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Kitchen paint

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Hidingplace · 14/10/2026 09:14

I need to repaint my kitchen. Last time I did it in a Dulux wipeable kitchen basic white paint…I hate it. It is not wipeable in the slightest!! I wipe it and paint comes off with it. So, I need recommendations. The rest of the house is farrow and ball or a copy of…we have farrow and ball in bathroom that is extremely wipeable but not sure how that would look in the kitchen.
Can anyone recommend? It’s literally just white (as wood very dark) so don’t necessarily need a shade but I do need it wipeable in a kitchen! No Dulux though…have had enough of that.

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SwirlyGates · 14/10/2026 09:25

No suggestions, but Dulux isn't what it was. The satinwood I bought a couple of years ago for internal woodwork needed three coats, and the matt emulsion I used last year had changed formula - thinner, more drippy, coverage was worse, and the colour had even changed while keeping the same name as before. Hmm

Coffeeeecups · 14/10/2026 09:27

Crown scrubbable. Very happy with it

Mydogisagentleman · 14/10/2026 09:30

Valspar from Band Q. They can mix any colour and it goes on the wall and covers really well

Isseywith2witchycats · 14/10/2026 12:01

Six year ago we put a new kitchen in and went to b and q got valspar silk emulsion for the walls and it still looks as good today as it did when we painted it and very easy to clean

Hidingplace · 14/10/2026 20:48

@SwirlyGates I agree…I find it rubbish! Everyone says you don’t need to spend money on good paint but I’m not sure i agree!
Thanks everyone else for these suggestions!

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Hellohelga · 14/10/2026 21:58

I have F&B in the kitchen. I wash it with a jay cloth and it’s fine.

yonem · 14/10/2026 22:01

We have the Valspar paint mixing kitchen paint and it is one of the worst paints I’ve ever used, it was horrible to get on - the only thing worse is B&Q own brand gloss. Avoid!

Hidingplace · 14/10/2026 22:21

Right okay, thanks! I’ve since seen mixed reviews! Im now looking at little greene paint or might just do the farrow and ball I have in the bathroom as I know for sure that is wipeable!

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TheFairyCaravan · 14/10/2026 22:27

We’ve got Valspar kitchen paint. We had a Farrow and Ball colour matched in it. Our whole house is Valspar, apart from the en suite which is Dulux bathroom paint. The en-suite is the only room where the paint comes off when I wipe it.

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