessional decorators, although the overwhelming majority wouldn't
use it for cost reasons. As for Dulux Retail well thats a very different
story... I wouldn't even consider using it... I can pick up very high
quality proffesional paints from an independent decorators merchant for
less than half the cost of Dulux Retail, and far superior specialist
alternatives at around the same price or less.
The same situation can be applied to Crown - Crown retail or Crown
trade, or for that matter... Brolac, Macphersons, Permoglaze, Magicote,
Sandersons, Albany, Valspar, Sandtex etc... as they are all manufactured
by Akzo Nobel out of their Darwin or Hull plants.
Regards
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Max Bone
nightjar
Max Bone wrote in message ...
>......
>However that said... Dulux Trade is very well regarded by most
>proffessional decorators, although the overwhelming majority wouldn't
>use it for cost reasons.
The decorators I use claim that the extra cost is more than offset by
the time saved by using a better product. However, it may be that they
tend to put quality before price, which is one virtue I generally look
for in contractors. One of them I chose because I saw him doing another
job where he had removed a door from its hinges and laid it flat to
paint it. The other was the one used by the builder who put up our
particularly well appointed factory units and I was impressed by his
work.
>As for Dulux Retail ...
I must admit to a tendence to forget that not everyone buys from trade
sources.
Colin Bignell
B.L.Ragunathan
using it for years.
Brian
nightjar (nigh...@pavilion.co.uk) wrote:
: Max Bone wrote in message ...
Rob Clydesdale
wrote:
> In article <01be63be$e1730460$520c66a1@eusunw0345>, Paul Whiteside
> <whit...@nosalami.bp.com> writes
> >Well you have seen the product, on the latest TV ad's but have you tried it
> >?
>
> I haven't tried it yet, so can't comment on its effectiveness... but the
> TV advertising makes some statements which probably can't be justified.
i asked my wife to pick up some white gloss on the way home from town
the other day to do my son's bedroom, and she came home with Ever
White..
i was impressed! went on like a dream, and covered beautifully!
until now i've been using dulux liquid gloss, but this stuff will make
a happy replacement, especially if it really does stay forever white!
i've not tried the satinwood though...
bob.