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We're having our all-wooden kitchen rehabbed by the company which installed it 18 yrs ago. Major job is Dulux eggshell paint of all wooden doors and surfaces. Carcases done in-situ, doors back to the factory. I have seen the fitting of new units and the prep in progress, and the work so far has been meticulous.
After three days the paint has a sheen and can be easily grooved with a fingernail. It resembles more a silk finish than eggshell and has a plasticy feel. This applies to the doors in the paint shop and the carcases in our underfloor heated kitchen at a steady 20/21 deg even though its door and window has been left open for three days.
Our kitchen company today contacted the Dulux rep and was told that these new 'green' paints have reduced spirit content and can take a week to harden. Our manager said that he never encountered this problem before even though he paints many kitchens a week. Dulux has sent a sample for analysis but said the doors which he produced to them appear perfectly normal. They offered him another pot of paint.
Meanwhile we have no kitchen for another week. We've agreed to meet on Monday and decide what to do, probably sand off the Dulux and use something else as who wants a paint that needs a week to dry properly?
How sad to see a company which I have trusted for over 40 years shrug its shoulders when presented with such a problem. I'll post again with the final results, but I've bought my last tin of Dulux.
After three days the paint has a sheen and can be easily grooved with a fingernail. It resembles more a silk finish than eggshell and has a plasticy feel. This applies to the doors in the paint shop and the carcases in our underfloor heated kitchen at a steady 20/21 deg even though its door and window has been left open for three days.
Our kitchen company today contacted the Dulux rep and was told that these new 'green' paints have reduced spirit content and can take a week to harden. Our manager said that he never encountered this problem before even though he paints many kitchens a week. Dulux has sent a sample for analysis but said the doors which he produced to them appear perfectly normal. They offered him another pot of paint.
Meanwhile we have no kitchen for another week. We've agreed to meet on Monday and decide what to do, probably sand off the Dulux and use something else as who wants a paint that needs a week to dry properly?
How sad to see a company which I have trusted for over 40 years shrug its shoulders when presented with such a problem. I'll post again with the final results, but I've bought my last tin of Dulux.