Gloss paint going yellow

totalguitar

I noticed that the doors and loft hatch that I painted 9 months ago with Dulux gloss had started to go yellow. I rang the Dulux customer care department for advice. They advise that gloss paint can start to go yellow after 3 months. I find this totally unacceptable and was wondering if i had any consumer protection that would apply in this situation. I asked if there was a warning on the tin and he said there wasn't but anti-yellowing paint was available to purchase, presumably at extra cost.

Nile

Hello totalguitar


Do you have any smokers in the house? I was just wondering if cigarette smoke could be a reason for the yellowing.

totalguitar

Nile wrote:

Hello totalguitar


Do you have any smokers in the house? I was just wondering if cigarette smoke could be a reason for the yellowing.

Noboby in the house smokes or ever has smoked. I could understand and expect yellowing if we did smoke.

[Deleted User]

I read that dark places and ammonia based cleaners can cause yellowing. It appears that water based paints do not yellow. It looks as though I`ll be doing the woodwork here in water based eggshell. Not good enough re dulux. Seems not to be `fit for purpose` ie white paint

Marsh_Samphire

I had the same problem with dulux white and my uncle advised me to try water based and it was much better.

totalguitar

I've contacted trading standards to see if they can help. Could open up a whole can of worms !

Tom_Jones

Buy decent gloss paint