Was wondering if any one had used Indicoat paint. You know the stuff
that goes on pink (so you can see where you have painted), but then
dries white. B&Q has it reduced from £30 odd to £10 for 10l I was
wondering if this price drop was because it was crap and no-one was
buying it or whether everyone was just afraid to use it .

soup
wibbled on Monday 28 September 2009 18:32

Was wondering if any one had used Indicoat paint. You know the stuff
that goes on pink (so you can see where you have painted), but then
dries white. B&Q has it reduced from £30 odd to £10 for 10l I was
wondering if this price drop was because it was crap and no-one was
buying it or whether everyone was just afraid to use it .

Not quite answering the question:

A well placed bright lamp, up or side lighting the work can help - you see
the wet paint more clearly against the previous dry coat.

--
Tim Watts

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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:32:01 GMT, soup wrote:

Was wondering if any one had used Indicoat paint. You know the stuff
that goes on pink (so you can see where you have painted), but then
dries white. B&Q has it reduced from £30 odd to £10 for 10l I was
wondering if this price drop was because it was crap and no-one was
buying it or whether everyone was just afraid to use it .

According to the diy groups it is crap because it does not dry white
and discolours quickly. Just a good idea not tested sufficiently
before being marketed.

"soup" wrote in message
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Was wondering if any one had used Indicoat paint. You know the stuff that
goes on pink (so you can see where you have painted), but then dries
white. B&Q has it reduced from £30 odd to £10 for 10l I was wondering if
this price drop was because it was crap and no-one was buying it or
whether everyone was just afraid to use it .

It's crap so I wouldn't bother. I used it on a cieling, a white cieling.
B&Q
mislead people by suggesting it goes on pink and dries white. It was
nothing
like stated on TV adverts years ago - they showed it as pink. The paint is
WHITE in the tin with a tiny tiny hint of pink, hardly noticable unless you
use a really bright light to see which bits you have painted!
It did give a bright white finish and has lasted a few years, but the "goes
on pink"
bit is a complete lie. You would be better buying a good quality white
paint
and using a light. Fresh paint always covers well anyway.
I don't rate it, it's certainly NOT worth £30 and side by side with a tin of
Dulux for example, I know which I would buy.

A builder I knew deliberately mixed in a bit of colour on the first coat
when painting his own house. The old paint was white, so he could see easily
which bits he had missed. Second coat was white, and again he could see at a
glance which bits he had missed. The final result was very good.