by Joys »
Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:49 pm
Thank you for making me laugh, sorry that so many have had a bad experience. I have completely re-decorated 2 houses with various paints and have also painted 1/2 of my mothers house, so have lots of experience with different paints. Last week I prepared a small cloakroom (toilet) and decided to use up some Dulux trade paint 2.5 ltr that I had mixed up 2 years ago and never used, (although I opened it 2 years ago to use a little and decided the colour wasn't right for a big room). I have used paints to touch up areas with old paint and no problem. The paint looked great, I've often used Dulux trade as it's thick and requires less coats. All other rooms have been fine where I've used Dulux trade.
I just did a trial under the basin and by the toilet. A few hours later I thought I must have shifted the toilet as it stank. A few months before a friend was replacing a tap and put all his weight against the toilet as it was stuck and it shifted and then when used it all leaked, but we got it all sorted. So I looked at the toilet and there was no problem, so as everything was clean in there I smelt the paint and that was the smell. Thanks for all your posts, I've now used sandpaper to get some of it off, but it's in really hard to reach areas.
Its got no window to air it, (maybe a good thing judging by some of your posts saying the warm air makes it worse), however it's really quite embarrassing as it smells as if the hallway is not fresh (understament when you go near the cloakroom). Now I know I'm not alone and will just keep using sandpaper, and am grateful it's just a small area, the room had never been re painted since the house was bought and painted 14 years ago.
the can of paint which is full does not smell any different to the other cans of dulux trade I've used with no problems. So it's only once it dried, very strange I was in such a small area and smelt nothing whilst applying it, only once it was dry.
I will never put paint on a wall without testing it on some cardboard or something and letting it dry, I suggest others also test their paint before using. I understand about the air mixing and something about the stagnant water, but it's definitely not just crown, it obviously can happen to any brand of paint. I don't think Crown should get the whole blame.