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Painting My House

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  • 18-07-2007 12:17pm
    #1
    sportbilly
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭


    I've started to think about painting my house for only the second time. The first time I painted everything white because I just wanted to get rid of the the previous owner's colour schemes. And as I was broke I bought cheap Woodies white paint.

    Now I'm going to try a bit of colour and use a bit more expensive paint.

    Is expensive paint actually better? Does anyone know the difference between all the brands? Which ones are best? Which ones have the best range of colours? etc

    All advice greatly appreciated!

    What paint would you recommend? 8 votes

    Valspar
    0% 0 votes
    Crown
    0% 0 votes
    Dulux
    25% 2 votes
    Farrow and Ball
    50% 4 votes
    Sanderson
    12% 1 vote
    DIY Store Own Brand
    12% 1 vote


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    #2
    NextSteps
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭NextSteps


    Another thread on this from a while back:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055036178


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    #3
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    i have recently repainted my whole house ad used both expensive paint the stores own brands and to be honest, i cant see any difference except for price.


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    #4
    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,435 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    I wouldn't use cheap paint. I got stung once and it took a crazy amount of paint to do a small room. I wouldn't necessarily go for the most expensive but I would talk to the guy/girl in the paint shop for their opinions.


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    #5
    narommy
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭narommy


    I bought a tin of Woodies Paint and it did a great job. One coat actually ment one coat.

    But for painting a full house I wouldn't recommend buying in Woodies because of cost so go with Fleetwood................ie....... the people who make Woodies Paint

    Also my dad had a Painter in to do all inside of his house and he would only use Fleetwood (high opacity) Trade paint.

    I personally did the whole house in the same way with Magnolia. Took two coats of Crown (10 litre Bucket) paint that was on offer to make any impression on the original owners colour scheme


    The Crown Indulgence paints are good in my opinion


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    #6
    Reyman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Reyman


    Careful of that own brand paint. I used it outside a few years back and it was all peeling off after 18 months.
    The problem then was I couldn't get it off or paint over it because it was all flaking. It took me a week to sort it out scraping and using a wire brush!

    Only the best from now on!


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