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Hard to paint colour

  • 17-06-2019 8:49pm
    #1
    Dig all
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭


    Hello everyone, I'm painting the hallway and it's currently magnolia, painting a grey colour now over it , called frosted silver, blue grey shade colour, johnstones paint , I'm finding it unbelievable hard to get it to spread even, the walls are good, only 10 years old , it's soft sheen. Just can't understand why it's so hard to paint , only done kitchen 2 weeks ago, dulux pale primrose and no problem, any information appreciated.


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  • #2
    wait4me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭wait4me


    A second coat will probably be needed.


  • #3
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,105 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Johnstones may not be the same quality as the Dulux.


  • #4
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Dig all wrote: »
    Hello everyone, I'm painting the hallway and it's currently magnolia, painting a grey colour now over it , called frosted silver, blue grey shade colour, johnstones paint , I'm finding it unbelievable hard to get it to spread even, the walls are good, only 10 years old , it's soft sheen. Just can't understand why it's so hard to paint , only done kitchen 2 weeks ago, dulux pale primrose and no problem, any information appreciated.

    Johnstones.....there’s your problem right there.


  • #5
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    dodzy wrote: »
    Johnstones.....there’s your problem right there.

    Depends if it's retail johnstones or trade. The trade has good opacity


  • #6
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    irelandspurs wrote: »
    Depends if it's retail johnstones or trade. The trade has good opacity

    Like every other paint query on here. If everybody just bought colourtrend, there’d be no issues. ;)


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  • #7
    scarepanda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭scarepanda


    I used Johnson's last summer although it was a dark grey colour I was using. It definitely needed 3 coats before it came up properly (it was over a lilac colour).


  • #8
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,140 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    If it takes several coats, wouldn't it be cheaper and better to use primer with one coat?


  • #9
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Any decent paint should be capable of covering mag in 2 coats. If you need more, then the paint is crap.


  • #10
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,051 ✭✭✭cletus


    Probably a left of field question, but it's not metallic paint, by any chance? I've only used metallic paint once, but I found it to be a complete pain in the hole


  • #11
    whizbang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,947 ✭✭✭whizbang


    A few years of greasy fingerprints will challenge even the best paints.
    Hallways most of all.

    I had an old relation of mine, used furniture polish on the walls.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    whizbang wrote: »
    A few years of greasy fingerprints will challenge even the best paints.
    Hallways most of all.

    I had an old relation of mine, used furniture polish on the walls.

    I think some furniture polishes have (or at least had) silicone in them .


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