Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Oct 02, 2010 2:30 pm Hi Everyone this is my first post. I have an apartment that is 12 months old, I have decided to touch up some areas of the walls that are marked or have chips etc. I used dulux natural white low sheen water based paint, but the colour doesn't match the walls. After speaking to the builder he has assured me that the colour was natural white but has admitted that his painters thin the paint and it would be difficult to match. Is there a way I can match the paint by thinning my paint or using a different colour. If so how do I thin the paint. I know this isn't the ideal situation either way but I am trying to avoid paint the whole apartment. Thank you in advance Re: Touching up thinned paint 2Oct 02, 2010 10:32 pm You can never touch up walls successfully Why go to all the effort to paint 2cm sq just paint the whole wall to the corner the result will be better and the paint will be harder wearing and marks will be easier to remove I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Touching up thinned paint 5Oct 08, 2010 10:50 am TheOK mecha-wombat You can never touch up walls successfully I disagree, you'd be supprised at how many touch-ups are done in a new home. and thats why you always see where they touch them up. Best to paint the whole wall. If it is ceiling paint (very flat paint) you can touch up ceiling. Re: Touching up thinned paint 6Oct 08, 2010 11:45 am B STAR TheOK mecha-wombat You can never touch up walls successfully I disagree, you'd be supprised at how many touch-ups are done in a new home. and thats why you always see where they touch them up. Best to paint the whole wall. If it is ceiling paint (very flat paint) you can touch up ceiling. Depends on who did the touching up. ...painter or the labourer Re: Touching up thinned paint 8Oct 08, 2010 9:10 pm B STAR I think it depends more on the person expectations. I walk through even display homes and I can see where they have touched up without even looking hard. Ditto I see "touch ups" almost like it was painted in a different colour (yes I am weird) but why compromise and do half a job when you are already painting the wall?? the paint is obviously not doing it job due to been compromised by thinning so why keep doing the same thing?? I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Touching up thinned paint 9Oct 08, 2010 10:21 pm The thinning is likely to be an additive other than water, even if it is water, it's not what I'd call a compromise. When you say 'you can spot the touch-ups', imo..what you're really saying is 'you can only spot the obvious touch-ups'. Re: Touching up thinned paint 10Oct 08, 2010 10:31 pm troymccarthy Hi Everyone this is my first post. I have an apartment that is 12 months old, I have decided to touch up some areas of the walls that are marked or have chips etc. I used dulux natural white low sheen water based paint, but the colour doesn't match the walls. After speaking to the builder he has assured me that the colour was natural white but has admitted that his painters thin the paint and it would be difficult to match. Is there a way I can match the paint by thinning my paint or using a different colour. If so how do I thin the paint. I know this isn't the ideal situation either way but I am trying to avoid paint the whole apartment. Thank you in advance Hey Troy, I know it's a bit of extra work but I would repaint the whole apartment. That way at least you have the ability to specify a good quality paint that's going to provide nice even coverage whilst being far more durable than the watered-down discount product that you're builder has applied. Just like milk, I like full-cream paint too! Re: Touching up thinned paint 11Oct 09, 2010 3:10 am TheOK The thinning is likely to be an additive other than water, even if it is water, it's not what I'd call a compromise. When you say 'you can spot the touch-ups', imo..what you're really saying is 'you can only spot the obvious touch-ups'. you can effectively add water to paint up to 10% before the properties of the paint become compromised IMO by that I mean it loses its abilty to really resist marks And what "additives would the painter use?? Floetrol?? It almost always is water even spraying you only need to thin a good quality paint by 5% TheOK you have no idea what I can and cant see, you have you opinion the fact is I do see touch ups they tend to have: a different texture pattern slight sheen difference colour can be oh so slightly off the area touched up can have a different paint thickness These are just some of the flaws and yeah these are the obvious signs even with my years of training I would paint the whole wall rather than touch up Considering if the paint was of uniform thickness and was of good quality, the OP should have being able to wipe the marks off?? the OP has already stated that the colour does not match the walls even after the builder confirmed the colour choice?? TheOK in this case would you mess about trying to find the "MAGIC" consistency to the paint to touch up or just paint the whole unit?? I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Touching up thinned paint 12Oct 09, 2010 6:52 am mecha-wombat TheOK The thinning is likely to be an additive other than water, even if it is water, it's not what I'd call a compromise. When you say 'you can spot the touch-ups', imo..what you're really saying is 'you can only spot the obvious touch-ups'. you can effectively add water to paint up to 10% before the properties of the paint become compromised IMO by that I mean it loses its abilty to really resist marks And what "additives would the painter use?? Floetrol?? It almost always is water even spraying you only need to thin a good quality paint by 5% TheOK you have no idea what I can and cant see, you have you opinion the fact is I do see touch ups they tend to have: a different texture pattern slight sheen difference colour can be oh so slightly off the area touched up can have a different paint thickness These are just some of the flaws and yeah these are the obvious signs even with my years of training I would paint the whole wall rather than touch up Considering if the paint was of uniform thickness and was of good quality, the OP should have being able to wipe the marks off?? the OP has already stated that the colour does not match the walls even after the builder confirmed the colour choice?? TheOK in this case would you mess about trying to find the "MAGIC" consistency to the paint to touch up or just paint the whole unit?? Quote: And what "additives would the painter use?? Floetrol?? It almost always is water Quote: TheOK you have no idea what I can and cant see, you have you opinion the fact is I do see touch ups Quote: 'you can only spot the obvious touch-ups'. Now let me quote you again. Quote: You can never touch up walls successfully How would you know if you can't see a good touch-up? Quote: TheOK in this case would you mess about trying to find the "MAGIC" consistency to the paint to touch up or just paint the whole unit?? In this case the OP doesn't know what paint he needs nor has the required skill to produce an acceptable touch-up. He should paint the whole place. If it were me I'd use my "Magic" bag of tricks. ...and I have plenty of them. Re: Touching up thinned paint 13Oct 09, 2010 7:02 am You got the same BAG!!!!!!! Damn I thought I was the only one LOL I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Touching up thinned paint 15Oct 10, 2010 7:06 pm TheOK mecha-wombat You can never touch up walls successfully I disagree, you'd be supprised at how many touch-ups are done in a new home. The difference of course being they will be using the EXACT same paint as they originally used on the walls. Fast forward 1 year, different result. Re: Touching up thinned paint 16Oct 10, 2010 7:45 pm AJW TheOK mecha-wombat You can never touch up walls successfully I disagree, you'd be supprised at how many touch-ups are done in a new home. The difference of course being they will be using the EXACT same paint as they originally used on the walls. Fast forward 1 year, different result. The more time that passes the harder it is to touch-up with traditional methods, but not impossible to touch-up when you have a bag of tricks. Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. 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