Dulux Paint Mixing

suzie0308

Dulux colour mixing is great. You can even take a piece of wall paper/fabric into the shop and they will scan it to see which colour will best match up.

Dulux specialist shops are dearer than than homebase and b & Q. The same product is used in all shops/stores so the quality is the same.

Remember that although B & Q might be a bit cheaper you can now use your nectar coupons etc in homebase. If you haven't registered online with nectar then go and do it. They will send you emails with additional bonus points for sainsburys, homebase, BP etc.

Also look out for the 20%/15% off week-ends in both stores.

The store ready made brands are not as thick as Dulux so it is not cost :(effective and takes longer to cover the area.:(

Happy painting.:j

Colour_Republic

suzie0308 wrote: »

Dulux colour mixing is great. You can even take a piece of wall paper/fabric into the shop and they will scan it to see which colour will best match up.

Dulux specialist shops are dearer than than homebase and b & Q. The same product is used in all shops/stores so the quality is the same.

Remember that although B & Q might be a bit cheaper you can now use your nectar coupons etc in homebase. If you haven't registered online with nectar then go and do it. They will send you emails with additional bonus points for sainsburys, homebase, BP etc.

Also look out for the 20%/15% off week-ends in both stores.

The store ready made brands are not as thick as Dulux so it is not cost :(effective and takes longer to cover the area.:(

Happy painting.:j

Sorry Suzie but the Dulux paints in DIY stores are not the same formular sold in the specalist trade shops. Do you not think all painters and decorators would shop in homebase if it was? Dulux Trade is a superior paint to Dulux Retail paints hence why it costs more.

Also it should be said that you can collect necter points in Dulux Decorators Centres.

I know this thread is very old but it's also worth mentioning that all mixing machines are not calibrated the same so if you buy a mixed paint and then need more, then make sure you go back to the same store as there can be a noticable difference if you don't

jcb208

Dulux trade is the same if bought in a diy shop or decorator center, the difference is if you buy the retail range which although is fine to use the pigment is not so strong and will not need thinning like the trade paint does

suzie0308

Hi jcb

This is really a reply to Colour Republic's message to me but there was not a reply option.

I trust that CR is an acredited professional 'Dulux' decorator as is my partner and he has been for the last 23 years. All his work is guaranteed by Dulux for 2 years and he has never had any complaints. He always shops at B & Q or homebase.!

Yes, Nectar have a bonus offer at the moment for 1000 points if you spend £20 or more in a dulux store. 1000 points is £5 so it is worth wighing up the difference in price, coupons, points, etc.

We once went to a Dulux trade store with a piece of painted wallpaper which we had stripped off to match up. They scanned it and we brought home a tester tin. It didn't match at all. We then took it to homebase and we got one almost exactly the same. So, if you don't succeed the first time - try again.

Suzie

Curly

suzie0308 wrote: »

I trust that CR is an acredited professional 'Dulux' decorator as is my partner and he has been for the last 23 years. All his work is guaranteed by Dulux for 2 years and he has never had any complaints. He always shops at B & Q or homebase.!

I’m a professional Decorator and I would never dream off going to BnQ or homebase unless I absolute have to it’s a last resort, I would always go to trade store (Personally I like Crown) if you are regularly buying paint you open up an account and you get a discount in all the trade stores. Being a "Professional Dulux Decorator" doesn’t mean jack to me it’s a load of cotton wool.

Go to a trade shop, ask 4 a discount youl get 1 easy.
But nobody asked me :P

Colour_Republic

suzie0308 wrote: »

Hi jcb

This is really a reply to Colour Republic's message to me but there was not a reply option.

I trust that CR is an acredited professional 'Dulux' decorator as is my partner and he has been for the last 23 years. All his work is guaranteed by Dulux for 2 years and he has never had any complaints. He always shops at B & Q or homebase.!


Suzie

You would be right, yes I am a member of the Dulux Decorator Select Scheme. I might have to read the guarantee again but I’m not sure if the guarantee covers the installation of all Dulux products of just the trade.

Dulux retail paint is not just a re-packaged trade paint, it is a different paint all together

ormus

Colour_Republic wrote: »

yes I am a member of the Dulux Decorator Select Scheme.

what on earth is that?
another trade body scam on the public?
you pay your fees and you become a member?

Colour_Republic

ormus wrote: »

what on earth is that?
another trade body scam on the public?
you pay your fees and you become a member?

Not in the slightest

yes there are fees involved, But it is not the same as say many of these worthless 'trade bodies' the difference being is that Dulux Select do not actively find you work, they may pass on leads should a member of the public contact them directly.

Dulux come out and asses your company’s work before being admitted into the scheme, more often than not this is done by NVQ/City & Guilds tutors in the local area. You also have to provide insurance details, by becoming a member you are also automatically accepted into the government backed Trustmark scheme.

Dulux do offer some guarantees on any work that is carried out under the scheme, the 2 main ones being - Any deposit paid to the member by the customer is protected should the company fail to do the work or go into administration and the other is that all work is guaranteed against defects for a period of 2 years providing Dulux products have been used in the main part of the works and the customer has agreed to the spec recommended by the contractor, so say for example the decorator says x amount to preparation work needs to be done to achieve a lasting job and the customer doesn't want that done, then they can opt out of the scheme, all this is put in writing and sent off to Dulux along with any feedback on the member after the job is complete. All at no addition cost to the customer.

As you can imagine as a tradesman I get hassled to join schemes on a daily basis, most of which offer no added benefits to the customer or to the contractor other than a lead finder, Dulux Select is one of the only a few schemes that stand behind their members work and are prepared to put their money where their mouth is. If you read the small print from schemes like Check-A-Trade or MyBuilder (who is partly owned by Travis Perkins by the way) etc. etc. These schemes say they are not responsible for any problems that may arise from poor workmanship. Not saying these schemes aren't worthy just stating a fact.

bodgitandco

What ever you do, don't go to Dulex trade centres.
I went in there because I was desperate for a small tub of unibond. Dispite telling them trade prices from selco, screwfix, edwards, and all my other trade accounts, they still charged me £14 for the smallest tube of unibond money can buy. Oh, of course, the unibond you get at Dulux trade centres is not the same as what you get at DIY shops, right?
Yeah, pull the other one.
The only difference to what you buy from Dulux trade centres & DIY shops is the PRICE.
Why call it a TRADE centre when you charge more than what everybody else is buying it at, at normal diy stores?

vikkers14

bodgitandco wrote: »

What ever you do, don't go to Dulex trade centres.
I went in there because I was desperate for a small tub of unibond. Dispite telling them trade prices from selco, screwfix, edwards, and all my other trade accounts, they still charged me £14 for the smallest tube of unibond money can buy. Oh, of course, the unibond you get at Dulux trade centres is not the same as what you get at DIY shops, right?
Yeah, pull the other one.
The only difference to what you buy from Dulux trade centres & DIY shops is the PRICE.
Why call it a TRADE centre when you charge more than what everybody else is buying it at, at normal diy stores?

Thing to remember is that trade centres prices dont include vat unlike b&q say so price is minus 17.5% vat ..sundries like you mention are the same as diy shops etc ...but Dulux trade is not like dulux retail in any way averagely coverage on a 2.5litre tin of vinyl mat on retail is 32.5 m2 ..trade gives you 42.5m2 ..10m2 more a tin so cheaper in the longrun ..better coverage and easier to use but i,ve only been a decorator for 26 years so what would i know