Colour matching magnolia

BoxerfanUK

Picture hooks tend to make very small holes, so quite why any seller would go around filling them in is beyond me!

The OP was on about larger holes left from removed shelves etc, but even then, I have never filled these in when I've moved on and neither would I expect a seller from any house I was buying to do so either.

Don't get me wrong though, i am very fussy about leaving my home as clean and tidy as possible for a new owner. When I moved house in 2016 (for the last time hopefully) I got more stressed out about leaving my old home to an acceptable standard b4 key deadline than i was about my new place. I guess its a pride thing, but pride surely has to have its limits and for me that stops short of redecorating my house for someone else to live in b4 i vacate lol.

Tbh i think most people accept holes in walls as generally they will fully re-decorate to their own taste anyway.... eventually.

happybunny86

It!!!8217;s a rental house and as part of the contract it says if you put up shelves you must fill the holes and repaint otherwise you will be charged. The shelves needed plugs so they were a decent size.

BoxerfanUK

happybunny86 wrote: »

It!!!8217;s a rental house and as part of the contract it says if you put up shelves you must fill the holes and repaint otherwise you will be charged. The shelves needed plugs so they were a decent size.

Apologies happybunny.... I missed the rental house bit. Perhaps try a couple of matchpots that look near enough on a colour chart and be done with it. I wouldn't get too hung up about an exact match, you've filled the holes and tried your best to make good so I presume that should be enough to satisfy most landlords.

Bigphil1474

OP, I think you've got 2 choices - try and flake off some of the correct colour paint near the filled in holes, take it down the DIY shop and get a close match sample pot, paint the holes, job done. If they are slightly off colour try licking your thumb and scuffing it a bit. Or, ask the landlord - tell them you've filled the holes, but you are having trouble colour matching and ask them how much they'll charge if you leave them unpainted - the landlord may repaint anyway if it's due, and between tenants, so you might be wasting time and effort, and as was said earlier, they may have some of the original paint in stock.

dunroving

OP, how long have you been renting there? I know some landlords redecorate between tenants anyway, so be careful you don't end up subsidizing the landlord's decoration costs! I'd say if you've been there a few years it would be reasonable to assume the LL will redecorate anyway, in which case you just have to fill the holes.

JohnB47

I'm not sure what the problem is here. If the paint has been on the wall for a number of years, it will be darker than the same paint put on today.

Assuming you want to paint all of the walls in a particular room, why not just go and buy common or garden magnolia paint? OK, it will look slightly lighter and fresher than what's there but that will be perfectly normal and acceptable.

Why do you think you've got to repaint so that it exactly matches old magnolia paint? Perhaps you're hoping to avoid painting all of the walls in a room? If so, I think you won't succeed. I've tried colour matching paint over many years - it has never once produced acceptable results.

Let's face it - emulsion paint doesn't come in small pots so you might as well just paint the whole room with good old magnolia.