JadeM
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Has anyone used Ports Of Call - Jeff Banks Matt Emulsion?
Any tips as the best way to apply it? It says on the tin 'paints almost anything' and they ain't kidding. Mum has just started painting a wall in the bathroom and there tiny brown dots flying everywhere 
She's using a brush atm, I dread to think what would happen if she used a roller. To make matters worse it is the darkest shade of brown she could find so the spots aren't hard to spot, they're fecking everywhere. She's only putting it on one wall and has already painted the other three cream (they're now covered in tiny brown spots) !! 
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City
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its wank just normal dulux badged up as something else, with a big price tag added
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JadeM
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She's a sucker for buying stuff for its packaging and stuff 
Honestly it was EVERYWHERE, she's spent the day trying to get the tiny spots off the walls, the ceiling, the bath, the washhand basin..................
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City
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
She's a sucker for buying stuff for its packaging and stuff
Honestly it was EVERYWHERE, she's spent the day trying to get the tiny spots off the walls, the ceiling, the bath, the washhand basin..................
laura ashley stuff etc all crap badged up ici stuff with big price tags
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mav
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buy Dulux/crown etc all this other crap is well................ crap
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Ally
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I even hate the dulux 'once' stuff, utter pish!
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mav
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I have bought the 'once' stuff before but always have to put on more than 1 coat..If you read the tin there is disclaimers that it will not cover any dark'ish' colours etc....Bollocks..
I even had to put 2 coats on top of cream before..
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JadeM
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Mum does a lot of the decorating in the house (dads a joiner to trade and doesn't 'do painting') she says the Jeff Banks paint is the worst she has ever used !!
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dava.
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wouldnt touch any off the dulux stuff at all,
i personally stick to what i know and whats half decent, we use johnstones paint at work never had any problems with it at all, and if im doing a home job ill recomend my customer to use that as well
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JadeM
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Do the likes of B&Q sell Johnstones?
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dava.
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no, seen as your location says grangemouth im presuming that you know where b&q is in falkirk yeah?
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JadeM
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Just noticed your from Falkirk - my boyfriend lives in Grangemouth, I take it he'll know 
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dava.
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probably yeah lol
well if you head towards where the b&q is but dont go in head right down to the bottom off that road and you come to a corner heading right follow that round then take you first left into a wee industrial outlet place, you will see dulux up in the right hand corner head up there and johnstones is the last one on the left hand side, get all sorts off paint mixed up there, paint quality is also good alot better than the dulux stuff, its a trade counter but public are welcome to use it aswell!
hope that helps
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JadeM
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Thanks for that  Colin will know where it is. My mum's always getting paint mixed aswell, I'll let her know 
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City
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quote:
Originally posted by dava.
wouldnt touch any off the dulux stuff at all,
i personally stick to what i know and whats half decent, we use johnstones paint at work never had any problems with it at all, and if im doing a home job ill recomend my customer to use that as well
dulux trade is best you can get mate, used it for 11 years, as for jonstones proper rubbish, thin just like milk absolute crap
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Ally
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The Range sell johnstones, i've used it buy prefer the normal dulux ranges
We did most of my house in the cheap B+Q magnolia and it looks really nice so i'd reccommend that as well!
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dava.
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quote:
Originally posted by City
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Originally posted by dava.
wouldnt touch any off the dulux stuff at all,
i personally stick to what i know and whats half decent, we use johnstones paint at work never had any problems with it at all, and if im doing a home job ill recomend my customer to use that as well
dulux trade is best you can get mate, used it for 11 years, as for jonstones proper rubbish, thin just like milk absolute crap
i aint on here to disput the diffrences between paints, thats just plain sad tbh
im just mearly offering other allternatives that jade might not know about as to where and what paint can be used
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