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This is the feedback thread for the 250 MNers who have been testing Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint.

Here’s what Valspar have to say: “Blend v700 promises to give you ultimate coverage, pure colour, splatter resistance and allows walls to be wiped down without removing the paint. With excellent scrubbability and great stain resistance means Blend v700™ withstands the toughest household stains from felt tips to black coffee, making it perfect for busy homes and high-traffic rooms, such as children’s bedrooms, dining rooms and hallways. With long-term performance you can rely on, your colour will stay true for years to come.”

"As well as being available in a variety of finishes, including matt, mid-sheen and gloss, the Valspar unique colour matching technology can replicate any colour the eye can see - that's 2.2 million shades! Choose a colour that's personal to you and your family - be it the shade of a festive Christmas bauble, or a favourite ornament, simply take the item to your local B&Q and its exact colour can be scanned and recreated in paint form.”

Testers, answer the below questions, but also feel free to share any other comments you have on your experience:
1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?
2. Which room did you decorate and why?
3. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.
4. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Please also share your before and after photos of your project on this thread and complete the feedback survey when we email this to you.

All who complete the required feedback by the 11th April will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher.

Thanks and good luck,

MNHQ

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So I picked the colour we used by mixing the colour with some shades of green in my favourite piece of artwork! B and q matched them fantastically and the shade was perfect.
We painted our living room because it gets is heavily used and needed freshening up for summer.
Applying the Valspar paint was wonderful, it went on so smoothly and we had to do only two coats although one would have sufficed! It dried so quickly aswell, and had a pleasant smell.
I would recommend this product to anyone, especially friends or family, because it was absolutely hands down the best paint I've ever brought!
So reasonably priced too, and a colossal range of colours and choices x

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

At first I found the quantity of colours overwhelming - I wanted a warmer white than the current dulux timeless. The staff member helped me a little bit but I could have done with a bit more help. They had a queue of customers wanted paint mixing to needed to serve them. In the end I chose Almond Milk which has pinky undertones. Looks very similar to f&b Dimity. The mixed colour matched the chip perfectly.
As with others I couldn't buy a roller set - the staff member hunted everywhere for them as the computer said they were in stock.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

I decorated my bedroom. I have a chronic illness and spend an inordinate amount of time in bed and the walls were looking a bit scruffy and in need of a fresh lick of paint. I wanted a calm relaxing colour and was pleased with the finished colour which matched the chip perfectly. I went for a matt finish. It would have been useful to have an example of the different finishes at the paint mixing station.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

Really surprised with how easily this went on. I used a small roller and it gave excellent coverage and absolutely no splashes or drips. As I was covering a light colour two coats gave an excellent coverage. Really easy to apply and no bad paint smell.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

I'd definitely use this paint again. In fact will try doing the woodwork in Valspar instead of my default dulux once.

Thanks for the trial - I never would have painted the bedroom if I hadn't been involved.

Pictures don't really show the difference very well as paint colour isn't too dissimilar.

Ok , I have been painting over a medium green colour with a peachy orange colour and I gave to say that it has taken four coats to be completely free of patchiness. I don't mind because the paint goes on easily and the brushes are easy to clean, I also haven't used much paint despite the four coats. I'm happy with the colour and outcome.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

Choosing a colour was actually a bit difficult. The choice was a little overwhelming and we didn't really go in with a clear idea of what we were looking for. We decided to find a pale coffee colour and started by getting some sample pots of different colours to see how they looked. We loved being able to see the colours under different lights, but we wanted to think it over on a patch of our wall too. The DC had fun painting the sample colours. When we finally decided on a colour we went back to get it matched. The service was great and they were very patient with us and all our questions and indecisiveness.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

We decorated the living room. It was boring white and didn't really suit our furniture. Plus there were loads of marks all over the walls that needed to be covered up.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

The paint has a great texture. It's lovely and thick and goes on easily. Cutting in was easy and the walls were covered easily with the roller.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Yes. We've still got a lot left to do to the house. It's expensive paint, but I don't think we needed to use as much of it as with cheaper paint.

Hi there

Firstly thank you for choosing me to test Valspar Paint! Here are my thoughts.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

It's taken me nearly 3 weeks and numerous tester pots to finally select a colour, having so many colours to choose from is a great thing, unless your indecisive like I was! I did finally choose a colour from one of their samples though. Also the guys that work on the Valspar desk in Reading were amazing at helping me chose and giving me tips, which was great.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

I've decorated the dining part of our new kitchen/dining area. This is a new extension on the house, so was a great blank canvas for me, as it only had the plaster primer on it.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

I'm very impressed with the paint. I previously used Dulux, in the snug area a few months ago, and this would always be my go-to paint brand of choice, but I think this may now change. I found the Valspar paint didn't splatter at all when applying, and after one coat it looks great, so much so, that I might not need to do a 2nd coat. Always great when you're a busy mum with little time for DIY. Also the supplied roller and brushes were great. The only niggle with the roller is that you get some purple fluff on the wall that you need to pick off when first using it. The roller was great to hold, with a nice chunky handle.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

I would definitely consider using Valspar again, the colour choice, the quality and the ease of using, means I'm won over on it.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

I wanted a colour match originally but the sample I took in was a bit too reflective to give a proper match - it came out far too light so I was pointed in the direction of the 2000 paint chips which is an awful lot of choice! I managed to get a reasonable match to the sample I had taken in but would have liked to have the option of different finishes eg metallic / high shine. The service was OK but the person on the counter didn't seem too interested in helping when the colour didn't match.

1. Which room did you decorate and why? The hallway / stairs area. It was previously a sunny yellow but having recarpeted and planning on moving house soon, a more co-ordinated and neutral colour was needed. Also, the area is (obviously) very high traffic and gets very scuffed and dirty so I thought a scrubbable paint would be a good plan.
2. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

It was easy to apply but coverage was a little patchy in places and two coats were definitely needed even though I wasn't covering a particularly strong colour. The consistency of the paint was good - it didn't drip and cutting in was really easy to do. The brushes were a good quality which helped, although a couple of bristles didn't survive DD's painting technique! The lack of smell is also a real positive.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

I liked the paint and would like to consider using it again, however at £15 a tin more than my usual brand, which I have never had any problems with, unless I needed an exact colour match to something or I suddenly have a higher disposable income(!) I'm afraid I don't think the benefits of the paint would get me to spend that much more.

1. There was a huge amount of choice! We wanted blue and found the light box and the little window in the paint card very useful as these made us change our minds about ten times. The service was very good. The young man who served us attended to us straightaway, explained the different paint finishes and guided us to a suitable additional product for the ceiling.

1. Decorated teenage son's room, which had grubby walls and lots of marks caused by sellotape and blu-tack.

1. The coverage was very good and it was easy to apply.

1. I would consider using it again, in spite of the price. The other premium paint I have used is Farrow & Ball, and that has lasted for 12 years as opposed to Dulux which has faded after a much shorter time.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

Oh my. I took HOURS. Not helped by Mini Me ransacking the colour chip display for the vilest shades of brown and green ever created. Luckily B&Q's Ken gave excellent advice. The 3 light thingy was very helpful to see what the colour would look like in different situations. I must admit, I was slightly gutted the colour chips were not in fact what I thought would be little poker chips of colour but instead just boring card. But that's just my sad, middle-aged sadness!

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

Ended up choosing something to liven up the bedroom. Enough said about that.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

Lovely. Great consistency and texture. Went on like a dream and the range of brushes and roller meant no little bits left out. Dried quickly and evenly, the colour I expected it to be too.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Definitely. Great paint. Only time will tell if it withstands sticky hands and sun fading but very pleased so far. I've started collecting items to test the paint match machine with and Mini Me wants a rainbow toom so Ken will be very busy in the near future. Who knew paint cold be so exciting...

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

Our living room is North facing room with grey wall, it looked awful and I hated this wall as soon as we moved it.Last 6 month we were decorating all house with bits here and there and only room which wasn't touched was our grey living room. It was least favourite room in our house.I chose colour from chip rack, it has amazing choice and I thought that this is good idea to leave my toddler with my brother.Unfortunately my son wasn't happy about this idea and was screaming his head off that's why instead of hours of choosing I got minutes to decide. I wanted something warm and yellow in my room, something sunny and then I found" Morning sun" colour was lovely and I loved name, it sounded so suitable for my living room.We were happy with service, customer assistant was helpful.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

We decorated our living because it was ugly and grey colour wasn't suitable for north facing room, in rainy weather room looked so dark and made me unhappy, even at sunny days living room didn't cheered me up,I do love colours and this house when we moved in was decorated in grey, it was like 50 shades of grey in every room and it didn't looked stylish at all, felt unloved.I tried to ignore living room grey wall but day after day it was driving my crazy I need to admit that I hated wall in our living room.There was walpaper which was painted with grey paint and we decided to strip wallpaper off,underneath there were very similar grey paint.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

We didn't planned to remove wallpaper and afterwards our less then perfect wall needed little bit of preparation it still wasn't perfect but we run out of time, we were painting yesterday.On my sons birthday. we were short in time and after first coat I nearly cried as wall looked so patchy and I thought that it will be disaster and probably some good primer underneath would make huge difference.But after second coat wall looked much much better and my husband decided that we need one more coat.3 coats of paint were enough to make our less perfect wall look very very good. It was pleasure to paint as there were no splashes,no strong smell and paint dried very quickly.Roller was very good and Valspar brushes were helpful too.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Yes, we are definitely buying more Valspar paint because there are huge colour choice, it is easy to apply, paint is bright ,no splashes and no strong smell.Lovely paint. Thanks a lot mumsnet and Valspar!My living room is so nice now,just need to think about finishing touches as empty wall is not good. I also loved to look at others before and after pictures it is amazing how lick of paint can transform room!

I have took a picture showing the wall half painted with a lovely pink shade as I forgot to take a picture before I started!

1. I chose the colour with my daughter looking at colours of items she owns and likes. We decided on her pink lampshade and took it in to get that colour. The store had just opened when we arrived so not many staff around but I found someone for the Valspar counter after a few minutes. She was very helpful, the paint matched the colour we wanted exactly .she told me about her training to do the Valspar paint and was envious I had got a free tin.
2. We painted our daughters room as it had been a cream since we had moved. The pink looks lovely and makes the room look more spacious.

3.i found the paint alittle hard to spread but the coverage was fantastic and didn't look like it needed two coats. We have already wiped it down due to mucky fingers! 4.yes I would use again and have already bought for other areas of the house. It's great that you can have the colours you buy stored under your name so you can get the custom colour again if needed in future.

1. I chose the colour from the cards on display. I liked the fact you could look at the card under natural & artificial light! I just had a general idea of the colour I wanted beforehand.
2. I chose the office in my garage which I'm going to use for my healing practice because it's terracotta now and not very relaxing!
3. I liked the way the paint goes on and is splatter resistant as I'm a messy decorator! The brushes are just lovely! I like the wipe down finish too.
4. I would definitely buy this again! Great quality!

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

We looked through all the colours and let my son pick one he liked.. never knew so many existed! Perfect selection of colours to choose from! The colour looked exactly the same as the card and service we received was fantastic... less than 5 minutes from start to finish!

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

We decorated my teenage sons room because being a teenager, his walls were looking very run down and quite grubby! definitely the room that needed it the most!

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

WELL... i am pleased to say it wasn't full of lumps, instead it was a nice smooth texture with little mixing needed at all... pouring some into the roller tray was easier than a lot of paints i have used previously.... it didn't carry on dripping or running down the tin!!
using the roller was really easy... the paint coated the walls really evenly without having to go over it at all!! and then i used the brushes to do edges and around switches etc...

i actually was really really pleased that even using the roller it didn't splash all over the place.... usually if i am painting i wear swimming goggles so i don't get paint in my eyes from all the spraying.... but this Valspar brand actually caused no spraying and i took my goggles off when i realised i wasn't getting sprayed...
i painted this morning and have left it to dry and i have been back to go over the patches but i am actually struggling to see any patches!! It really has covered his walls well!! very impressed!!
Also i noticed it doesn't have a strong smell to it like some paints do!

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Most definitely.... it was a lot quicker to use, no mess apart from on my hands which is expected.... and also when i accidently put my painted hand onto his white door, it wiped off quite easily without staining his door! would definitely recommend this brand of paint!!

Thanks for the chance to test Valspar V700 paint. I paint for a living, and have clients from "F&B all the way" to penny pinchingcost conscious LLs, so use different paint ranges, but I was a Valspar virgin, so delighted to try.

I used Bridal Veil, matt, on a small TV room, because I' m paling my worn house before selling.

The colour match to the sample card - better than many big brands.

Application - this is a good diy paint, thickish and easy to apply.Deffo needed two coats for the lilac to cream colour change. I will probably touch up some bits , which is disappointing: but tbf, I' m quite a perfectionist.
The finish is pleasingly matt, surprisingly chalky for a washable paint.I love very matt, this is veering onto slightly too chalky for me.Again, I'm a paint pedant.

For me, this a perfectly good diy paint.But, for £11.20/Lt, it needs to be more than just good.Compared to Dulux matt emulsion at £6.57/lt, ( £4.80/lt a current B&Q offer), or the £2.40/lt Leyland white trade I use for ceilings, this Valspar paint needs to be all singing all dancing to justify it's price. The main USP is that its scrubbable. This is worth a LOT if you live with children, pets, or any member of my family.Genuinely scrubbable paint, like F&B used to be, can look good for years, way cheaper than repainting every 1-2yrs.
Tbf, a paint needs to be not just touch dry but left a while before testing for durability. Having no time left, I tried it anyway, and was astonished by how well it stood up to scrubbing ,24 hrs after painting.
At £11.20/Lt, this Valspar compares well with Dulux trade diamond matt(£14/Lt trade,£15.65 retail), my go to choice for matt and scrubbable.Although the Valspar coverage is not as good as Dulux trade.
Summary:
Valspar you've done well to come close to the market leader in the tough and matt stakes, but only time will tell how this paint wears.This expensive, I want it to last for years.

Would I buy it? Depend how much cost is a factor.The paint's fine,and I look forward to trying Valspar in a kitchen. Too expensive for a bedroom or study. Hallways- scrubbable is great, but fewer coats with a trade paint wins when it's an awkward reach.

Also generously given a roller set and brushes. Roller quality ok, if pricey: I'd want tray, frame and 5 sleeves for that money,not 1. Brush set, I find it hard to warm to a company selling these.Cheap brushes make getting a good finish painting wood unnecessarily hard. Do yourself a favour, get the £10 set now on offer at B&Q, £10 to Valspar's £6, but about four times as good.

Thank you for the chance to try these Valspar products.

Just sitting back and admiring the colour of my new walls. We decided to repaint our dining room, or soon to be front room. We wanted something light as our previous walls were a little dark. We went for a colour from the range, spring respite. A kind of melted chocolate chip ice cream white green. We decided to paint one wall with the vesper and finish the rest with the can of deluxe almond white that was bought ready for this room to paint about 6 months ago. The choice of colours in store was amazing, I had no preference and was under pressure from the pregnant wife to get it right. Thanks to vesper I think I have pulled it off. Having just celebrated our youngest 2nd birthday over the weekend I have not had a lot of time to paint so I will be honest and say I still have a few little finishing touches to complete in the room. Mainly glossing. The experience is store was excellent, very helpful staff and a simple procedure for ordering. It was ready in 3 minutes. All the products look very good and did not disappoint. The brushes and roller were excellent. After a good clean of the walls the application of the paint was refreshing pain free. I normally end up with more paint on me than the wall, that is often paint splatter and the odd foot in the can. My 3 year old also helped with the painting, he did accidently paint my hair and I've ended up looking like George Clooney in ER. He also enjoyed the process and painting daddy. The coverage was good on me and the wall. Although I did only use it for one wall I have sone left over for the odd emergency cover up. I'm very pleased with the results and would definitely recommend, colour, coverage and lack of paint anywhere other than the wall and my hair is a win win in my book. I'm sure when friends and family see the results it will be more than enough to encourage them to strongly think about using valspar in the future. Thank you for the experience, the bonding with my boy and the new freshly painted room.

At 3.40 on Sunday afternoon we didn't leave much time to choose our paint. I was keen to paint over previous owners choice of red chimney breast do anything was better I figured. Found a nice, "safe" option with asiatic silk.
Paint went in easily. In fact it was so easy to apply I kept on painting and then had to return to b&q for more paint! I found it as good as Crown for coverage. Managed to do 3 walls on one tin, though only the chimney breast was two coats. I could probably grey away with only one coat over the magnolia walls.

Also meant to say that depending on how paint holds up to dirty children and dog I world definitely buy again. Also very impressed with brushes

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

I chose from the chip rack - the choice was a little overwhelming but I had an idea of the colour I wanted so it was a case of narrowing it down.

Very happy with my choice and the chip was a good match to the actual colour.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

I painted a 'feature wall' in our bedroom. We've just come to the end of a fairly major house renovation and our bedroom was the last room to be decorated and I had run out of enthusiasm so having an excuse of needing to test this paint meant we could avoid boring magnolia throughout the room!

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

Coverage was very good, especially since the walls are not as smooth as the could be! The roller and paint brushes were nice to use too.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Yes, I would, I'm very impressed with the finished result - as seen in the pictures.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

I honestly found the number of shades overwhelming DP and I chose a shade in one store then couldn't find the paint chip in a different branch so chose again. The light boxes really helped and made me feel confident about my choice even though the paint chip looked different against other colours. Waiting for someone to mix the paint was a joke. Several people gave up waiting before we were seen. There was no salesperson in sight. Once someone came it was easy enough but my vouchers didn't all work so needed a manager at the check out.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

Decorated the living room. Had been planning to go grey for a while and that room had a lime green wall that needed covering.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

The paint went on easily and covered well. It was a dark colour covering almost white but the coverage was good and the colour deep. Some problems going over same place with new paint but once we got the hang of it it was fine.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not? I have only ever painted one other room before and it was also Valspar so not much to compare to but since price wise it is quite high I would like to try brands with better reputations such as farrow and ball or cheaper own brand paint to see a comparison.

Didn't realise pics were so blurry sorry.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample?Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

I chose from the 2000 colours available. I liked the chance to see the tester under different lights and found the colour choice good. I chose Lip Gloss and I am happy with it - I feel it's an on trend colour in a pastel, pale pink. I felt testers are quite big and I prefer being able to but a £1 tester and get less paint then maybe narrow it down to two choices and buy a slightly larger pot.

I spoke to Gerard from Valspar in store in Newcastle and he was very helpful - thanks.

2. Which room did you decorate and why?

I chose the dining room, mainly as it has been brilliant white since I moved in and I wanted a new colour. It's north facing so was hesitant of what to choose but I found Valspar has a good choice of light, neutrals.*

3. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

I found it went on the wall very easily and I was happy with the quality. Smooth and light consistency, not thick or gloopy like some paints. I got away with one coat on a white background so that is testament to it's quality. I found the roller and brushes also good quality and had no stray bristles come loose.

4. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

I usually buy Dulux trade matte paint so I am comparing it to this product. One of the main factors for me when buying paint is colour and I am really particular about getting the right one. I liked your colour choice and range and I have already seen some other colours I would like to try in my kitchen. I also thought the quality was good, I hope it is long lasting and wipes down well. Only time will tell and I could answer this question better in a few months when I see how it lasts. If it proves to be durable then I would be happy to pay that bit extra for quality and choice of colours.

Attached are pictures of before and after.

And here's the after picture. Very pleased with the result.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

We decided that we would paint the room a lighter grey than it already was to brighten it up. I brought a few different Valspar sample cards home to try and chose Summer Grey in matt. The assistant in B&Q was very helpful and also said that she rated Valspar paint very highly herself. I am really happy with the colour and it matches the sample card exactly.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

We chose to decorate our teenage son's room as it was looking grubby around switches etc and we needed a paint that we could clean if need be.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

Firstly, the paint pot was easy to open and close which I often struggle with. Valspar Premium paint is of very good quality - it is thick and has great coverage with the roller. However, because it is so thick I could see some brush marks when using the paintbrush for edges but it could be thinned if this is the case. We have only done one coat but I think it may need a quick second coat only in some places.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Yes, I would definitely use Valspar paint again and would recommend it to anyone looking for good coverage. I also love the fact that you can choose any colour. Thank you for choosing us to test Valspar Premium v700 paint.

Thank you for choosing me as a tester. We gave my daughters room a make over with it.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

We found choosing a colour a bit hard as there was so much choice! However it meant we got a really good colour and exact shade that we required. We loved the light boxes. Really good to have them as it helped us to very swiftly narrow down the shades. The staff in our local store were helpful too.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

We decorated my daughters bedroom as it used to be my sons and so she wanted it to be a fresher and softer colour.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

It was really easy to apply. It didn't splatter and 2 coats gave fantastic coverage. It came out in the exact colour the little paper chart colour showed.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not?

Yes we would definitely use this paint again. I would use it because the coverage is great, the colour choice is vast and the result was spot on.

I decided on my final colour in store and it took absolutely ages I needed a grey silver and there was so many to choose from! With the help of the lovely assistant i decided on summer grey and on advice added a little pouch of silver glitter My bedroom had never been decorated and was tired and dirty from years of being lived in. I was slightly sceptical about getting the dirty marks covered without an undercoat but wow this paint is amazing. Poured out even, glided on the walls with the equally awsome roller, covered every mark with one coat! Its gorgeous, gitter glimmers when the light hits it, photos dont do it justice Roller and brushes were reusable the next day and washed up great, i highly recommend these, such a difference from using cheap ones. Ill definatly be using valspa again, and the glitter too

Thanks for choosing me to be a tester. We allowed DD to choose the colour, as it's for her room. She chose it from the chip rack. She wanted a colour close to the colour already on her walls and the choice was great. Using the light boxes was very interesting.
We are painting DD's room as we had work done on the house and the electricians left the walls in a bit of a state.
We're really impressed with the quality of the paint, and the brushes and roller. The paint is going on very smoothly and providing good coverage.
Budget permitting we would definitely use Valspar paint again.

1. How did you find choosing your colour? Did you choose from the 2,000 colours on the chip rack or did you match a colour sample? Were you happy with the colour of the paint and the service you received?

I had to wait a little while to find someone to help me at the counter. We wanted a colour similar to our rug so had taken a sample of it with us. Once we had located someone they said that the match wouldn't be 100% accurate but that was fine as I didn't want it to be exactly the same, jist very close, so it was perfect. Make sure you don't buy too much of the paint as you can't return it.

1. Which room did you decorate and why?

I decorated the living room wall. It was going over the red paint we had. We has a red wall and red rug which we wanted to change to grey (wall and rug) and we had bought a lovely new light fitting room. I wanted something to lighten the room.

1. Please describe the overall experience of using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint, thinking about the application and product quality.

We normally buy good paint when we are decorating as we know that the paint is thicker and covers the walls really well. So I was surprised to find this paint even thicker and the paint covered the wall and small cracks perfectly.

1. Would you consider using Valspar Premium Blend v700 Walls & Ceilings Paint in your home again? If so, why? If not, why not

I would definitely buy this again. It was a surprise as how good the paint was and the application. The thicker the paint the more professional it comes out (that's what I think!)