Where to buy paint?

[martlewis]

Hi all,

Anyone suggest where I might get brightly coloured emulsion paint? I've done all the DIY shops, even the Dulux shop (Now that's a shop I will never visit again, all too busy chatting to help a customer!!).

My son wants a big rainbow in his bedroom so I said I'd paint one. The best I've found is 2.5l cans of paint at nearly £20 each. I don't even need 500ml really. Looking for bright red, blue, yellow and green.

Cheers.

 

[wizer]

what about tinting white emulsion ?

 

[jasonB]

Dulux trade centers should be able to mix up what you need in small 100mls tester pots they have a range of over 3000 colours.

The other option is student quality artists acrylics such as Daler Rowney System3from your local art shop

Jason

 

[Gill]

I'd be tempted to look in a craft or toy shop (Hobbicraft, for instance?) and buy some acrylic paints. You can get big tubs of brightly coloured paints for a couple of quid.

Gill

 

[martlewis]

Tried the Dulux trade center, there were 3 guys on the counter and the shop was otherwise empty. I walked in, one of them answered a call, the other 2 turned their backs on me and walked off. They were stood in the doorway to the office having a chat. After nearly 10 mins the guy on the phone finished and inally served me. He said they would only mix colours into 2.5l tins at a stupid price. I have never experienced such bad customer service before. They are a disgrace.

As for tinting white, would it give vibrant colours?

 

[Scott]

I'll second the acrylic paints suggestion. I've painted on my daughter's bedroom walls with acrylics and they are nice bright colours. I buy them in an art store and they come in things like small washing up liquid bottles - I'm guessing 0.5l.

Cheers

 

[DomValente]

Agree with WIZeR, don't Chestnut do tints or else Jenkins in Tottenham do. http://www.wsjenkins.co.uk/

 

[sean.brock]

if you dont want to go down the acrylic paint route, i would recommend B&Q as they can mix up small testers in pretty much any color. Failing that there are small tubs of paint in "Crayola" colors, but they were more expensive if i remember rightly

http://www.craigandrose.com/brands/crayola/

 

[Dave S]

I've had this site bookmarked for ages - they recommend acrylics. I just checked the site out and it doesn't seem to work properly in Firefox, but seems ok in IE. There are also some dead links, but still quite a bit of stuff there. Shame the users gallery isn't up, because there used to be some amazing things there.

Dave

 

[martlewis]

Excellent site Dave thanks, will keep me busy tomorrow after my morning of fishing in the rain.

Also thanks everyone else, excellent advice, I can always rely on UKWorkshop no matter what the subject. I'm going down the acrylic route, off to Hobbycraft tomorrow. It will be a short while till it's complete but I'll post pics if you want.

Martin.

p.s. It is sort of wood related... I'm making a box that slips over the headbord on his bed which will be in the design of Thomas The Tank Engine, which I can take off when he reaches 18 years old or so :lol: