F&B and what the decorators have said.....

[Pancakeflipper]

I have several new rooms to paint later this Summer if extension is done.

I have sat with my F&B colour charts and selected.

Whilst out was talking paint and one of the people there a decorator ( whom I know well and rate) said not to use F&B as it chips like crazy but go for a better quality like Johnstones and colour match the shades I want.

Ummmmmm..... What do you reckon?

Tanyaaah - I dont think so, I bought my red from the fired earth shop and needed extra so went to the B&Q - exactly the same (codes etc). Not sure if legally you could do this - all that keeps the cost down is having limited chose.

GrendelsMum - I've been recommended the mineral paint for longalivity. Ty Mawr Lime in Brecon are going against lime wash now. ALso my lime plaster said its a nightmare applying it. This mineral paint is thick (nightmare to apply) but wont need recoating for a long time. For the childrens room I will be using a bog standard paint as it'll need recoating on a regular basis.

My decorators would have used whichever paint I wanted I guess though I used Dulux which they seemed relieved about.

What they did say about F & B is that they can get a really good colour match with Dulux but the finish will be different. They said if they painted one wall in Dulux and one wall in F & B you'd be able to tell the difference.

They also said that sometimes they need more coats of F & B than Dulux and that some p & ds don't factor that into their quotes.

I used Dulux Trade Diamond Matt in Heritage Colours (lovely) which is really tough and scrubbable and a nice flat finish.

Bacon - that's very interesting to hear. I wouldn't say it was a nightmare to apply, though it was a very different technique. You basically splodge a wall with blancmange, rather than doing back and forth strokes as you usually do. I can see that would be frustrating for a decorator though, as it's probably slower, but if I do it myself, it doesn't make a huge amount of difference. I'm happy to use the casein distemper again in the next room, but may certainly use the mineral paints outside.