Do you use Dulux quick-drying gloss? If so, can you help...?

Cinquestelle

I have used Dulux Quick-Drying Gloss almost since it first came on the market and after some very hard lessons I did get to use it very successfully around my home where it has lasted well.

I now need to take to the brush again and have started shopping around for the best deal. When researching the prices I couldn’t help noticing the incredible number of truly bad reviews it has received on the B & Q and Homebase websites. Most of the complaints refer to its “milky” consistency and poor coverage. It is making me hesitate buying it again. As we all now know, it wouldn't be the first time a reformulation has gone badly wrong at Dulux.

I was wondering if there are any regular users of this product among you who therefore are in a position to comment on whether the product appears to have changed in any way. In this way I hope it might be possible to then draw a conclusion as to whether the complaints reflect a deterioration in the quality of the product or that it is simply a matter of it being essentially the same product attracting bad reviews from users who would never find this sort of paint acceptable or have other problems using it.

As I say at the beginning, I am an experienced past user of this paint; what I am hoping for is feedback from similar people who have bought the Dulux Quick-Drying Gloss both previously and recently who are in a perfect position to have detected any discernible changes in the product.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

nickj_2

if you use it with an acrylic undercoat it should be good, try getting it from a builders supply rather than a diy store

sunseekr

First of all, let me say I'm an experienced decorator. I'm now on my third coat using the Dulux Quick Dry Gloss and it still looks awful. This isn't the only bad experience I've had with Dulux either. In my opinion, their rich matt is also to be avoided. I don't know what's going on with Dulux, at one time they were the Rolls Royce of paints. I've now given up on them as a supplier.

ian103

weve given up using dulux emulsion as the last time we purchased were like water. the guy that decorated our kitchen used some of the dulux emulsion as the initial msit coat on a newly plastered wall - he reckoned the worst he'd seen in a long time.

it seems diy dulux has lost its way (guessing due to costs). may try a tin from a trade centre but then there are other makes which will be as good or better

Myser

As far as I know, the paint from the Dulux trade centres is much better than the DIY stores.

nickj_2

the dulux paint that you get from diy stores,ie stuff in a fancy tin is made to be used straight from the tin, the trade stuff is a bit thicker and is mae so it can be thiined if needed, apart from that it's the same

ian103

the stuff we have is so thin I would say its not fit for purpose - its way to thin, its the consistency of water. the coloured emulsion we have is marginally better.

nickj_2

bedec do a good w/b gloss as do johnstones

jellie

ian103 wrote: »

the stuff we have is so thin I would say its not fit for purpose - its way to thin, its the consistency of water.

I found this with Dulux satinwood. I don't think it would have ever looked nice, no matter how many coats were put on.

I got some Dulux Trade Diamond Satinwood from a Dulux paint centre instead - very nice to put on, much thicker and looked really good after 2 coats.

I complained to Dulux about the thin stuff and got some vouchers back.

keystone

nickj wrote: »

bedec do a good w/b gloss as do johnstones

Must admit I'm now a great fan of Johnstones Aqua.

Cheers

Leif

About 2 years ago I tested various water based paints including Dulux Quick Dry Gloss white paint. It was atrocious, as thin as milk, with no covering power. I think I did 5 coats and it still looked rubbish.

Given what the pros are saying, both here and elsewhere, there are now some very good water based paints about.