Went to look at paint today at Focus and all brand said Pure Brilliant White. ISTR someone saying don't use Dulux PBW because it will yellow quickly but are all brands the same?
What should I get?
Went to look at paint today at Focus and all brand said Pure Brilliant White. ISTR someone saying don't use Dulux PBW because it will yellow quickly but are all brands the same?
What should I get?
All white gloss paint yellows with age.
forgot to say...
if you white to stay white use...car paint ie cellulose
Good rule of thumb with paint - the more you pay the better it is, Stick to Dulux or Crown, avoid own label brands.
Most will use the same pigment - titanium oxide IIRC - but the covering power varies enormously, roughly proportionately to the price.
I only ever use Dulux, or for special paints International Paint or Hammerite
Colin Bignell
All whites yellow over time. Brilliant white is better than flake white, cremnitz white etc in this respect. Leyland white gloss is good stuff too.
NT
Except water based acrylics
Brilliant white is better than flake
But some faster than others: there was a very enlightening exchange in here a few days ago (forgotten the thread!) where it was explained that oil-based yellow faster than water based, and that Pure Brilliant White will deteriorate quickly if it never sees the light of day, because it's designed to thrive on ultraviolet light - !
(which is probably the reason for the origin of this thread)
It's not that complicated. It's the resin that yellows, not the pigment. The acrylics don't yellow at all, but they have no resistance to wear and tear.
I am after recommendations for white gloss for radiator pipes. Very many years ago (too many to be representative of anything you would buy today), I did some in Dulux and some in Crown, and the Crown went yellow in a few months.
Also, I've got some copper pipes which I would like to polish up. What would be a good laqueur to maintain the fresh copper look?
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Yes it was. However, I didn't have time to look around to find some trade paint and all that Focus had was PBW (in various brands) Ended up buying Crown PBW liquid gloss.
Rustin's is hard to beat.
Hear, hear.
I no longer buy Focus own brand anything, since IME it's all crap.
Have you considered pipe covers? That's what I use now. All the sheds sell them.
Matches their shop assistants for the most part.
Oh well, this morning Dulux (ICI) announced it's being bought by Crown (Akzo Nobel).
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