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Farrow and Ball
- Thread starter knocky1
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dougdeep
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Do you have Bozza's permission to run this ad?
Superphil
Dismember
I prefer magnolia
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Only if you want to take out a 2nd mortgage just to paint your house!
I use Albany, I did get a tester of F&B just to see what it was like and it is bloody good stuff if you can afford it.
I use Albany, I did get a tester of F&B just to see what it was like and it is bloody good stuff if you can afford it.
Lush
Mods' Pet
Every professional decorator I've spoken to says it's the worst paint in the world to use.
Nice colours though.
Nice colours though.
nwgull
Well-known member
I've heard this. Been told best paints are the trade versions of the well known paint manufacturers, all of which can be colour matched to any company's colour chart.
Superphil
Dismember
Trade paints all the way, discovered this from a friend in the business, costs a bit more, but they go further.
- Thread starter
- #9
Am I right in believing you look like Norris from Coronation Street? I hope Bozza doesn't mind the naming, and hence promotion, of said Soap.
tinycowboy
Well-known member
Chez tinycowboy each room is fully Farrowed and Balled in true Elle Decoration house feature style.
Cold Gettin Dumb
Active member
- Jan 31, 2013
- 462
Excellent to see this post. I've just come back from a meeting with a client, and was discussing this very subject today.
My thoughts on it are, it's finish is nice, but it's not as good or reliable as people are led to believe.
If you do want to use it then I've found the 'Modern Emulsion' as its called, to be be the best in the range.
The exterior woodwork paint just doesn't last as long as it should in areas of high use like around door handles, locks etc.
I've gone back to jobs a year or so after completing work, to do additional jobs, and the f&b has worn (not chipped) each time.
The emulsion really doesn't cover very well in comparison to other similarily priced brands.
I've even come across a client who said that a F&B rep told them the lack of opacity is to allow the wall to 'breathe'. - I believe they were confused with limewash??
I would recommend Little Greene paint instead if you are after a prestige paint. It's emulsion is like an improved Dulux vinyl matt.
Little Greene also is a heretige range, that also includes 50s , 60s & 70s colours.
( just to state, I don't have any commercial attachment to any of these products, and that these are just my personal feelings about these).
My thoughts on it are, it's finish is nice, but it's not as good or reliable as people are led to believe.
If you do want to use it then I've found the 'Modern Emulsion' as its called, to be be the best in the range.
The exterior woodwork paint just doesn't last as long as it should in areas of high use like around door handles, locks etc.
I've gone back to jobs a year or so after completing work, to do additional jobs, and the f&b has worn (not chipped) each time.
The emulsion really doesn't cover very well in comparison to other similarily priced brands.
I've even come across a client who said that a F&B rep told them the lack of opacity is to allow the wall to 'breathe'. - I believe they were confused with limewash??
I would recommend Little Greene paint instead if you are after a prestige paint. It's emulsion is like an improved Dulux vinyl matt.
Little Greene also is a heretige range, that also includes 50s , 60s & 70s colours.
( just to state, I don't have any commercial attachment to any of these products, and that these are just my personal feelings about these).
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- #12
Weren't you the Northern Irish hitman in Kill List? Would need to paint the walls often, I guess. Like yourself we do not have any other paint in or out of the house. Our last house was in Elle Decoration but not only because of the paint.
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- #13
I must say I have not used Little Greene but have always meant to. Do they do other colours? Very popular in Boundary Road reclaimed furniture shops, I hear. Have used F&B on my Beach Hut doors and a water based gloss is a joy to use. It has lasted as well as the Albany spirit based Hove beach hut paint and has not faded as much. Maybe it does need more coats than a trade paint , hence the professionals preference to use a less opaque paint.
Everyone should be using Newlife Paints, Sussex based company and a high quality reprocessed recycled paint!
Cesar Chavez
Active member
I'd prefer Bannister and Worboys as a partnership....
Cold Gettin Dumb
Active member
- Jan 31, 2013
- 462
Hi Knocky1.
Yes they do more than just those decade colours.
Brewers do Little Greene and they normally have their colour chart to take away.
pishhead
Well-known member
This thread's as interesting as watching paint dry.
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- #18
You should try watching it rain in Adelaide at 1 in the morning.
Vegas Seagull
New member
- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
Er what about Sandtex ex Shirt sponsors should put them tops shurely!?
Vegas Seagull
New member
- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
Crescent? that HAS to be Magnolia & HAS to be done every 5 years