Recent content by Lonsdale

Just passing through.

Chris, Exactly what did you use to stir the paint? By the way, of your six reasons, 1. Very possible 2. No. Whites are quite different. With computer technology there are now thousands of them. I am not that old that I can't see a difference. 3. Always white when you put it...

In over thirty years of using different paints, I have never once come across a faulty batch. My own opinion of Dulux,....no better than anything else, and costs twice as much. A lot of paint that sells in the sheds, is made for the sheds by reputable companies but to a cheaper quality.

It's probably too late now, but your friend the decorator was quite right. Wash the nicotine off with sugar soap and rinse with clean water. Let it dry. You can use a proper oil based sealer, or failing that an oil based undercoat. When completely dry, apply your emulsion, even better...