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Better quality white paint?

(55 Posts)
Lisagran Fri 07-Jun-19 13:01:57

We painted our sitting room with white emulsion a few years ago and now it needs re-doing. Is it worth spending more on high end paints like Farrow and Ball? Big difference in the cost! Or are Dulux / Crown etc just as good?

grannybuy Sat 08-Jun-19 18:29:47

I'm in a new build which has been completely done in white emulsion (Dulux )The builder gave us the number, and it could only be bought at a trade store. The dealer said it wasn't cheap paint. Having grandchildren coming and going, it does get some scuff some marks. I have to be very careful wiping it, as I found the first time I tried, that I was left with a bluish mark. I will have to use something stronger when I repaint.

Maggiemaybe Sat 08-Jun-19 20:41:08

I’ve always found Dulux to be very good, durable and easy to apply. DH once made a unilateral decision to save a bob or two and buy Wilko gloss for our landing skirting board and coving. It was ruddy useless, cost more because it had to have several coats, and every time it was caught by the vac or even a grandson’s foot, a strip would peel off. There’s shabby chic and there’s plain old shabby... grin If it’s good now, the formula must have changed.

Magrithea Sun 09-Jun-19 10:12:02

Our decorator can't stand Farrow & Ball - too difficult to work with! He sent me to Brewers, where a lot of the trade go, and they will mix paint to your colour

Grannytwo Tue 11-Jun-19 07:28:39

My hubby will only use Dulux One Coat so as I want the house decorated that’s what it has to be!