Radiator paint - waste of money?
Discussion
I've used both standard gloss and aerosol specialist radiator paint. Both work well, I have several rads that have been professionally painted by my decorator to match the paint finish on the walls and he simply used a magnolia base and the mixed the colours he wanted, all standard Crown eggshell with tints (i.e. oil based paint that needs white spirit to wash the brushes). In another room I wanted a brilliant white finish like a new rad so I sprayed it and that worked well too. To be honest you can't go far wrong if you just paint them and see what happens!
Rich135 said:
I tried some purchased from a proper tradesman store and it was useless. Watery, runny, thin. I tried a couple of coats, then gave up and used gloss.
Don't waste your money.
ermm its about £7 for a tin of radiator enamel paint, probably about £2 more than a similar sized can of gloss.Don't waste your money.
none of the brands i have tried have been watery or thin but yes they are quite runny as it is not meant to be gloss paint and so the properties are different.
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