Can anyone kindly recommend a good-value (budget) emulsion paint (magnolia,
alternatively, white).

Is Wilkinsons' offering any good? The existing walls are very light in
colour (off-white). A one-coat product would be nice.

I'll be needing about 20L, if it's gonna require two coats.

TIA

Al

Leyland white Matt from Screwfix

"AL_n" wrote in message
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Can anyone kindly recommend a good-value (budget) emulsion paint
(magnolia,
alternatively, white).

Is Wilkinsons' offering any good? The existing walls are very light in
colour (off-white). A one-coat product would be nice.

I'll be needing about 20L, if it's gonna require two coats.

'cheap' paint is not worth a carrot, especially when you can get trade paint
(as adam says, Leyland, or Johnstones) for the same price from a trade
outlet....trade paint is obliterating, that is, unless you are going from
blue to white, you generally only need one coat

You don't need to be in the trade to go there BTW, they let anyone in

On 24/07/2015 15:27, AL_n wrote:
Can anyone kindly recommend a good-value (budget) emulsion paint (magnolia,
alternatively, white).

Is Wilkinsons' offering any good? The existing walls are very light in
colour (off-white). A one-coat product would be nice.

I'll be needing about 20L, if it's gonna require two coats.

TIA

Al

Wilkinson paint is very good considering the price. If you are going
same over same even the really cheap stuff is OK.

AL_n wrote:
Can anyone kindly recommend a good-value (budget) emulsion paint (magnolia,
alternatively, white).

One thing to note is every budget magnolia is a slightly different shade -
which means going back and doing touch-ups is tricky unless you keep some
paint spare.

(It definitely varies between brands - I'm not sure if it varies depending
on when you buy the paint).

Theo

On Friday, 24 July 2015 20:23:06 UTC+1, Adam Aglionby wrote:
Leyland white Matt

+1, or another genuine trade brand. having toyed with cheap paints, they're not worth what they cost. There are exceptions, but only for specialised tasks.


NT

Theo Markettos wrote in
:

AL_n wrote:
Can anyone kindly recommend a good-value (budget) emulsion paint
(magnolia, alternatively, white).

One thing to note is every budget magnolia is a slightly different
shade - which means going back and doing touch-ups is tricky unless
you keep some paint spare.

(It definitely varies between brands - I'm not sure if it varies
depending on when you buy the paint).

Theo

Thanks to all for the input. I was taking to a painter friend yesterday who
strongly recommended using vinyl trade emulsion because, he says, with
vinyl, you can wash fingermarks off the finished wall whereas non-vinyl
emulsion is harder to clean.

I may be wrong, but vinyl emulsion sounds to me like it is probably pretty
impervious and airtight. My old house does have a degree of damp within its
solid stone walls. The rendered exterior of the house already has a thick
coat of masonry paint, so I'm wondering if it would pay me to use an
umulsion for the interior that is somewhat breathable, i.e., not 100%
impervious and vapour-tight.

I think in the days of yore, they used to use something called 'distemper'
(not the canine deasease!) for situations where you wanted the walls to be
able to breathe. Can anyone advise what they use nowadays?

Al

On Sunday, 26 July 2015 02:02:19 UTC+1, AL_n wrote:

Thanks to all for the input. I was taking to a painter friend yesterday who
strongly recommended using vinyl trade emulsion because, he says, with
vinyl, you can wash fingermarks off the finished wall whereas non-vinyl
emulsion is harder to clean.

yes, but trade is also used to describe junk.

I may be wrong, but vinyl emulsion sounds to me like it is probably pretty
impervious and airtight.

not at all

My old house does have a degree of damp within its
solid stone walls. The rendered exterior of the house already has a thick
coat of masonry paint, so I'm wondering if it would pay me to use an
umulsion for the interior that is somewhat breathable, i.e., not 100%
impervious and vapour-tight.

There are some people that think so too, but I'm not so sure. Its the outer side that really needs to be breathable on such walls.

I think in the days of yore, they used to use something called 'distemper'
(not the canine deasease!) for situations where you wanted the walls to be
able to breathe. Can anyone advise what they use nowadays?

Mainly just lime. Make a paste of builder's lime, dilute it 50/50 then dilute it further. It goes on very thin, dont be tempted to put anything but thin coats on. It bodies up when drying, and again when curing. It'll need 3 coats. OTOH its especially easy to work with. Use eye protection, it can do terrible things to eyes.


NT

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:27:18 +0000, AL_n wrote:

Can anyone kindly recommend a good-value (budget) emulsion paint
(magnolia,
alternatively, white).

Is Wilkinsons' offering any good? The existing walls are very light in
colour (off-white). A one-coat product would be nice.

I'll be needing about 20L, if it's gonna require two coats.

TIA

Al

We use Glidden from Ridgeons.

Reasonable price, good coverage, rated by the local painters/decorators.

Cheers

Dave R



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wrote in
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I may be wrong, but vinyl emulsion sounds to me like it is probably
prett
y
impervious and airtight.

not at all

That's good to know. ome to think of it, I have seen patches of emulsioned
walls that have appeared darker where damp is bleeding through. That would
back up what you said.


Can anyone advise what they use nowadays?

Mainly just lime. Make a paste of builder's lime, dilute it 50/50 then
dilute it further. It goes on very thin, dont be tempted to put
anything but thin coats on. It bodies up when drying, and again when
curing. It'll need 3 coats. OTOH its especially easy to work with. Use
eye protection, it can do terrible things to eyes.

Many years ago, I had a go at whitewashing with lime. I was baffled at how
little whitening each coat produced. It seemed I'd need to apply about 40-
50 coats to build up a reaonably opaque white. What's more, the layer of
whitewash, being only lime & water, remained very powdery. Maybe I was
doing something wrong. it was nearly half a century ago, so I can't
remember the exact process. I may have omitted the paste-making stage.

Cheers,
Al

On Monday, 27 July 2015 09:55:34 UTC+1, AL_n wrote:
nt wrote in
:

I may be wrong, but vinyl emulsion sounds to me like it is probably
prett
y
impervious and airtight.

not at all

That's good to know. ome to think of it, I have seen patches of emulsioned
walls that have appeared darker where damp is bleeding through. That would
back up what you said.


Can anyone advise what they use nowadays?

Mainly just lime. Make a paste of builder's lime, dilute it 50/50 then
dilute it further. It goes on very thin, dont be tempted to put
anything but thin coats on. It bodies up when drying, and again when
curing. It'll need 3 coats. OTOH its especially easy to work with. Use
eye protection, it can do terrible things to eyes.

Many years ago, I had a go at whitewashing with lime. I was baffled at how
little whitening each coat produced. It seemed I'd need to apply about 40-
50 coats to build up a reaonably opaque white. What's more, the layer of
whitewash, being only lime & water, remained very powdery. Maybe I was
doing something wrong. it was nearly half a century ago, so I can't
remember the exact process. I may have omitted the paste-making stage.

Sounds more like you used whitewash, which is chalk & glue. Lime is only powdery for a few days, it cures.


NT