BEST CHEAP PAINT MSE help needed

victory

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high-rise_andrew

Hoestly fellow Mse member, you get what you pay for! Cheap paint from one of these local household shops which sells all kinds of plastic goods and cheap tat is like whitewash to be honest. Best having a look around the liked of B&Q/Hombase?Wickes & whatever is near to you & buying one of those big drums of proper white paint from a known brand. These home improvement d.i.y type places have always got some kind of sale/deal type thing going on. Good luck & hth:)

phill99

High riase andy is right - don't buy cheap paint. Or brushes or rollersa etc. Its false economy. Trade quality paint is better quality than retail quality. Try your local trade painting and decorating suppliers. Johnstones is a good trade brand as is Macphersons. For Macphersons matt white emulsion I pay less than £16 for 10 litres. My decorator has never had any problems with it. I'm sure you could find a local stockist on line.

nalyo

i followed 'misgraces' advice and bought some paint form the dulux shops. it was by gliddens. 10 litre matt emulsion. cost me 16quid or so.

lawrie28

dulux 10 litre+ 20% extra about £19 at B+Q warehouse warrington

ramk_

Hope this is of help - was in my local Homebase last week and they had 3 for 2 on all Crown paint, not sure if offer still on but might be worth a look? Good luck.

TDA10

I painted my whole house with Wickes Trade Emulsion which is a good price and covered over new plaster very well, but it certainly isn't very durable - one small knock or scrape and it comes straight off.

I used the matt version, which isn't washable either (as I found out ), so if you need it to be washable or wipeable then go for silk or soft sheen, but if you have kids, pets or have a high traffic household with people in and out brushing against the walls etc then don't bother with the Wickes Matt one! can't speak for Silk, but wish I'd used it instead that's for sure!

Good Luck!

mjr600

phill99 wrote: »

High riase andy is right - don't buy cheap paint. Or brushes or rollersa etc. Its false economy. Trade quality paint is better quality than retail quality. Try your local trade painting and decorating suppliers. Johnstones is a good trade brand as is Macphersons. For Macphersons matt white emulsion I pay less than £16 for 10 litres. My decorator has never had any problems with it. I'm sure you could find a local stockist on line.

I've always used Crown, not cheap but very nice to paint with and heavily pigmented so it covers well. I'm using a decorator this year as I've got too much to do outdoors, he's a decent bloke who's been at it for 30ys, says he won't use anything other than www.johnstonestrade.com. I went to our local branch yesterday, very reasonable prices.

You get what you pay for with paint, with cheap stuff you may end up doing it again in three years, with the better stuff you may strech it to five and always use Silk, that way you can wipe it down clean, you really can't do that with a matt without marking the wall.

kazwookie

Buy the best paint you can afford.

Also watch for things like buy 2 get a 3rd one free.

Happy painting.

foreign_correspondent

I once used B&Q cheapo range paint and it was terrible - we were painting over some horrid pink emulsion, after every coat it looked as if it was covering, so you would be lulled into a false sense of security, go and get a cuppa and return to see that it had dried... PINK!!!

After about 4 coats I went out and bought some better stuff! However, a friend recommended Wilkos own range, and I was very pleasantly surprised when I used it, very good coverage, and nice paint.

knightstyle

We always use Wickes Trade emulsion, they do a small range of standard colours, covers well though you may need two coats on dark surfaces.
Also consider using it as a white base coat if you want more exotic coluors or are painting a new wall, ceiling etc.