In case anyone is looking for a good deal on paint...

A mate is doing a house refurb prior to letting, so he asked me to get
some paint for him while I was shopping. I happened to be in Makro, and
noticed they had some 'kin big tins on special offer. I managed to get a
20L bucket of emulsion for about 15 quid inc VAT. It is branded simply
as "trade emulsion", but the manufacturers address gives it away as a
Kalon product (aka Layland, Johnstones etc). Having seen it in action I
can report it actually does the job very well.

(they were also flogging Johnstones branded tubs at approx £12/10L -
still a good enough price but not quite as good as the big buckets).


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Cheers,

John.

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there's a paint manufacturers in Heckmondwike that let you walk in and pay
cash even for small orders, they make paint for Wickes amongst others. I
havent bought any from there in a while, but I remember when I did I was
getting it at nearly a third of the price Wickes were selling it.



"John Rumm" wrote in message
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In case anyone is looking for a good deal on paint...

A mate is doing a house refurb prior to letting, so he asked me to get
some paint for him while I was shopping. I happened to be in Makro, and
noticed they had some 'kin big tins on special offer. I managed to get a
20L bucket of emulsion for about 15 quid inc VAT. It is branded simply as
"trade emulsion", but the manufacturers address gives it away as a Kalon
product (aka Layland, Johnstones etc). Having seen it in action I can
report it actually does the job very well.

(they were also flogging Johnstones branded tubs at approx £12/10L - still
a good enough price but not quite as good as the big buckets).


--
Cheers,

John.

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The cheapest coloured paint freely available on shelves must be Wicke's
trade stuff in the big 10 litre tubs for under a tenner.

I used some on two rooms about 5 years ago, it went on well and it still
looks alright.

RedOnRed wrote:
The cheapest coloured paint freely available on shelves must be
Wicke's trade stuff in the big 10 litre tubs for under a tenner.

I used some on two rooms about 5 years ago, it went on well and it
still looks alright.

And now your stuck with 8.5 Litres. ;-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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RedOnRed wrote:
The cheapest coloured paint freely available on shelves must be
Wicke's trade stuff in the big 10 litre tubs for under a tenner.

I used some on two rooms about 5 years ago, it went on well and it
still looks alright.

And now your stuck with 8.5 Litres. ;-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite



Hmmm, you may have a valid point there.

But even so, it was remarkably cheap colour paint - even if they do have the
cheek to give you too much of it.