Magnolia paint

dooj

Why dont you ask people at your workplace or friends or whoever if they have any leftover magnolia paint which you could use, its a very popular colour at the minute and it might be that you can get enough together and mix it all up and just do one wall. If the place was painted as recently as august by the landlord then surely there would be some leftover which he would keep just incase to cover bumps and scrapes. If the landlord knows which brand it was could you not just buy a tester pot and cover the mark with that cos after a while it will probably all fade into one colour anyway. Good luck but failing that could you not just buy a big poster/picture to put over the mark? your landlord would never know......

ag359

dooj wrote:

Why dont you ask people at your workplace or friends or whoever if they have any leftover magnolia paint which you could use, its a very popular colour at the minute and it might be that you can get enough together and mix it all up and just do one wall. If the place was painted as recently as august by the landlord then surely there would be some leftover which he would keep just incase to cover bumps and scrapes. If the landlord knows which brand it was could you not just buy a tester pot and cover the mark with that cos after a while it will probably all fade into one colour anyway. Good luck but failing that could you not just buy a big poster/picture to put over the mark? your landlord would never know......

Thanks, unfortunately the landlord does already know, because he came round and saw it. Technically, I could get some leftover paint from the landlord's decorator, but I don't really want to push it too much, because the LL might just get fed up and say I have to get the decorator to do it. To be honest, he's doing me a favour by letting me do it myself, and not have to pay the decorator out of my deposit.

Anyway, I'm going to pop down to Wilko's now and see if I can find some magnolia that matches. Hopefully, a small pot should be enough, so I might just get a tester, and see how much it covers.

Will let you know how I get on...

bunking_off

The earlier posters might be correct about doing the whole wall, but I'd think you'll probably be lucky because it's magnolia. For some reason, this colour does match very well so you can patch paint, particularly if the finish is matt. This is why housebuilders tend to use it - it means that they can touch up any knocks that happen, rather than having to repaint the whole room to keep customers happy. Obviously as the paint ages the chances of doing so diminish, but I've certainly painted over marks on the wall a couple of years after it was originally painted, and you can't see the join. Only thing is, with an ink stain you will need a few coats - just remember apply conservatively, do many coats, rather than slapping it on.

ag359

Thanks for that bunking_off. I've just bought a tester pot of matt magnolia from Wilkinson, and tried a small patch in the corner. At first sight, it looks a bit too dark, but maybe it'll get lighter as it dries? (I only put it on about 10 minutes ago). Fingers crossed I won't have to do the whole wall...

bunking_off

The only proviso I'd make on tester pots is that you have to be v.careful about the finish of them (matt v silk v gloss). I learned from bitter experience that when I painted foot square blocks of different colours on a wall to decide which to paint a room in, the damn things showed through when I painted the whole wall and caused me to have to use a couple of extra coats - it wasn't the colour coming through, it was the slightly different finish.

ag359

Well, it should be OK, as I used it in a hidden corner. It definitely says matt finish as well. Still too dark though...

bunking_off

Give it a few hours to dry...

bennygod

I cna catergorically say that even though every paint manufacturer sells magnolia they will all be different shades. You'll be lucky to match it, even if by chance you selected the same manufacturer as the actual paint on the wall since different batches will have a variation too. I can back this up as my old man is a builder and he always gives any extension, new house or whatever a standard 2 coats of magnolia that he gets from a trade builders merchants, I used this on my house and it is a lovely light creamy colour. I ran out and couln't be bothered to go and get some more of that and I had one small wall left. To do this I went to Wickes to get their magnolia thinking as it was on a different wall a subtle colour difference wouldn't be noticeable but believe me it was. The Wickes was a lot darker and dirtier and nowhere near as nice as the trade paint.

ag359

Well, bennygod, you've obviously been a bit unlucky, because my magnolia has dried to match perfectly with the stuff that is already on the walls (which I think was from a trade builders). Am pretty chuffed, because I managed to cover up the patches by just using the sample pots of paint, at 69p each (I needed 2)!