Which is a good choice of gloss white paint for central heating pipes nowadays? Some years ago, I used both Dulux and Crown. The Crown all went yellow in a few months on warm pipes.
White gloss paint for hot pipes
Oct 01, 2005
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Car aerosol paint
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
| Which is a good choice of gloss white paint for central heating | pipes nowadays? Some years ago, I used both Dulux and Crown. | The Crown all went yellow in a few months on warm pipes.
Snap on plastic sleeves. When they go yellow, just replace them. ;-)
Did mine with Smoothrite last year and they still look terrific. Neither the cheapest nor easiest option, though.
Would you not be better using radiator paint .I think Hammerite make some . Stuart
White car paint, as someone else suggested. Not the most practical answer, but it does seem to work.
Lee
Does it have to big gloss? The Dulux wood paint is very good on radiators and pipes (IIRC its Satinwood).
Box them in.
HTH
Paul.
Mine has an exhaust pipe. Do you use biofuel in yours or something?
Nope! ours comes in a tin with a nozzel and is CFC free.
HTH.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
I have found Screwfix white gloss radiator enamel excellent.
Possibly not. I tried proper radiator paint once. I suspect it was due to the damp but it began to flake and bubble shortly afterwards on a radiator in the bathroom. (worked OK in the living room though).
I've since used Dulux oil-based paints everywhere with no problems,
Cheers,
John
I have had no trouble with using acrylic paints although they are not gloss even the ones that say 'gloss'. The first coat of acrylic paint on bare copper goes mint green.
Stuart typed
We used radiator paint once, but it flaked off in sheets within a few years.
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