emulsion paint brand recommendations

salthepal

I am about to redecorate a large bedroom and went into Homebase yesterday to look at colours and brands. There is huge difference in price betweeen the top of the range Farrow and Ball and Homebase's own brand. Is it worth buying the "better" more expensive brands please?
Thanks.

Quincy_3

Dulux or Crown but try and get supermatt far better covergae against price also dont bother with Own Brand stuff its a load of dog doo.

Debt_Free_Chick

Personally, I would use Farrow & Ball every time. Excellent coverage.

They make paint in a traditional way with old-fashioned ingredients and I rather suspect that the own brands and some of the more popular brands are made differently and contain "chemical" ingredients. I think F&B simply use more superior ingredients.

If you buy F&B wallpaper, they print it to order!!

claireb

All paints are 'chemical'!
The best I have found in terms of ease of coverage and colour quality is trade Layland, my local paint store mixes it in any colour to order (about £23 for 5L). Check around locally to see if you have something similar as the people who work there usually give really good advice too.

gm_xone

Dulux, Crown and Johnstone's/Leyland Trade Paint only!
I always avoid retail & 'own brand' versions.

Quincy_3

Lol. Trade is the same as retail as it comes out the same vats.

Thats what the man at Dulux told me anyway its just marked up on price.

Debt_Free_Chick

claireb wrote:

All paints are 'chemical'!

I suppose it depends on what you mean by chemical. F&B use natural pigments in many of their paints, rather than a colour produced in a laboratory/factory.

weekendwarrior

I only ever use Dulux, I have tried the rest and was not impressed. Crown paints come in second place IMHO

gm_xone

Quincy wrote:

Lol. Trade is the same as retail as it comes out the same vats.

:eek: ...Not at the company I worked for!
The retail & own brand products were manufactured in batches totally separate from their premium paint.

Quincy wrote:

Thats what the man at Dulux told me anyway its just marked up on price.

Was it the same 'man' who also recommended you use Dulux Supermatt?
It is a very good product admittedly...but is primarily for use as a first coat application on new plaster, plasterboard and interior masonry surfaces.

Personally, I would use a 'vinyl' emulsion as a finish on interior walls.

Reluctant_spender

Trade paint is slightly thinner.

I always buy branded paint from trade counters -much cheaper and bigger pots.

If I am after bog standard white gloss etc then I tend to buy from screwfix.

Little_John

claireb wrote:

All paints are 'chemical'!
The best I have found in terms of ease of coverage and colour quality is trade Layland, my local paint store mixes it in any colour to order (about £23 for 5L). Check around locally to see if you have something similar as the people who work there usually give really good advice too.

I will second this

I did 2 rooms with the stuff the first coat covered everything on bare plaster walls fine unfortunalty I wasnt good at knowing where I had already done and went over 1 section by mistake so ended up doing a 3rd coat and it looks great all over.