Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Apr 19, 2010 10:24 am Hello Michelle I would really appreciate your advice in finding an older external colour from the Dulux colour range please. I am wondering if paint suppliers keep the tinting recipe for every older colour or if these things get phased out eventually ?? I have a very traditional old queenslander house which was previously painted (8 years ago) in Dulux 'Blue Whale'. The colour is a..... not quite green, not quite grey, not really close to blue kind of colour not fashionable but great in this particular application. It is almost time for a repaint so I was having a little play with the Dulux Colour Atlas you had linked to from another thread. I was surprised to find the name ‘Blue Whale’ doesn't register anything there and there is nothing similar in tone under the blue’s or green’s on the atlas. Google doesn’t seem to find anything about the paint... just the mammal, and there is a cabbots colour called the same, but...the colour is not quite right. I have all the original paint and sample chips in front of me and, while some are Tubman’s colours this one defiantly says 'Blue Whale W' Dulux on the chip. Do you think this colour could still made or do I need to totally rethink the colour scheme? thank you Michelle Re: Advice finding older external colour please 2Apr 19, 2010 12:55 pm Take your colour samples with Dulux name on it to any paint supplier e.g. Bunnings etc and I am sure they will find it in their books. Their books are huge, I found a colour that was 20 years old. Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: Advice finding older external colour please 3Apr 19, 2010 3:24 pm There is a thing called a 'spectrometer'…. If you can take a chip of paint to a Dulux centre, they will check the chip or paint piece and are able to match it up with the colour mix. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Advice finding older external colour please 4Apr 22, 2010 12:56 pm Thank you Ring09 and Michelle I am so pleased to hear you could still get a paint formular that was 20 years old Ring09. That gives me great hope. And Michelle thank you for reminding me about the spectrometer. I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36944 Hi Kateo, Are you able to spare any of the tiles? Thanks Tony 10 11405 in the stormwater pit or the drain? Those dont look like theyd fit in the drain. Separately, the pits do get stuff in them during the course of the build. For the most… 1 7942 |