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Mixing paint yourself?

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  • My daughter's bedroom is Lilac Love! Unfortunately she is now almost 14 and it is "too girly" for her! :D

    Do you own a drill? Get/make a whisk-type attachment for it and mix the paint with that - that's what I did a couple of years back and it worked out fine :)
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    you could always do 3 walls in that colour and then do a feature wall in a darker shade
  • pinkie_pie
    pinkie_pie Posts: 829 Forumite
    My daughter's bedroom is Lilac Love! Unfortunately she is now almost 14 and it is "too girly" for her! :D

    Do you own a drill? Get/make a whisk-type attachment for it and mix the paint with that - that's what I did a couple of years back and it worked out fine :)


    Does it look any more lilac-y on the walls? As it looks near white in the tin!!!
  • Does it look any more lilac-y on the walls? As it looks near white in the tin!!!
    It does look very lilac on the wall yeah - hang on I'll try and find you a picture.
  • Cool_Username
    Cool_Username Posts: 499 Forumite
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  • Pobski
    Pobski Posts: 17 Forumite
    it will work a treat be sure you have more than enough as you will never get the same colour again
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    Mix it in a bucket from the £ shop, then if you have a little left over you want to keep for the future, something like a Vitalite tub is handy.
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  • Avoriaz
    Avoriaz Posts: 39,110 Forumite
    pimento wrote: »
    If you're doing two different cans of paint, either make sure you don't mix them up on the walls, or make one a few tones darker and use fortwo of the walls, either adjacent or the two facing walls. This will give a bit of depth to the colour.
    What other options are there?

    Unless there are more than 4 walls. :D
  • Avoriaz
    Avoriaz Posts: 39,110 Forumite
    You could try going to your local paint or DIY store and asking if they will put your paint in their paint shaker machine for you for a small fee or if you buy something.

    Those machines should be quicker and more effective than manual mixing.
  • maya+2
    maya+2 Posts: 78 Forumite
    My mum always just buys a white paint and then mixes it with whatever colour she is going for, she isn't usually to fussy on the shade so works fine. I tend to dither over the exact shade for hours so have never tried it myself, but it is definately doable
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