The painter thinks I'm mad to use F&B on the outside of my house. Am I?

[thatsmadted]

That's it really. I had chosen Slipper Satin as it's what we have on the insider of the windows and shutters so I wanted it all to match up (but understand that it will look much lighter on the outside).

Am I throwing money away?

I suspect he's not happy because painting with F&B is harder. Lots of shops use F&B for their exterior and my front door is.
The effort is putting him off would be my guess.
What justification does he have

You can easily get f&b colour matched at a paint shop will be a huge difference in price.

My dad painted his shed in F&B, much to our amusement!

yes you are, but it's your money and if you think that's the best use of a few grand, that's entirely up to you and I'm trying not to sob at the thought of it

However. If he's giving you his professional opinion that the paint is unsuitable for outside, then you should listen to it.

Is it exterior paint?
If not then you are wasting money. As already said a specialist paint shop will match up with the apt base paint.

Yes, it's exterior paint. I haven't bought it yet though so it sounds like it would be smart to go have it colour-matched instead.

He didn't say why he thought I was mad but I'm sure it's because of the price.

My DH has been very happy with F&B indoors and thinks for the sake of a an extra £50, we should go with F&B. I'm the one who will actually hand over the cash and would much prefer to spend it on wine the kids.

Get a sample of the colour match.
I colour matched the downstairs loo with the adjacent pantry and it didn't.

I think they are really reliable but if it being a match to an existing colour you might want to see if it matches properly first iyswim

Gah - sorry, just re-read your op and a small variation because of the light is going to happen anyway. So wine it is

We used F&B exterior eggshell (Green Smoke) on the windows and doors of our last house and it did show some early signs of flaking. When we had the windows replaced with DG sashes last March our joinery co used a colour matched paint (not sure which now and we left the remainder for our buyers when we sold in December) and after nine months this seemed to be wearing much better.....

Have just painted our new shed with F&B as we have loads left over I love the colour!

It will look lighter on the outside but will also look different because it will be a different sort of paint ie exterior.

So IMO no point in paying F&B prices for a perfect colour match, as it won't be perfect anyway - get it matched by someone cheaper (Johnstones, Dulux) instead.

And your decorator will be happier to work with those paints anyway. F&B is known for patchy coverage/needing lots of coats.

I have the exterior of my house painted in a colour match Strong White in Johnsons paint. It's fabulous exterior paint.

I had previously had the front door in F&B French Gray exterior eggshell and it really didn't last at all. It didn't flake but it faded really badly in the sun. It looked awful. So when we repainted we had a colour match done but Pigeon this time and it's been really robust. No fading or flaking one year on.

I just painted some exterior windows in F&B - I thought it was really easy to paint and used their primer and I think 2 coats. Would have done another coat but it was freezing and quite high up.
I don't think it will be anywhere near as hardwearing as something like Weathershield and the joiner that fitted the windows thought I was a bit mad using F&B.....I've just painted all the new fencing in F&B too - bonkers but it looks gorgeous. I was going to colour match but it ended up being not much cheaper. Weathershield for instance is the same price more or less as the F&B exterior eggshell. It's more about if you are willing to repaint in a few years I think.

I think if it's matching inside paint to outside paint, a colour match will do. The thing is, the outside is going to look different anyway (and will weather differently too). With our weather getting wetter due to climate change, it's worth getting the more hard-wearing paint - you do not want to have to replace the windows because they've rotted!

Surely it will be a lot more than just £50 to use F&B for the exterior? Unless you live in a teeny weeny house of course !

I would just ask him why he thinks your mad - in his professional opinion.

You've got it. I live in a teeny weeny terraced house .

The front is mainly two large bay windows and the front door with very little masonry. The Dulux masonry paint is about £35 for five litres and the F&B about £70. We have wooden windows though so they would need the F&B treatment too.

After reading this thread and much agonising, I decided to go with Dulux as I found a colour that's very like the F&B colour I was intending to use. My DH thinks I've done the wrong thing. I'll come back to update when the job is done.

I think you've made the right call. I am a massive F&B fan, and swear by it for indoors. However any time I have used their exterior paints they have faded and flaked very, very quickly.