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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?

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I haven't had to do any painting in the UK but my FIL commented a few times when he was here helping us paint our place how the paint seemed crap and would often need several coats AND is very expensive here.

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I think that may be it - every time you have to apply another coat, the chances of it going wrong multiplies, so thin paint = lots of coats needed = sag / runs etc.

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Because we are currently painting the house prior to putting it on the market I am noticing these things, you sometimes need 3 coats to make it look decent which seems absurd. Not cheap paint either.

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Sorry didnt mean to intrude.....

This is obviously the boys equivilant to the "should be doing housework thread"

Stand easy....

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Has she gone yet? Can't even have a conversation about paint without them trying to muscle in.

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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.

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If your using oil based add some penetrol it will help with your finishing problems.
Don't mean to state the bleeding obvious but you can't put acrylic over enamel.
Edit:you can but it's a long winded process.

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:rofl: Why do we do that - a 50c bag of Jelly Beans and we are anybodies.

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Why do you need to add extra things to the paint? Surely if it needed it, it would already be there in the tin?

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FFS you lot still hanging around here?

isnt the pub open yet?

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You are so yesterday - Paint sniffing is the new alcohol abuse.

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This explains the brain cell depletion in the male population of BE barbie...

Does paint sniffing impact adversly on fertility too?

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Gloss or semi gloss is absolute rubbish- peels off and needs several coats. This is despite sanding and undercoating. I hate Aussie paint.:thumbdown::frown:

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Not sure, if they would let me know where they are, I would count the little bastards.

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You have made my day! Seriously, I thought I was doing something wrong. Aussie paint haters of the world unite. :thumbup:

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You need help finding them:blink:

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That was artistic license my dear.

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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 :thumbsup: Will defo use again

Lynn xx

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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:sneaky:

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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:frown:

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Errr no thanks Ed:eek:

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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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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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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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This is how to do it.
Do it properly first time and it will last for years.

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Can remember painting walls in the UK - was always wallpaper and that was a lot of work!

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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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OMG Woodchip wallpaper.... What barstard invented that stuff???? Became ONE with the wall.... impossible to remove, impossible to live with...

YEUCH:thumbdown:

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That was the same time people were covering up lovely old doors with hardboard and painting them. We have spent the last 40 years undoing the wrongs of the 50's/60's/70's. Decorating and life.

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I had bamboo flooring put down a few years back. Took the skirting boards off while it was being done and discovered that they were made of cedar but had been glossed !

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Lucky you. I'm in the process of having bamboo flooring put down, and have just discovered the skirting boards are cardboard. Or something like that. Turn into a soggy mess when the patio door leaks, I know that much.

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Probably MDF, also called Medium Density Fibreboard, which is compressed wood pulp mixed with glue. When it gets wet, the glue dissolves, leaving woodpulp = cardboard!

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Have any of you used the Wattyl Low VOC range and can give me feedback, please?

I want to use something with as few nasties in as possible but this stuff http://www.energyandwatersolutions.com.au/setup.htm looks a heck of a faff and, as we have the whole apartment to do, relatively expensive, so exploring other options.

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Yes I think it is MDF. The floor man didn't recognise the profile and now we know why. Hoping it's not tricky to find some or we'll be replacing the whole lot.

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I've just recently spent 18 months painting every bloody square inch of the house using all variety's of different brands of paint and yes it is sh1t:thumbdown: (the paint that is not the finished job ;)) Good thing to come out of it all is the fact there's 5 coats of paint in most places so i doubt the house will blow away in the event of a cyclone hitting us :lol:

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But you did make a first class job of it mate;):thumbsup:

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Well thank you kind sir :)