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Dulux Paint Pod

You can get the council to decorate free if he is that old!

Reply to
dennis
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I bought one after being basgered by my wife. It's a total waste of money. i have just realised i have paid =A370 for a dulux cutting in brush, that's good. the pod actually took 3 cleaning processes and the roller has still got paint within it. i feel it may be best to clean roller under water and just run the cleaning process to clean tube, nozzles etc. The rollining of paint is also a technique that probably needs to be mastered as if you get too much paint the roller clogs and you have to work it out and you can tend to get thick coates of paint in places and as it is thick and quick drying makes it unmanagable. I will be reverting back to my =A31.99 rollers and dust sheets and resign the pod to a very high shelf.

Reply to
steven.embleton

I bought one and really like it. Yes it's expensive and so is the paint but it saves a fortune of time. I'm not too keen on painting and will take the easiest route possible and the paint pod is ideal for that. The paint went on really smoothly and there was no dripping if you apply the correct amount of paint - just don't keep the button pressed all the time. I agree with the last post (Steve) that it's best to run the roller under the water to clean. It definitely takes more than one paint pod cleaning process. The paint pod might not be for everybody but I hate painting and think this really is a labour saving device.

Reply to
Orlando Bloom

Why does everybody keep saying the paint is expensive?

2.5 litres of "normal" Dulux coloured emulsion at B&Q is between =A314 and =A317. 5 litres of paint pod paint is =A329.98.

How is this more expensive? And I've seen the white emulsion for the paint pod for =A316.99 on the net.

Please, people, look at what you are getting for your money.

And I will be trying the paint pod system, as I have an entire house to decorate!!!

Reply to
daren_naylor

I had thought the paint expensive - but my last visit to B&Q revealed exactly what you have just said. If you were going to use full-price paint anyway, it would just be the cost of the device that made the big difference.

I guess lack of choice (no 2.5 litre choice for the paint pod, no "own brand" option) could make it work out more expensive in some circumstances.

Reply to
Rod

The part I don't understand is how you are supposed to get into all the spaces that the roller won't reach (corners, behind radiators etc) without resorting to a brush or small roller?

I can see how it would save time but there would still be mess if you have to use brushes too.

Undecided but tempted to buy one...

Reply to
email

Also, how would you charge your brushes with paint?

It's a nice gadget.

Reply to
Bruce

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I have used 2 of these becuase i thought the first was faulty after watching the advert but it turns out that it is no way as quick as soon. It does not apply enough paint at a time and doesn't clean in one go. My advice is to stick to the tried and trusted roller.

Reply to
andrew

Bought it at the weekend and was really impressed. The positives are it is quick and easy to use, with no splashing. The negatives are you are restricted to using certain dulux paint which is expensive. But we weighed up that we had the whole house to paint and we were going to use a lot of certain colours so it has been great for us. You can also get 10% off on a certain day, if you have a pensioners 10% discount card for B & Q.

Reply to
f.perry

So you can't use this device for gloss or masonry paints then????

Was going to get one to do the exterior pebbledashed wall.... :(

Reply to
The Crimson King

As has been said if you look at the price/litre (B&Q displays this under the actual cost) you will see its actually cheaper that the same dulux paint in normal pots. I am renovating a whole house - gonna buy it then when sell it on Ebay when I'm done. Just looked at a couple of auctions both have like 20 ppl pushing it up past =A370 + posting and packaging LOL

Reply to
doncarlo

I agree with this post... also the paints are too thin. it takes about

4 to 5 coats, and even then it looks patchy. I ended up finishing off with a paint pad. The cleaning system doesn't work as it is portrayed to. You need to run it through at least 2-3 times. Then you find the system is full off water which then thins the paint out even more the next time you use it. have already contacted our supplier to try and get our money back.
Reply to
j.h.burke

Yep it's the device that's expensive but the paint is too when you can only purchase a minimum of 5L.

Reply to
Orlando Bloom

yeah i have just bought one thought of doing that but on the box it says ur not allowed to use any other paint apart from the paintpod one,if its dulux i cant see wat the problem will be they probably just say that to spend more but i will be tryin it x

Reply to
clarkcoot

i agree but if you drain it 2 or 3 timea all water is drained. How- ever i still agree it's a waste of money and the extending pole is far too short and i would not class it as an extention. i also stand by that i beleive any emulsion would work in the paint pod and it would be a case of using an empty paint pod container, after all paint is paint and the devise is not inteligent enough to distinguish between dulux or any other brand. i have just painted the dining room, bedroom, bathroom using 2 standard rollers and the time is much faster as cleaning a roller is 10 times faster. again the =A370 dulux cutting in brush is fab

Reply to
steven.embleton

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