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marlowmole
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Location: East Sussex
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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: paint with no colour |
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Not sure if this should be on this section BUT
Whilst our lad has been on tour, I embarked upon decorating the main bedroom. I knew it would be hard work, the previous owners had used dark red below and dark orange above  . Its quite a dark room and the effect was a little like sleeping in a migraine:shock:
So the four coats to obliterate the dark red on one wall, mitigated by the cunning use of previous owner's leftover pots of light colour 1coat as undercoat, so that a mere two coats were then needed was annoying but insignificant compared to
opening the second pot of pale yellow paint, only to find the first pot was a completely different colour  not shade, colour!
The only thing I can think of is that my first pot was hiding round the corner when shots of pigment were being given out in the factory  so it is in effect not a colour.
We have rung the paint maker and been told to send a piece of card, with both colours painted onto it for analysis and have pointed out that I have spent at least the equivalent of 7 days or more and now I have to start again.
They spoke about compensation but I'm wondering if anybody else who has had this problem can share what happened to them 
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Telmay
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Location: Worthing, West Sussex
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Never had the problem with off shelf retail products, but this is not unheard off if you buy a colour mix, they sometimes by accident give you a tin of mixer or they have forgoten to shake it!!!! |
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marlowmole
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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It is an "off the shelf" pot of paint, not a trace of yellow in it at all. I stirred before use ...
Not playing with the mixer thing at all. First pot is a sort of noncolour, not quite yellow,  not quite cream but not white either coz I have painted the ceiling with white.
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Telmay
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| sounds knackered then |
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