Is Dulux Paint the best?

fitzmum

Hi,

I'm about to decorate my lounge and have found the perfect colour in the Dulux paint range.

I have 2 children so would like something washable & hardwearing and there is a paint available in the colour I want from dulux that promises this.

Is Dulux paint very good? Its much more expensive than the store own brands. Before I go & buy is there a cheaper alternative that could be recommended?

Does it dry true to the colour on the card? Paints I have bought from B&Q before never look anything like the colour on the tin!

Thanks xx

Abbafan1972

Well we have Dulux "Chalkstone" and "Natural Hessian" in our lounge and it is really good. We have the washable one and if any dinner or whatever end up on it, it just wipes straight off.

I can't recommend any good cheaper ones though I'm afraid.

suisidevw

Nope, Dulux do NOT dry the same colour as the cards, just try tester patches on the walls which won't be visible.

I do like Dulux but it's not cheap, I do rate Crown as well.

nikki1520

Hi Fitzmum

A very good friend of mine is a professional decorator. The best advice he ever gave me was to always buy paint at a builders merchant. It's always less watered down (yes, even the Dulux at B&Q is thinner) and normally works out cheaper too. Apparently, this is one of the reasons having a professional do it means it looks nicer (as well as them doing proper prep etc)

Your local trade counter should provide dulux and/or crown, and will normally be able to match a sample. If you're in the SOuth East, Gibbs and Dandy are very good

rachbc

The dulux paint at my local trade counter is MORE expensive than B&Q, though it is the trade quality so I guess worth paying.

Def get a sample though as they can be wildly different to the printed card

misgrace

nikki1520 wrote: »

Hi Fitzmum

A very good friend of mine is a professional decorator. The best advice he ever gave me was to always buy paint at a builders merchant. It's always less watered down (yes, even the Dulux at B&Q is thinner) and normally works out cheaper too. Apparently, this is one of the reasons having a professional do it means it looks nicer (as well as them doing proper prep etc)

Your local trade counter should provide dulux and/or crown, and will normally be able to match a sample. If you're in the SOuth East, Gibbs and Dandy are very good

Sorry nikki I have to disagree, I am a pro P&D, and find the trade paint slightly thinner than the retail, plus costs a lot more unless you have a discount card.
Plus, there colours are not as true.:eek:
Dulux at B&Q is not any thinner, they get the same mix of paint as homebase and focus, it all comes off the same assembly line.
Infact the DIY sheds pay peanuts for thier paint, and there is approx a 400% mark-up, and B&Q as thier major traders wanted to get it for less than they already do, or they would pull it from thier stores.
Needless to say they still stock it, so you know they got thier own way.

You get a dulux colour made up from your dec shop, and its a few different shades different to the actual dulux colour.

I agree with you about the Professionals doing a nicer job,(well the majority do)

DVardysShadow

What nikki1520 says. There really are 2 grades of paint, DIY and professional. Professional is harder work, but gives a better finish.

Go to a paint merchant, rather than a builders merchant, because the builders merchants are becoming more DIY oriented and it could be difficult to distinguish the product you get.

Leyland Johnstone paints are very good and they can mix almost any colour from any manufacturer - as can most paint merchants

leveller2911

I do wonder why the "Dulux weathershield" 3 part system when purchased from B&Q or Homebase carries a 5yr warranty ,but when brought from a decorators merchants like Trade Paints or Brewers carries an 8yr warranty?????
Its the same system 1: preservative primer.....2:undercoat.........3 gloss coat..........