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Low Sheen Acrylic, Gloss Acrylic, Semi Gloss Acrylic, Matt AcrylicStuart B.South-Eastern Region, NSW
Window and deck rail
I used this paint on a deck rail with the use of a primer as recommended by a local paint shop. The paint started to peel off within a week. I also used this paint on timber windows and it chips and flakes off so easily. Where it hasn't flaked off, it had started to fade after only 1 summer. The quality is absolutely dreadful. I will never buy dulux again.
Purchased in September 2021.
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Josh GGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
Not a good experience.
Painted treated pine timber posts for carport. Even after drying over two days the painted posts stuck together and the paint has peeled off. Going to have repaint an entire 12 metre long carport. $200 Down the drain.
Purchased in January 2021 at Paint Spot for A$200.00.
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DuluxGroup A.Dulux
We are sorry to see that you are not satisfied with the finish in your home, and we understand your frustration, Josh. We want to help! Please call our Help & Advice team on 13 25 25 (Option 2) and qu... Read more
ote your ticket number 289788, or you can private message us with your details and we will call you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you - The Dulux Team.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
PhilSydney, NSW
- 4 reviews
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Very easy to use and great coverage.
I’ve just painted the exterior of my house using a combo of low sheen Weathershield and semi gloss Weathershield. I’ve used 30 litres of low sheen and 4 litres of semi gloss. One colour is white and the other is a mid grey. The surfaces were a mix of pre painted and some new weatherboards.
I’m thinking that it’s true that painting is all about preparation. We went to a lot of trouble to clean, fill and sand then fill again so the surfaces were in as good a condition as they were going to be.
The semi gloss went onto the trim and around the wi...Read more
ndow frames. I undercoated the new timber with an oil undercoat and finished with two coats of Weathershield. I found that coverage was pretty good but definitely needed the two coats. After the second coat the timber looked fantastic and I’m very happy with the results. Application was with a brush. The paint itself performed really well and went on smoothly. It can dry quite quickly but was no big deal provided I kept a good wet edge. The main job was the weatherboards and the low sheen Weathershield. Apart from the cutting in, application was with a roller. Again, the paint went on smoothly and colour cover was excellent. It also really needed the two coats but the end result was very pleasing. The self priming paint went perfectly over the new weatherboards and after the second coat, you couldn’t tell what was new and what was pre painted wall. I painted in cool weather (15 - 20 degrees Celsius) and in full sun. I had no issues with the paint whatsoever and wouldn’t hesitate to use it again. I note the number of negative reviews about the product and don’t really understand them given my experience with this product. I could speculate why people would have trouble but if best keep that to myself. All I can say for sure is that my experience this time around was totally positive and provided prep is done correctly, I reckon that Dulux Weathershield is an excellent product that is well up to the task of protecting my house in the Aussie extreme conditions.
Purchased in September 2021 at Bunnings Warehouse for A$450.00.
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Hi Phil, thank you for your feedback! It’s fantastic to hear that you’ve had a great experience with our product. Please feel free to contact us on 13 25 25 (Option 2) if you need any help or advice down the track – The Dulux Team.
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RossGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
Dulux paint is rubbish
Purchased 14 litres of weathershield in semi gloss. The paint is difficult to apply, it lack adhesion to the surface and required 3 coats just to get a cover. After 2 weeks I can still scratch the paint with my fingernail.
I purchased a can of Wattyl Solarguard. It is like chalk and cheese. The Wattyl product went on beautifully. Two coats and I had a magnificent finish. I went back to my local Dulux store to follow up on the problem. They looked and the paint and said there was nothing wrong with it. I have done a lot of painting over many years and have always used the Dulux product. I am extremely disappointed with the product and response i got at the Dulux shop. I will never use Dulux product again
Purchased at Dulux Trade Centre for A$185.00.
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Villa NoosaSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 2 reviews
Painting of 10 Villas at Noosaville
Excellent finish, great assistance from trade representative liaising with contractor Wilko. Job completed on time. The second time we have used this Dulux product in the last 12 years on a site near Noosa river with the usual harsh weather conditions, southerly winds etc
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Not happy
Never again, tinted green dulux weathershield. Retailer replaced tin for a factory tinted can .no better cut my losses and bought a diffrent brand. extra expense and tripple the work. at least diffrent brand hasn't peeled off like glad wrap.
Purchased in March 2021 at I.t.s. timber and hardware. Georgetown tas for A$95.00.
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WimoGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
Sticky
Dries too quick and remains soft for a long time. Does not flow nicely. And tne colour (green) seperates even while regularly stirring. Disappointing product. Used to be my favourite paint.
Purchased in March 2021 at Bunnings Warehouse.
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We are disappointed that you have experienced this issue with our Weathershield Gloss Acrylic, we are here to help you, please contact our Help & Advice Team on 132525 and quote this number 19... Read more
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ResslerPerth, WA
- 12 reviews
Both great and terrible
Painted H3 CCA treated pine posts with Weathershield in Shale Grey. Worked great and paint dried into the timber quickly. No dripping, not tacky, Just as you'd expect.
Next part of the job was painting H3 LOSP treated and primed (pink primed) timber in Monument. Now this was a different story. The paint effectively formed a skin around the timber and just stayed tacky to the touch. Placing two bits of timber on top of each other resulted in adhesion, even after a day, and in pulling them apart, resulted in the paint tearing off. You could have...Read more
just peeled the paint off and you'd never have know it had been painted. Luckily, the latter timbers are going in an area out of reach and far enough away from eye line but clearly this paint is not suitable in all circumstances so test first!Purchased in March 2021 at Bunnings Warehouse.
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EwanDulux
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False claims with warranty
I had my home painted professionally using the dulux product and within 1 month the paint started to bubble and peel away from the walls. Asked the Dulux rep to have a look and they claim the product is fine and it is normal to bubble when in direct sunlight. As for the warranty they wont cover anything as they claim there product was applied properly. I now have to pay another painter to fix the issue. Please don't get caught out with this product like I did.
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unhappyTINAROO
Awful
I am extending my timber cottage, there was painted by a professional painter 4 years ago. I bought the same paint from same shop to match but the colour very different when sun hit the wall.
The paint is still not dry after 2 weeks. Oily, sticky substance on surface when sun out.
I have painted the walls, balustrades and poles but can not finish my job.
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Well I pained house 2 yrs ago it's faded new it's look horrible
I am painter, I painted house 2 year ago in 47 raven street comp hill qld one side house on sun side look faded. I call dulux I hope the gat to ma asap, if derby base not good please advise the trad or builder to avoid all this issue. Thanks!
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strikeyGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC
- 19 reviews
Looks great
Just painted my Campervan with this paint. The guy at Bunnings recommended it to me and I am very happy with it so far. Had trouble initially with the spray gun but after ringing Bunnings who told me to add 2 litres of water with it to thin it down, everything then went smoothly. A couple of runs, but that was my lack of experience. I would definitely use Dulux weathershield again.
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Niko TGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC
- 29 reviews
According to the Dulux lab technicians, Weathershield, will not adhere to PINE
So if you look at any of my other reviews on their products and with the Dulux company as a whole you will see the trouble I have gone through with their exterior products.
This whole ordeal has cost me around $4000 in materials and labour which may not seem like a lot, but when you have a family including 4 children and have saved hard to do upgrades to your house, it is.
Back story... https://youtu.be/OOeHuSZ71wQ
My issue was choosing their product over any of the others.
We painted the trusses of the pergola we were building and as you can see from that video, the results are less than ideal to put it mildly.
The only thing worse than that result was the Dulux Customer Service team. ...Read more
The paint bubbled no matter what method was used that Dulux apparently always recommend (except on their web pages, product or their sales reps). But they didn't want to hear anything other than it was not their fault. Having raised these issues through Dulux and Bunnings finally getting them to send out someone to take samples we got a result. This was the email back from Bunnings to my tradie after Dulux decided to stop all contact with myself. "the issues you are experiencing are due to a natural characteristic of the timber. The yellow crystal like substance is causing the adhesion issues with the paint, this is not a fault of the product, but a natural characteristic as timber is a natural product" They are saying that their own paint cannot adhere to pine because of one of its natural characteristics... That would be a handy piece of information to have on their website or their labels. Even their sales reps who happened to be at Bunnings while the paint was being purchased didn't mention this when we queried them before purchasing. There was an offer of $2000 and a Bunnings gift card of $500 as a "goodwill" gesture which we refused as that only covered the materials, not the extra labour costs nor the amount of time wasted, plans that had to be changed and leave I took to get this job done. The paint test we did using one of their much cheaper rivals which I have done a review of and it worked perfectly without any prep work. It sustained multiple 40+ days that melted roads whereas the Weathershield "premium" product had issues at 24 degrees after being left to cure in a garage for almost a week and being applied using a prep process NO ONE in their right mind would go through. At the time other brand we tested was around the $53 mark for 4L vs Dulux $91 mark for 4L. The results speak for themselves. I will never use their products, nor any of their umbrella company products and neither will any of my friends, tradies, family and acquaintances. In fact we recently underwent a refurb at work and painted 2 floors of our office, after discussing with building management convinced them NOT to use Dulux which they would normally do. As they have failed to get back to me and try to resolve this properly, not to mention the fact they have broken consumer laws, we will be taking this matter further.1 comment
Bit of a follow up.
Bunnings nor Dulux would front up or even admit fault and we are still going to take them to VCAT as a start. The only reason we haven't yet is because my tradie has been working l... Read more
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weathershield paint for weatherboards is the best ont he market
I painted houses for 20 years of my life but when I came to my own home 25 to 30 years ago in the 1990s I pressure washed the house scraped it off with a steel scraper then gave it a good sand with a orbital sander knowing from experience if I prepared the base then the top coat would last nearly forever . we then spot touched up with deluxe X10 and gave it 3 further coats we didn't use any other paint or primer . the X10 lasted 20 to 30 years before the bad paint under the x10 and rot on the boards started to give a little trouble on the north...Read more
and west face of the house . we pressure washed and scraped the worse of the paint off and gave the house a touch up again then gave it 3 coats of weather shield low sheen and I fully expect never to have to do it again in the next 25 to 30 years and I have had no problems doing touch ups where when the paints been damaged. i have had no trouble with peeling and i see no reason why you would sand it . if you get runs its because you haven't applied it properly .if you have any other trouble with this paint its you not the paint its you that's made a mistake or applied it in bad conditions . its pretty much fool proof too so I read these comments and wonder how on earth can you mess this up ?????. read the instructions or go do a night course or at least learn what your doing and you'll have no problems and never have to do it again . if you get it on your windows use a razor type blade to scrape and trim the excess paint you cant expect to use masking tape on this sort of paint . one of the reasons this paints so good is because its like plastic or powder coating for your wood . after doing painting for half my life id never waste my time using any other paint . I always laugh seeing my neighbours repainting their houses every few years because they cheaped out on the paint .use the best and do your self a favour read the instructions or pay a professional and it will last a life time .Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
bad, bad, bad!!!!
This paint is unbelievably bad!! I tried to remove the masking tape after painting the walls and it came off in SHEETS with the masking tape, in addition to this when I tried to sand it to patch it only made it worse and formed little rubber balls of paint and it could not be sanded. The only thing I could do in the end was to plaster the ripped areas of pain, t sand back and paint again. This was a poor fix as in some areas it still showed but the whole house could not be stripped of paint even though some walls were!!! This also happene...Read more
d to any area of the wall that was accidently knocked and paint removed. Despite adding drying retardants the paint was gluggy, thick and drippy and did not blend well. This paint was put on over an undercoat as suggested by Dulux on properly prepared walls and frames but did not make one bit of difference to the adherence of the paint. Some walls were newly plastered and some walls had been previously painted but it made no difference to the outcome. Do not use this product!!Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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Poor quality paint
I bought paint at the Penticton store for aluminum siding on the exterior of my house. The label on the can states you can apply it to metal surfaces. The paint is watery thin and did not cover well. I had to use 5 coats and the colour was not what it was supposed to be. When I called the store they wouldn't take the remainder of the paint back. I have never used such poor quality paint before.
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The Worst Paint Ever!!!
This is the worst paint that i have ever used. We have just renovated two decks in wich we used weathershield for all the PRE PRIMED Timber balustrading. We called dulux to ask for the correct application just to confirm...The lady told us to sand back the PRE PRIMED timber, yes thats right she said to sand the factory prime coat off and then undercoat. Once finished the paint peeled everywhere. Not only the worst customer service/advice but the actual dulux product is beyond shocking!!!!!!!! Never recommend dulux again. Taubmans, wattyl or resen is a much better option.
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JoKDulux
Hi Bruce,
Team Dulux here. Thank you for this note and we are sorry to hear of your experience with our products and your paint project. Are you able to speak further to our help and advice team on 1... Read more
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Run,run,run,sticky,sticky,sticky
Hi there, been a professional painter for 30 years and never have i had so many problems with a paint. Spraying corrugated iron as i have done many times before and it was like applying glue. It was tacky and ran, ran, ran. I understand that Extra Bright base can be bit stickier and harder to apply but this was just unacceptable in anyones terms. Sorry havent had this many problems with a paint for many many years
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Dulux here. Thank you for the feedback and it is disappointing to hear that you have had that experience with this product. We would like to find out more from you Jon and as such have lodged... Read more
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CamNortham
Know your product befor you use it
I'm a professional painter who has been using Dulux products for years. Weather shield is a world leader in durability. It's very flexible and without damage will protect a surface for around 10 years. Yes it will fade, and yes if painted in direct sunlight on a hot surface it will go stringy and be difficult to use. It is not designed to be used for your front door, table top, pathway etc etc. it's use is the exterior walls, windows, gutters & fascias. Even the roof. It will appear "tacky" or rubbery due to its construction (it doesn't go hard...Read more
). If the weather is hot add a small amount of hot weather thinners and read the side of the can, download the data sheet on the product, don't use if the air and/or surface temperature is below 10c or above 30c. Dulux is expensive but in the long run if used properly it will do its job. If you don't know the how, what and why, your going to stuff it up with any product. I've used them all, and I always go back to Dulux. Sometimes the client supplies the paint and often I'm surprised at the rubbish that is on the market.1 comment
JoKDulux
Hi Cam,
Dulux team here, thanks for the note and great to hear that you continue to enjoy this product. Please contact us on 132525 if you need any support down the track.
Best regards.
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No guarantee at all on colour fading
House in Sydney painted with Weathershield in Nile Clay In about 2012 on to new surface, noticed at about 2 years the front of house (facing in a Northerly direction) had obvious signs of fading, 3 years on it looks terrible. Called Dulux, told me no guarantee against fading. Very surprised that this product has failed so soon. I would expect and except some degree of fading over many years, But this is ridiculous. At this rate will need to be repainted every 3-4 years at great cost and inconvenience. There response was to paint in light pastel...Read more
colours, seems to me they have acknowledged problems with fading but don't what address it, don't seem to want stand behind their products. Paid a premium price for a so called premium product so I would not have problems like this, very disappointed and not happy.1 comment
Adam HiltonDulux
Hi Andrew,
All colours will experience a degree of colour fading over time and agree that your experience has been rather short. In general, darker colours, especially off a Deep base can experience ... Read more
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Questions & Answers
john harleyasked
I need to paint my small jetty that Moore’s my boat what the best paint to use
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Renee B.Dulux
Thank you for taking the time to contact us with your query, John! We would love to help! Please give our Help & Advice Team a call on 13 25 25 (Option 2), and they will be able to answer all of your questions! The Customer Service Team.
Rhondaasked
I Am painting our hardiplank house. I’ve used Dulux Weathershield semi-gloss all round for the first coat. For the second coat can I use the same but in full-gloss straight over the top? Our climate here is very windy, and it blows red dirt all over everything, so I’m thinking full gloss be better for ease of cleaning?
Rhondaasked
It’s 10.3 C here today. Is that too cold to paint our hardiplank house outside. Would floetrol help?
Thank you
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I wouldn't paint in that temperature. Id aim for 15
I’ve painted in the cooler months with Weathershield. No issues at all except that of took a little longer to dry.
Thanks Guys. I hope we get a few more warmer days, otherwise it will have to be Spring. Would it have been 10 degrees kind of cold Phil? I don’t want to take the risk of the colour being patchy, or paint not drying.
I might do a patch test and see how it goes.
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Hi Stuart
act our Help & Advice team on 13 25 25 (Option 2), and quote your ticket number 312619, or you can private message us with your details and we will call you as soon as possible. Our operating hours are from Monday to Friday 7:30am to 7:00pm, Saturdays from 8:30am to 3:00pm, and Sundays from 10am to 4pm AEST The Dulux Team.Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback on our Dulux Weathershield Low Sheen. We're really sorry to hear that you are having some issues with adhesion, we’d like to help. Please cont... Read more