Dulux Emulsion Paint.?

[anneasquith]

advice please, what if any is the difference between emulsion and trade dulux paint, TIA

[Zacs-Master]

About £5

[Mamyalynne]

What is the difference between Dulux Trade paints and Dulux Retail paints?
The key difference is the consistency of the paint. Dulux Retail paints are ready for use straight from the can. Many professional decorators, however, like to thin their paint before use and so Dulux Trade paints have a slightly different formulation. However, both Dulux Trade and Retail paints are manufactured to the same high specification.

[anneasquith]

thanks,

[Ken4155]

Leyland trade emulsion is a lot cheaper and does just as good a job, imho. Most of the professional decorators i know, use it.

[Ouzel]

Trade tends to be thicker than 'off the shelf' emulsion. I've used trade and tend to water it down by adding 1 part water to 9 parts emulsion.

[Ken4155]

10L of Leyland trade emulsion - Brilliant White matt would set you back about £15 at Screwfix. 5L of the same with Dulux is £25.

[anneasquith]

think I will ask the decorator what he would like to use, thanks for replies though,

[tonyav]

anne, I used to live opposite a self employed painter and decorator and he always used Leyland trade emulsion.

[boxtops]

why don't you get the decorator to buy the paint himself? He will be able to get trade discounts, should save you a few bob.

[EDDIE51]

anneasquith I have never heard of a decorator getting the client to buy the paint for them. As said they have their own favourite brands and get a good discount by buying it themselves.

[kylesmum]

We had he exterior of our house painted for the first time in the 17yrs since we moved in, it had been the same colour for years previous to us buying the house....it was Dulux paint (tins left in shed plus neighbourly tit-tat).The difference between Dulux and any other paint doesn't only lie in the price.

We opted for Dulux as we actually know it will last and see us through the seasons, for years. We chose a neutral main colour.

You really only get what you pay for....plus you get 3 testers for the price of 2 (£2) and they arrive the next day...my house was like a paintbox by time we decided on shades and colours for the ingoes etc...good fun !

[kylesmum]

Our decorator gave us free rein with paint and didn't alter the over all price.

[TonyV]

Eddie I've employed decorators on labour only. You expect them to carry incidentals but i supply paint, my quality, colour etc

[dekkypoo]

The difference is: one is paint, the other is Dxxxx coloured water