Thread: Paint recommendations please.

We used Jotun for the outside after the floods and found it to be excellent.

Black
sorry, been diein to do that for ages

Lemon Yellow and Diox purple... complimentary you know LOLOL.

E G

Jotun brand interior and exterior.

TOA 4 seasons is a pretty good paint and cheaper than ICI and Jotun products.

Use this paint for inside or outside and tell your painters not to add water unless absolutely necessary.

They tend to add 30% water and take some of the customer's paint home to pretty up their own dwelling.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

TOA 4 seasons is a pretty good paint and cheaper than ICI and Jotun products.

Use this paint for inside or outside and tell your painters not to add water unless absolutely necessary.

They tend to add 30% water and take some of the customer's paint home to pretty up their own dwelling.

...beyond that, just make sure they're decent, clean, and organized painters.
Still difficult to come by.

Or just do it yourself - better choice.

I've got a big fook off tub of ceiling paint here!
Internal doesn't really matter, as long as it's washable.

Dulux of course.

^What he said, but don't use TOA. It's cheap for a reason. (With apologies to LT)

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

He told me 80% thinners, 20% paint.

I think you mean 80% water, not thinners.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

He told me 80% thinners, 20% paint.

I think you mean 80% water, not thinners.

Well in the case of a water based/acrylic paint the thinner or carrier would be water but if it was epoxy paint then it is something different, the name of which I do not know. But the methodology remains the same.

Wattyl Solagard Low Sheen Paint


Buy it yourself from an authorised reseller.
Lots of dodgy shit in original tins out there.

^^I think it's referred to as PVA in blighty.

Thank you all kindly for your help.

LT, I am the painter mate, so I will remind myself cheers.

Thanks Neal some rare info there, yes is bare concrete.

Nige,

It is not easy. I was told to etch the concrete with muriatic acid but the only reference I can find is for floors not necessarily walls so i could be misleading you.
But the sealing the surface with dilute paint first, does work.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Nige,

It is not easy. I was told to etch the concrete with muriatic acid but the only reference I can find is for floors not necessarily walls so i could be misleading you.
But the sealing the surface with dilute paint first, does work.

VN you was about to paint the floor it needs to be etched.
The wall need to be primed I think it to do with moisture.
This mite be a tip for painters, don't paint in direct sunlight.
It is to do with sunlight makes the paint dry to quick.
This is mainly for gloss.
With my work painting polyester with a added wax for finish,if the surface is to hot or direct sunlight.
The product will not cure properly

I've just had a look at a Home hub catalogue whilst I was sitting in the recycling shed and there is indeed a huge tub of wall primer I reckon 5 litres, , at the moment 6.30pm we are going tomorrow all though that will change during the night.

Nigel, did one coat of stabiliser and two coats undiluted Dulux weather shield on the outside of the house in LOS,all bought in Homepro Chiang Mai, same inside also but using interior emulsion. slabiliser saves you doing the first pissy coat.
Was in the game a few years ago

Thank you kindly O G, , that sounds the route for me mate

Anyone who dilutes paint is a moron, or a dodgy painter trying to save money. Toa, Dulux and Jotun are all good products.

Originally Posted by chassamui

What he said, but don't use TOA. It's cheap for a reason. (With apologies to LT)

TOA have many products and their sister company Thai Toa sell the cheaper paints.

4 seasons is actually a very good paint as long as you prepare the surface to be painted correctly. Why waste good money on a farang brand name?

Originally Posted by Necron99

Lots of dodgy shit in original tins out there.

90% of all emulsion based paints sold in Thailand are delivered in my tamper evident plastic buckets. No fucking tin shit.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Thai Toa sell the cheaper paints.

He's in Thailand looking for paint, hence my comment. No disrespect to you mate.

I used Beger for my wood stain and latex emulsion for my exterior and interior walls. Good products.