Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: Dulux Lexicon - anyone used this recently? 28Jul 09, 2014 8:22 pm Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Dulux Lexicon - anyone used this recently? 31May 18, 2015 9:07 pm One thing I will add is we went cool white lights throughout that were fluorescent. I think if we had gone warm white would habe softened. Re: Dulux Lexicon - anyone used this recently? 32Jul 04, 2022 2:04 pm girlonamission Hi all, our new house is currently being painted with Lexicon and I could nearly cry because its not at all what I was hoping for. Its throwing way too much blue and just doesn't have that slight grey tone I was expecting. AFter much googling yesterday I've discovered this can happen with whites that are tinted with black. Wish I would've done my homework first before going with Lexicon!! It looked lovely on the little paint chip we got, but a whole house filled with it just isn't working the way I imagined it would. Its only had 1 coat, is it likely this blue will "settle down" after it has its final coat? If not, is there anything we could possibly do with the remaining paint to tone this down or whatever before applying the second coat? I know nothing about paint (obviously!) so please forgive me if my questions seem silly. I don't trust the advice of the paint rep we have been dealing with, even though he is a friend of my husbands and has worked in paint for years, any advice he's given or questions he's answered haven't really been on the ball if you ask me. Unfortunately thats the problem when you deal with "mates". You're stuck between trying to be nice and keep the peace, and trying to be 100% happy with the choices you make based on advice you're given. One thing is I know even though we chose a dulux colour, he uses Solver base paint. Would this make a difference? Hubby says no because they still mix it up using the correct code...but I'm not so sure. Here are some pics of what its looking like so far...I realise light/shade make all the difference when we're dealing with whites and yesterday when I took these pics it was a shady overcast kind of day. So I'm hoping on a nice bright sunny day when all our furniture is in things might not seem so bad....but I'm not expecting much considering it was bright and sunny on Friday when I first saw it. Its an expensive mistake to make when I'm going to have to look at these walls for the next however many years it will be before we can afford to repaint it Edited: ok, so clearly I can't figure out how to attach pics properly either I'll keep working on that... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Dulux Lexicon - anyone used this recently? 33Jul 10, 2023 6:01 pm Hi all, I am in the same boat as you all are. I have listened to the advice of my painter and went with Dulux Lexicon. It got painted end of 2021. I regret it so much as it is easily marked. Every time I touch the wall I have marks which I can't get rid off, despite using selleys sugar soap wipes etc. I will have to paint my house again next year as it looks terrible. I have used Haymes on the outside and I can water blast the paint and have no issues. I wouldn't recommend Dulux to anyone as it doesn't deliver the quality you would expect. BTW the painter said to me at the time he is using the same paint on his newly build home. I saw him last week and he said, he painted his 5 times so far in the last 1.5 years. He was telling me that this is normal . I disagree As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 11108 Go to an actual paint store, not bunnings. Dulux even have trade centers. Don't have to be a trade to but their paint. 1 14021 Hi Alex, Thanks for the reply again. I had a chat with the builder, he said he will use primer, then hydrotec which comes with colour and sealer as well. A Renderer I… 12 14320 |