Replaced a radiator. Some painting touch up needed around new radiator.

JackieChang

I am an absolute painting noob. So this might be a silly question.

The landlord got somebody to replace a radiator today.

The old radiator was much larger, so now there's a section around the new radiator that's not the same color as the paint on the wall. I've only just moved in a few weeks ago. The room looks like it got a new paint job recently enough.

Here's a pic. Dotted line is where the new paint job ends. https://ibb.co/4mPHStf

Whoever painted previously just painted around the old radiator.

Now, do I have to paint the whole feckin room? Or can I just buy a little tin of paint and fill in that area?

Looks like a very common colour. Magnolia maybe? Creamy colour.

fatbhoy

You can get the tiny little sample/tester pots to try: buy a few, in slightly different colours and test, to see the best match. Then get a little pot of the matched one.

colm_mcm

Bizzare positioning it over the switch.


Surely painting is the landlords responsibility?

grayzer75

JackieChang wrote: »

I am an absolute painting noob. So this might be a silly question.

The landlord got somebody to replace a radiator today.

The old radiator was much larger, so now there's a section around the new radiator that's not the same color as the paint on the wall. I've only just moved in a few weeks ago. The room looks like it got a new paint job recently enough.

Here's a pic. Dotted line is where the new paint job ends. https://ibb.co/4mPHStf

Whoever painted previously just painted around the old radiator.

Now, do I have to paint the whole feckin room? Or can I just buy a little tin of paint and fill in that area?

Looks like a very common colour. Magnolia maybe? Creamy colour.

Unless you have the original bucket of paint you'll need to do the whole room if you don't want a slight difference in colour to be noticed or you could paint that wall a different colour all together as a 'feature wall' - good lazy option lol.

JackieChang

colm_mcm wrote: »

Surely painting is the landlords responsibility?

I probably annoyed him asking for a new radiator. I'd like to try sort this myself.

grayzer75 wrote: »

Unless you have the original bucket of paint you'll need to do the whole room if you don't want a slight difference in colour to be noticed or you could paint that wall a different colour all together as a 'feature wall' - good lazy option lol.

Unfortunately there's already a "feature wall" opposite the radiator.

I have a chip off the wall with the paint colour. Bit of the wall fell off when he removed the old radiator. Can I not bring that to a paint shop and ask for the exact same color?

grayzer75

JackieChang wrote: »

Can I not bring that to a paint shop and ask for the exact same color?

It'll never be the exact same colour unfortunately. There's a chance it may not be noticeable to anybody but yourself so it may be worth a try - you've nothing to lose really.

ted1

colm_mcm wrote: »

Bizzare positioning it over the switch.


Surely painting is the landlords responsibility?

I don’t think the landlord would be obliged or arsed to doing it.

the_pen_turner

ask the landlord have they any paint that matchs.

dok_golf

If you go to a good paint shop, you can bring in some of the original paint chips ( NOT B&Q or Woodies or th like), they will have a spectrophotometer and should be able to get a 99% match. Make sure they dry it first so you can compare like with like

whizbang

Did you try washing the patch...?