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Old Dec 10th 2011, 2:56 am
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Originally Posted by carolinephillips
Gloss or semi gloss is absolute rubbish- peels off and needs several coats. This is despite sanding and undercoating. I hate Aussie paint.
You have made my day! Seriously, I thought I was doing something wrong. Aussie paint haters of the world unite.
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Not sure, if they would let me know where they are, I would count the little bastards.
You need help finding them
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Old Dec 10th 2011, 3:16 am
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You need help finding them
That was artistic license my dear.
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Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
Well I've just finished painting the entire bloody house. I used three different companies paint, British Paints, Dulux and Taubmans. The British Paints, at least in the colours I was was using, was the best of the bunch, though the jelly beans, free with two tins of Dulux, did swing things their way for a while.
We have painted 2 rooms recently, cant remember the name of the cream paint but it needed 2 coates. Bought british paint in pink and it only needed one coat Will defo use again

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Used to sell minerals to paint companies and we did a lot of tests on the various brands. It's always changing with formulae being adapted all the time.

Best we found for opacity (coverage) was Wattyl.

In fact if I was buying today I'd go for Wattyl or Solver.
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My own experience was that cheaper brands were crap. Then we bought a "slave for a day" at a charity auction. He was a painter by trade we had him repaint all of our rear veranda using Dulux. Not a bad job for a $50 buck outlay + paint. We bought his Mrs as well [$20 bucks] she emptied our well over stocked pantry, washed the shelves & re arranged everything so it was neat & tidy.
Could do with another one of those auctions
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Originally Posted by cresta57
My own experience was that cheaper brands were crap. Then we bought a "slave for a day" at a charity auction. He was a painter by trade we had him repaint all of our rear veranda using Dulux. Not a bad job for a $50 buck outlay + paint. We bought his Mrs as well [$20 bucks] she emptied our well over stocked pantry, washed the shelves & re arranged everything so it was neat & tidy.
Could do with another one of those auctions
Perhaps a phillipino maid would help... You can borrow the rockingham 4 and get her in under false pretences of having young children (sorry, I KNOW kevin is past her sell by date, but they're a package deal) as an au pair.....

They break up for school holidays early next week, I can have them to you by Thursday?....


Did I mention their beloved Grandmother will be visiting them for Christmas.... And January
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Originally Posted by eddie007
Perhaps a phillipino maid would help... You can borrow the rockingham 4 and get her in under false pretences of having young children (sorry, I KNOW kevin is past her sell by date, but they're a package deal) as an au pair.....

They break up for school holidays early next week, I can have them to you by Thursday?....


Did I mention their beloved Grandmother will be visiting them for Christmas.... And January
Errr no thanks Ed
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Originally Posted by cresta57
My own experience was that cheaper brands were crap.
Normally it's best to avoid special promotion items of the big brands too. They make inferior quality batches just for these events. Opacity is the usual failing on these.
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Originally Posted by sheene
Never had problems in the UK, be it with spraying or brushing, always managed to get a decent finish. NZ and OZ - just can not get anything near the quality of finish. Adhesion problems, runs, drying anomalies, re-coating issues.

Getting really frustrated - is the paint crap?
I've done a lot of painting recently. Dulux and Solver are the best. I prefer the Solver trade low-sheen paint - very good quality and finish. It's not cheap though - $127 for 10l.

I've never had to do more than 2 coats.

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Just finished painting a very big room with Dulux. 1 Undercoat, 2 topcoats. Result - perfect.
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Just finished painting a very big room with Dulux. 1 Undercoat, 2 topcoats. Result - perfect.
Jeez that a lot of work.....

Am I suffering from false memory syndrome when I say back in the uk ONE coat of a decent brand on a properly prepped wall did it for us???
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Originally Posted by Gibbo
Just finished painting a very big room with Dulux. 1 Undercoat, 2 topcoats. Result - perfect.
This is how to do it.
Do it properly first time and it will last for years.
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Jeez that a lot of work.....

Am I suffering from false memory syndrome when I say back in the uk ONE coat of a decent brand on a properly prepped wall did it for us???
Can remember painting walls in the UK - was always wallpaper and that was a lot of work!
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Originally Posted by eddie007
Jeez that a lot of work.....

Am I suffering from false memory syndrome when I say back in the uk ONE coat of a decent brand on a properly prepped wall did it for us???
That's what we did - one of those paint pad things, whole room in an hour. Glosswork is different though, primer, undercoat, gloss.
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