Good/bad experiences of 'one coat' paint for walls?

[lovelylara]

We've had a few decorators round to quote for painting our bedroom. Two were happy to use the Dulux one-coat paint I'd bought (tester pot) and quoted for one day's work. The third said the one-coat stuff doesn't look as good and advised two coats of normal paint and quoted for two days' work at almost double the cost.

It would be a cream paint over white walls so I'm not worried about colour coverage, but I've heard that the one-coat paint is much thicker and can look patchy.

Any good/bad experiences of using one-coat paint?

Thanks :)

An extra coat of paint on the walls should not take an extra day . Unless you have a huge, huge bedroom. It should only take a few hours extra.

My Mum used a one coat paint. (Also cream on white walls). It looks fine but, personally, I wouldn't bother as I wouldbe worried about patchiness.

Silly question but could you get a friend to do it?

I've used Crown Solo (a one coat paint) in the past and it hasn't looked at all patchy. It was a pale gold type colour. I wouldn't use the colour again (I don't know what I was thinking actually) but the coverage was fine!

Thanks, all. They would also paint the ceiling, skirting and door so maybe that will take a bit longer. Creature, unfortunately not...unless you are offering? ;)

You are mostly paying for labour so yes it would be double the cost. Woodwork can take ages to dry for a second coat so prob two days is reasonable.
I thought the One Coat stuff was over rated and expensive and ended up applying two coats for a brilliant white finish over magnolia walls. Have never used colours so can't comment.
Personally, assuming you don't want to do it yourself, I'd take the advice of a professional. Pain in the butt to have to empty your bedroom out twice.
Get them to quote for the job, stating minimum two coats of high quality wipeable paint learned this the hard way; base + two coats for woodwork; and all sanding and making good. Then they can work as quickly as they like.

don't use One Coat - terrible finish and crazes within a few months.

painting a bedroom, including preparation and all the other bits, can't be done in a day unless you want the crappy DIY show finish.

I don't have time to paint my own house let alone someone elses!

I think the One Coat does look patchy - false economy in the end.

I recently got quoted £675 to paint two bedrooms as apparently it was going to take a week. I was so shocked that I decided to do it myself. Yesterday I painted one of the bedrooms, I gave it two coats and it looks AMAZING. I did the first coat at 10am and the second at 4pm.

So anyway I digress. Dulux One Coat is a pointless false economy.

Oops, I was getting confused. I was thinking you were only talking about the. Emulsion One Coat. Hence my comment about two coats of paint not taking a whole day extra. . An extra coat on the woodwork plus the walls would obviously take a lot longer.