Can you get masonry paints in bold colours?

delmonta

I want to paint my house orange, quite a bold one. I've called up the local Deluxe centre, Johnstones and Brewers and they are all incredibly unhelpful for some reason! I just drove 20 minutes to brewers and they just wouldn't help me find a colour close to my colour. They just gave me a couple of charts, but the charts dont have anything close. 

The ones I really like are Morrocan Flame, Ral 2008 and Ral 2003. But as far as I can tell there is nothing like that in external masonry paint. Any ideas?

Mutton_Geoff

Gulp, you don't live near me do you?

delmonta

Mutton_Geoff said:

Gulp, you don't live near me do you?

I knew that people would  not like the colour!! But please still help me with my problem  

I always loved orange, I live in a bit of Bristol where there are lots of bold coloured houses and crazy stuff, so it's not as weird as you think!

Niv

take a look here they have some oranges :
https://www.designerpaint.com/brands/albany-smooth-masonry

Not a recommendation, I just googled around a bit for you.

Niv

And another one:
https://chapelinteriors.co.uk/collections/masonry/products/little-greene-masonry-orange-aurora-21-paint

Niv

I live in Somerset so will be able to see you when you have finished painting the house ;P

delmonta

Thanks everyone, I was only looking with the main brands, so hadn't looked into others, but still I can't find anything that matches even closely that Dulux morrocan flame!

cymruchris

delmonta said:

Thanks everyone, I was only looking with the main brands, so hadn't looked into others, but still I can't find anything that matches even closely that Dulux morrocan flame!

With the number of bright houses in Bristol - the paint must be coming from somewhere do you have neighbours with equally bright houses that you could stop in the street and ask where they got their paint from? There must be a local one man band style paint business that puts all those bright colours together - you just have to find them and I for one love the brightly coloured houses of Bristol. 

FreeBear

One of two options - Get a tub of basic white paint and ask the supplier to add pigments from their mixing machine. Some will, many won't so you might have to hunt around.

Alternatively, get some raw pigment and mix your own. One supplier might be https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/product/ral-2008-polyester-pigment-bright-red-orange - You'll need to experiment with pigment quantities to get the shade you want. Use a water based paint and slake pigments thoroughly before mixing else you'll get "colour bombs".

Have used raw pigments here for coloured plasterwork. Some pigments work better than others.

Edit - Found this - https://www.thepaintshed.com/sandtex-smooth-masonry-5lt-all-colours-5-lt#RAL 2008

So yes, it does appear that loud colours can be had.

Niv

delmonta said:

Thanks everyone, I was only looking with the main brands, so hadn't looked into others, but still I can't find anything that matches even closely that Dulux morrocan flame!

Ok, will try one more time:
https://www.paintretail.co.uk/product/masonry-paint/
Its called terracotta but likes quite bright on my screen. 

delmonta

cymruchris said:

delmonta said:

Thanks everyone, I was only looking with the main brands, so hadn't looked into others, but still I can't find anything that matches even closely that Dulux morrocan flame!

With the number of bright houses in Bristol - the paint must be coming from somewhere do you have neighbours with equally bright houses that you could stop in the street and ask where they got their paint from? There must be a local one man band style paint business that puts all those bright colours together - you just have to find them and I for one love the brightly coloured houses of Bristol. 

Thanks yeah my neighbours actually painted there house a bold colour, but its still more standard, its green. It was Johnstones, and I looked through hundreds of their colours, nothing like the ones I want. It seems orange isn't very popular, and most people lean towards terracotta or more muted colours, but I want it bold!