Can anyone identify this paint?

noler123 · 04-05-2023 08:32PM #1

Hi folks. Can anyone help me identify what this paint is? I bought a house recently and this is the paint they used, I'm looking to get some. This is a picture I was sent so I don't have the tin. I've tried googling Fleetwood Trade Special Cornforth to no avail. The closest I can find is Farrow and Ball Cornforth White.

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Any help greatly appreciated!

endacl · 04-05-2023 08:44PM

Bring it in to B&Q or the like and they'll mix it up for you.

https://www.diy.ie/services/paint-mixing?gclid=Cj0KCQjwr82iBhCuARIsAO0EAZxh1_tr42GUOwGXvwUhk5Wy2dB0s9qx60UzuwHT8FJRoxalxnArcr0aAljBEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Seth Brundle · 04-05-2023 08:52PM

Obviously I'm not sure where you're located but I've found the Fleetwood service in Homecare hardware in Maynooth's Glenroyal Shopping Centre to be excellent. I'd much sooner try them than Woodies or B&Q for matching & mixing paint

The Continental Op · 04-05-2023 09:01PM

It doesn't say "Custom Order" or something like "Customer Order" above Special Cornforth does it?

dmc17 · 04-05-2023 09:06PM

Wonder is it just Farrow & Ball Cornforth White mixed up in Fleetwood and renamed Special Cornforth?

noler123 · 04-05-2023 09:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120556344#Comment_120556344

I'm not far from Maynooth I'll pop in there and see what they think. Thanks

noler123 · 04-05-2023 09:15PM

I don't know what that says on top, I assumed it was something order but I'd no idea what the first word was!

noler123 · 04-05-2023 09:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120556449#Comment_120556449

Maybe this is it, maybe it's just like a cheaper version! I think that Farrow and Ball stuff is expensive.

dmc17 · 04-05-2023 09:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120556514#Comment_120556514

Yeah, very expensive. They probably just change the name slightly to avoid any issues when copying the colours 😀

Juwwi · 04-05-2023 09:24PM

Fleetwood trade center just off the M50 at Finglas is the place to go ,most likely they mixed that tub of paint up up originally .

Does the farrow and ball colour look like the colour you have your walls that your trying to match ?

waste of time going to woodies or b&q ,

Dtp1979 · 04-05-2023 09:30PM

Did you try cleaning off the paint to see the writing underneath?

my paint trade counter has a scanner that can scan an unknown paint and give you the origin or closet match. I’d imagine most places have this technology now

noler123 · 05-05-2023 07:40AM

Yeah it looks the same but I only want to do a few bits so was looking to get the exact same paint. If I get the exact same paint it still might not blend in properly though, in which case I'd have to paint the whole room anyway!

noler123 · 05-05-2023 07:40AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120556600#Comment_120556600

Can't do this as I only have a photo of the paint tin.

noler123 · 05-05-2023 07:41AM

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm off to maynooth to the Fleetwood center today to see what they think!

10-10-20 · 06-05-2023 04:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120556600#Comment_120556600

I did this with a reasonably sized flake of paint off a wall and I was blown away with the match that they gave me. Almost undetectable part from the fact that the sheen was slightly different.

CreadanLady · 30-05-2023 02:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120556562#Comment_120556562

Farrow and ball is a load of marketing sh!te. There is absolutely nothing special about it, except the price and the designer packageing.

Go to a builders providers or a trade paint supplier and they will match the colour and mix a tin for you.

Can anyone identify this paint?

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