Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 3Mar 02, 2008 12:52 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 6Mar 02, 2008 1:36 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 8Mar 02, 2008 2:50 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 12Mar 03, 2008 9:26 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 13Aug 19, 2008 6:47 pm Timbacare - Save Your Furniture! We can help you revive timber furniture & flooring www.timbacare.com.au Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 14Sep 05, 2008 9:59 pm How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 15Sep 05, 2008 10:04 pm Grace…its not just Bunning’s that get in wrong, anyone can get it wrong!
I think some of Bunning’s staff may not have been taught very well to mix properly….its not the persons fault, just bad training. You should always check before you leave the shop that the paint they have mixed is the same as your colour sample. I to date have NOT met a painter who gets his paint from Bunning’s. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 16Sep 05, 2008 10:34 pm Hmm, wise words and good advice there. How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 17Mar 24, 2009 5:30 am Hi all, This is my first post after scanning the forums for many weeks. I felt the need to reply as this post particularly is full of miss information and I feel some needs to be clarified, even if the post is 6 months old. Firstly some information about me. I am a trade qualified painter with 14yrs experience in the trade (including managing a paint store). I have since chosen to work part time due to family commiments and now work for Bunnings in their Paint Department. These sort of quotes are full of misinformation which i will clarify for you. _Al_ I don't think it's the training at Bonings, it's the crap paint measure system. Plungers, near enough is close when they add tints in. And as soon as you go half strength or heaven forbid quarter strength......they can't get the measurements small enough. The paint measuring system used at bunnings is the same if not better then most paint store. At a minimum all paint outlets use a carousel or if they can afford it a computerised dispensing system. Both of these systems measure in the same standard, except the computerised dispenses itself. As for colours that can not be tinted to half or quarter strength that is correct as some tints will not break down to that amount and it generally only applies to sample pots not cans over 1 litre in size. Michelle I to date have NOT met a painter who gets his paint from Bunning’s. This is a true quote, but it also needs to be clarified that Bunnings does not deal with Dulux, Wattyl or Taubmans trade accounts so a trade painter would not buy their paint from Bunnings as they would be required to pay retail not trade price that they recieve from the appropriate trade outlet. Michelle In defence of the people working for Bunning’s, it’s not their fault! It’s from LACK of training from Bunning’s themselves to their staff. Like a lot of things with Bunning’s! You have to relies, as commodorenut said, the people in the paint shops get trained to do this. Commodorenut scooped by getting someone who even knew their colours and what to do with them as well! Training is an issue across the whole paint sales industry. I have seen an equal amount of mistints come out of trade centres as i have Bunnings. Human error will always be a factor in mixing paint. I know many trade centres that do not use staff with any paint training or knowledge as they can not afford to hire them and send them to training from their appropriate supplier. Dulux train the majority of all Bunnings paint staff but these courses are only availalble a few times a year so sadly not everyone is trained to a set standard, and yes there are some people working in the paint section with minimal paint knowledge and training. commodorenut We'd chosen a number of colours from chips, but 3 of the 4 didn't come close to what they chip was - we were fed the excuse that it's variations in the printing process blah blah, and it dries differently. They tried to tell me it will dry lighter - but it went darker! (as most paints I've used do). The majority of paint chips will have a slight variation over to the paint. This is true and it is also true that it is due to the printing ink and paint. Colours are also greatly influenced by their surroundings and can appear very different from a sample chip to a 1mx1m brush out to the final appearance when painted on all 4 walls. Carpets and furnishings are largely responsible for this variation. Most paints applied to interiors will appear darker due to the lower amount of natural light. Exterior surfaces generally appear lighter due to the large amount of natural light. _Al_ Go somewhere where they have computer colour matching. Same colour eveytime you go back for more. False we have 3 spectrometers in our store and not one will give you the same reading twice on a colour sample. These machines are calibrated daily as the software will not allow you to do a colour match unless it has been calibrated that day. I have seen the spectrometers give a near perfect match and i have also seen some spectacular mistints from them. I hope i have not been to long winded but some of these claims/quotes are totally inaccurate and felt they needed clearing up. If anyone needs advice on painting (not colours) I am more then happy to help and offer advice. If you need to know a colours manufacturer I am also happy to help as our Dulux software at work has just about every colour ever produced by every manufacturer who has ever sold paint in Australia. Cheers Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 18Mar 24, 2009 8:37 am Well I for one appreciated the clarification on this as far as B goes! But……can you speak for every store? Welcome to the forum! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 19Mar 24, 2009 2:02 pm Never had any problems with Bunnings paints... What many people forget is the type of paint used can make a huge difference.... Make sure if you want a Dulux colour but are using a Wattyl paint, that the shop uses a Wattyl colour book... It's no good using the Dulux codes in a Wattyl paint... It'll be different every time... Sheen level also makes a big difference... Most of the sample pots are flat paints, or very low sheen... And yet most people will purchase low sheen as the final product... Try looking at the same colour in flat to gloss... The relfected light of the gloss finish can change the colour significantly! And check the paint before the lid is put on... Check the printed label... At least if you have the printed label you'll know next time what to ask for! Finally, when tipping your paint into a tray, pour away from the label! Electrical Engineer... Don't hold that against me... And keen owner builder... Mainly the building part!! Re: Bunnings sold me the wrong colour paint grrrrrrr! 20Mar 24, 2009 7:13 pm No i cannot speak for every store but as in life there are always places that have lower standards of service etc. For an interesting perspective on colour variations i was talking with a Dulux rep today about some eoples concerns on this forum. The rep proceeded to tell me about a test Dulux conducted a few years ago where they went to 50 sperate Dulux trade centres and got a 4lt can of 101 W&W all in the same colour and took them all back to the lab. They then did a brush out of each can purchased and placed them on a large wall. To their own suprise not one brush out was the same as another from any of their own outlets. Upon further nvestigation they discovered that due to each dispensers wear and tear, combined with how often they were serviced led to all the variations that they experienced. So that alone will explain and help people understand why not all paint samples match their colour chips. If i can be of any help for people chasing up manufactures colours i am more then willing to help just pm me and i will endure to find out anything i can for you in my available time. Cheers welcome to learning that colours vary in different lighting conditions. 1 2910 2 31355 there is only 20% difference in concrete strength between 20 mpa and 25 mpa, so check with your engineer first if it fits his calculation tolerances. There are ways to… 6 18304 |