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B & Q "Premium" Paint

bipedalhumanoid · 2022-12-04 11:12:19

Back in August I painted a room using paint mixed in B & Q. Velspar Premium ceilings and walls. It was €65, or thereabouts for 5L. 4 months down the track and I have to clean something off the wall using a wet wipe (the water-only kind used to change babies). The paint comes clean off the wall onto the wet wipe. Is this…

04-12-2022 12:12pm

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bipedalhumanoid

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Back in August I painted a room using paint mixed in B & Q. Velspar Premium ceilings and walls. It was €65, or thereabouts for 5L.
4 months down the track and I have to clean something off the wall using a wet wipe (the water-only kind used to change babies). The paint comes clean off the wall onto the wet wipe.
Is this just cheap paint sold at a premium price? Very unhappy with it. Is that normal?

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#2 05-12-2022 1:39pm

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was it sold as "wipeable" or "washable"?

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#3 12-12-2022 1:01am

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Its actually sold as "scrubbable" in the description on Valspar's website. That looks like it didn't actually adhere properly.
What surface was on the wall before?

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