Paint - where do you get it?
Jan 4th 2008, 6:48 am
#16
Susie..
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,531
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
Here in ChCh, there's a place called The Paint Exchange, where people take their second hand paint and it's bought off them at, like, $1 a litre.
As a customer you can then go there, mix up your own colour, and take it away for $3 a litre. We've used the place for everything we've painted yet. They have loads of stuff, from gloss to water based, to varnish and deck stain. If you're not too fussy on colour, it's THE place to get your paint.
Maybe they have something similar where you live...?
I hope so, as it is just SOOOO cheap
Good luck!
As a customer you can then go there, mix up your own colour, and take it away for $3 a litre. We've used the place for everything we've painted yet. They have loads of stuff, from gloss to water based, to varnish and deck stain. If you're not too fussy on colour, it's THE place to get your paint.
Maybe they have something similar where you live...?
I hope so, as it is just SOOOO cheap
Good luck!
Jan 4th 2008, 7:48 am
#17
TeamEmbo
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Rangiora
Posts: 1,557
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
We got our paint from Mitre 10, some Dulux, some British Paints. Dulux far superior and needed only one or two coats to cover, unlike the British Paint. Mitre 10 mix to the colour you want. They wanted to charge $3 per tin for the tinting. I just said no I wasn't paying that due to the fact that getting them to tint it was the only way I could get a tin of paint in the colour I wanted as they didn't sell it by the tin off the shelf. The woman looked a bit perplexed but said ok then and didn't charge me the extra. We decorated most of the house when we first moved in and I've never paid for tinting.
Am going to try The Paint Exchange next time we need some paint though as its mega cheap
Am going to try The Paint Exchange next time we need some paint though as its mega cheap
Jan 4th 2008, 8:31 am
#18
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 38,613
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
$3 ? Rip off ! Have some karma .
Paint is a nightmare shocking price here. It's one of the things that does my head in. Like carpet or curtains. Prepare to part with your gold fillings.
Paint is a nightmare shocking price here. It's one of the things that does my head in. Like carpet or curtains. Prepare to part with your gold fillings.
Jan 4th 2008, 8:49 am
#19
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 716
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
I got mine from Guthrie Bowron, good service and knowledgeable
Jan 4th 2008, 9:43 am
#20
By name and by nature
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,852
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
I get Dulux from Mitre10 - I've got used to the price now but really it's not much different to what I was used to paying for quality paint anyway. I bought stuff from B&Q once and needed twice as much as I'd have used if I'd had Dulux so I never did that again!
We pay for tinting here. There are no pre-mixed colours. I get to chat to the person who is doing the job for me and I walk away feeling like I've had a job well done. That's fairly simplistic but it's how I do my business and when I go back I know I'll be greeted with a smile.
We pay for tinting here. There are no pre-mixed colours. I get to chat to the person who is doing the job for me and I walk away feeling like I've had a job well done. That's fairly simplistic but it's how I do my business and when I go back I know I'll be greeted with a smile.
Jan 4th 2008, 10:55 am
#21
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 5,763
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
This is the type of thing I was used to in the US. Every single paint was white / blank. You state which colour you want, then they mix it for you with precise ingredients for the colour mixes. Maybe this is why it was about the same $ price in the US as it is here (the post I deleted earlier 
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Jan 4th 2008, 6:55 pm
#22
By name and by nature
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,852
Re: Paint - where do you get it?
This is the type of thing I was used to in the US. Every single paint was white / blank. You state which colour you want, then they mix it for you with precise ingredients for the colour mixes. Maybe this is why it was about the same $ price in the US as it is here (the post I deleted earlier )?
)?I can't edit my earlier post TeamEmbo and on reading it, it looks a bit sharp - I didn't mean it to be. Sorry.
