Do not trust Dulux's colour promise.
Do not trust Dulux's colour promise.
I had painted a bedroom with 2 different cans of the same colour of Dulux Heritage paint and the finish was absolutely perfect- one coat would have done but did 2 and happy. Beautiful finish.
I went to do a feature wall with a different colour which had been mixed in a Dulux centre and it was atrocious- 5 mins of mixing and the paint came out a mess- blotchy, patchy just horrendous.
I emailed their perfect price guarantee email with photos of all the relevant receipts and photos to compare the two walls to be told: they have never had a problem with that paint colour before (it was mixed new in a shop), it's an application error (as I said in the email I used a new roller from the same multipack that got me a good finish in a different colour and the same technique), that darker colours are just harder to paint (like I'm an idiot) and that if I wanted to claim there was an actual defect I needed to sent at least 250 ml of paint to be sampled (how the hell would that work logistically, the can was 1l and it's all on my wall looking like a murder scene and none of this was mentioned online they claim online you just have to send information and proof and it'll be dealt with). I KNOW it's a fault as the sample pots of the exact same colour I was using came out extremely smoothly!
It's clearly going to take at least 3 more coats to smooth this out or I'll have to pay someone to wallpaper it.
They have a "promise" clearly stated online and will clearly try to find any excuse to get around it.
I was actually thrilled with the result of the first bedroom but sufficed to say I will never but another Dulux product again and will make sure to warn other against using them also.
February 25, 2025
Unprompted review