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Dulux paint match - Ikea white
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Roland Perry
Sep 2, 2013, 3:59:50 AM9/2/13
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Does anyone have experience of getting a paint match for Ikea white
(Ikea don't seem to sell it themselves).
I have a short length of skirting board that would look much better
matching the kitchen units, plus a couple of accidental door-dings
inflicted during installation.
How big a sample would they want (I have several off-cuts).
From searching the web, it seems that High Gloss is the finish to get.
--
Roland Perry
(Ikea don't seem to sell it themselves).
I have a short length of skirting board that would look much better
matching the kitchen units, plus a couple of accidental door-dings
inflicted during installation.
How big a sample would they want (I have several off-cuts).
From searching the web, it seems that High Gloss is the finish to get.
--
Roland Perry
stuart noble
Sep 2, 2013, 4:44:59 AM9/2/13
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the Ikea material e.g. white wood looks very different to white masonry.
My only experience of the Dulux service was getting them to reproduce
one of their own discontinued paints, and that was a disaster
D.M.Chapman
Sep 2, 2013, 5:12:14 AM9/2/13
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In article <deYUt.25016$WW4....@fx34.am4>,
my sons bedroom last week, and now need 20 inches of 30mm white edging tape.
Figured that would be easy to source on ebay but seems only 5m rolls are
available... will await an offcut coming up. Pretty sure it'll not match
perfectly, but it'll likely be a better match than any paint.
Admittedly, that's not really an option for skirting board :-)
>
>My only experience of the Dulux service was getting them to reproduce
>one of their own discontinued paints, and that was a disaster
My (only) experience was for the same thing (matching old paint) and the
result was perfect...
I wonder how much is still down to how careful the person manning the
machine is? I know it's all automated, but watching someone mixing paint
in B&Q the other week half the pigment ended up on the rim of the tin
so that's not likely to match anything!
Darren
stuart noble <stuart...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>On 02/09/2013 08:59, Roland Perry wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience of getting a paint match for Ikea white
>> (Ikea don't seem to sell it themselves).
>>
>> I have a short length of skirting board that would look much better
>> matching the kitchen units, plus a couple of accidental door-dings
>> inflicted during installation.
>>
>> How big a sample would they want (I have several off-cuts).
>>
>> From searching the web, it seems that High Gloss is the finish to get.
>
>I think you'd be wasting your time unless you also match the texture of
>the Ikea material e.g. white wood looks very different to white masonry.
Yeah, I was pondering the same. Had to perform some surgery to a desk to fit
>On 02/09/2013 08:59, Roland Perry wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience of getting a paint match for Ikea white
>> (Ikea don't seem to sell it themselves).
>>
>> I have a short length of skirting board that would look much better
>> matching the kitchen units, plus a couple of accidental door-dings
>> inflicted during installation.
>>
>> How big a sample would they want (I have several off-cuts).
>>
>> From searching the web, it seems that High Gloss is the finish to get.
>
>I think you'd be wasting your time unless you also match the texture of
>the Ikea material e.g. white wood looks very different to white masonry.
my sons bedroom last week, and now need 20 inches of 30mm white edging tape.
Figured that would be easy to source on ebay but seems only 5m rolls are
available... will await an offcut coming up. Pretty sure it'll not match
perfectly, but it'll likely be a better match than any paint.
Admittedly, that's not really an option for skirting board :-)
>
>My only experience of the Dulux service was getting them to reproduce
>one of their own discontinued paints, and that was a disaster
result was perfect...
I wonder how much is still down to how careful the person manning the
machine is? I know it's all automated, but watching someone mixing paint
in B&Q the other week half the pigment ended up on the rim of the tin
so that's not likely to match anything!
Darren
Bill
Sep 2, 2013, 5:39:54 AM9/2/13
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In message <Zr$P4Kb2V...@perry.co.uk>, Roland Perry
<rol...@perry.co.uk> writes
only afford to get "a man" to paint the front, so it had to match the
sides and back.
The local Crown agent's matching machine was broken and had been in for
repair for many weeks. They had chased but didn't know how long it would
be.
The Dulux place wanted a sample the size of a 50-pence piece. I took
along a few bits of painted rotten wood of about that size and the match
seems fine now the paint is on. As usual, SWMBO talked me into paying
for the paint, and the price was staggering. They supplied mixed
undercoat to match the top coat. Just under £50 for each 2.5 litre tin
of Weathershield.
My previous experiences with mixed-to-colour paints, as documented in an
earlier thread, have been disastrous, eg several passes with an
industrial paint supplier, ending up with a very strange coloured boat,
and an experience with the Crown place. Perhaps that's why the machine
was away for repair.
--
Bill
<rol...@perry.co.uk> writes
>Does anyone have experience of getting a paint match for Ikea white
>(Ikea don't seem to sell it themselves).
>
>I have a short length of skirting board that would look much better
>matching the kitchen units, plus a couple of accidental door-dings
>inflicted during installation.
>
>How big a sample would they want (I have several off-cuts).
I have just had this done for my son's external woodwork, where he could
>(Ikea don't seem to sell it themselves).
>
>I have a short length of skirting board that would look much better
>matching the kitchen units, plus a couple of accidental door-dings
>inflicted during installation.
>
>How big a sample would they want (I have several off-cuts).
only afford to get "a man" to paint the front, so it had to match the
sides and back.
The local Crown agent's matching machine was broken and had been in for
repair for many weeks. They had chased but didn't know how long it would
be.
The Dulux place wanted a sample the size of a 50-pence piece. I took
along a few bits of painted rotten wood of about that size and the match
seems fine now the paint is on. As usual, SWMBO talked me into paying
for the paint, and the price was staggering. They supplied mixed
undercoat to match the top coat. Just under £50 for each 2.5 litre tin
of Weathershield.
My previous experiences with mixed-to-colour paints, as documented in an
earlier thread, have been disastrous, eg several passes with an
industrial paint supplier, ending up with a very strange coloured boat,
and an experience with the Crown place. Perhaps that's why the machine
was away for repair.
--
Bill
Roland Perry
Sep 2, 2013, 6:11:52 AM9/2/13
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In message <deYUt.25016$WW4....@fx34.am4>, at 09:44:59 on Mon, 2 Sep
2013, stuart noble <stuart...@ntlworld.com> remarked:
own MDF where I've chipped the paint off by accident), so I don't think
that's an issue.
--
Roland Perry
2013, stuart noble <stuart...@ntlworld.com> remarked:
>> From searching the web, it seems that High Gloss is the finish to get.
>
>I think you'd be wasting your time unless you also match the texture of
>the Ikea material e.g. white wood looks very different to white
>masonry.
All the stuff I want to paint is either wood or MDF (including Ikea's
>
>I think you'd be wasting your time unless you also match the texture of
>the Ikea material e.g. white wood looks very different to white
>masonry.
own MDF where I've chipped the paint off by accident), so I don't think
that's an issue.
--
Roland Perry
Roland Perry
Sep 2, 2013, 8:14:05 AM9/2/13
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In message <BX6KHrBq...@itsound.demon.co.uk>, at 10:39:54 on Mon, 2
Sep 2013, Bill <Billa...@gmail.com> remarked:
>Just under �50 for each 2.5 litre tin of Weathershield.
I was staggered to see 2.5 litre cans of pre-mixed "heritage colour"
*internal* paint for prices like that in Homebase last week.
--
Roland Perry
Sep 2013, Bill <Billa...@gmail.com> remarked:
>Just under �50 for each 2.5 litre tin of Weathershield.
*internal* paint for prices like that in Homebase last week.
--
Roland Perry
Roland Perry
Sep 2, 2013, 6:19:32 AM9/2/13
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In message <l01kpe$cc5$1...@dont-email.me>, at 09:12:14 on Mon, 2 Sep 2013,
D.M.Chapman <d...@auk.kent.ac.uk> remarked:
furniture recently with short lengths included. The IKEA carcasses are
bright white, it's the doors which are the "Ikea White" (it's an
extremely pale pink tinge).
Touching up some chips in the doors is absolutely not a task for edging
tape though.
ps. I'm sure I've bought reels of less than 5m of the more usual 15mm
edging tape.
--
Roland Perry
D.M.Chapman <d...@auk.kent.ac.uk> remarked:
>Had to perform some surgery to a desk to fit
>my sons bedroom last week, and now need 20 inches of 30mm white edging tape.
>
>Figured that would be easy to source on ebay but seems only 5m rolls are
>available... will await an offcut coming up. Pretty sure it'll not match
>perfectly, but it'll likely be a better match than any paint.
The edging tape is normally bright white, and I've had some flatpack
>my sons bedroom last week, and now need 20 inches of 30mm white edging tape.
>
>Figured that would be easy to source on ebay but seems only 5m rolls are
>available... will await an offcut coming up. Pretty sure it'll not match
>perfectly, but it'll likely be a better match than any paint.
furniture recently with short lengths included. The IKEA carcasses are
bright white, it's the doors which are the "Ikea White" (it's an
extremely pale pink tinge).
Touching up some chips in the doors is absolutely not a task for edging
tape though.
ps. I'm sure I've bought reels of less than 5m of the more usual 15mm
edging tape.
--
Roland Perry
Andrew Gabriel
Sep 2, 2013, 9:18:32 AM9/2/13
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In article <nbRAU1pN...@perry.co.uk>,
Recently, my brother needed quite a bit of Weathershield.
After buying a rather expensive can in screwfix, a bit of searching
found Brewers to be the best value of the various local stockists.
--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
After buying a rather expensive can in screwfix, a bit of searching
found Brewers to be the best value of the various local stockists.
--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
alan
Sep 3, 2013, 12:38:21 AM9/3/13
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On 02/09/2013 09:44, stuart noble wrote:
> My only experience of the Dulux service was getting them to reproduce
> one of their own discontinued paints, and that was a disaster
You don't have to worry about matching as their white paint will go
> My only experience of the Dulux service was getting them to reproduce
> one of their own discontinued paints, and that was a disaster
yellow in a few months.
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sm_jamieson
Sep 3, 2013, 4:50:48 AM9/3/13
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Simon.
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