British Paints Ceiling Paint

Terrible ceiling paint – Don't buy this ceiling paint it is absolute rubbish. I ran out of the trade paint I was using from another brand and bought this to recoat the whole ceiling with. The finish is absolutely shocking, almost has a low sheen appearance, not flat at all and the blotchiness is horrible. Did 3 coats, on the 3rd coat because the first 2 were so bad I… Read more

tried 3 different rollers including a top of the range wool roller, different length naps and different directions to compensate for natural light. Nothing worked. I've been painting for many years and never had a problem with other paints with my go to roller and technique I always use. Should have stuck with the cheaper trade paint from another brand.

Best paint for ceilings – After painting a number of houses with Taubman and Dulux I switched to British Paints, absolutely the best application using a wool roller with 22 mm shag and 420mm wide. Two coats perfect. Same with wall paint, perfect. Can't understand the whinging on here. Get a decent wool roller and stop using the cheap pink rubbish rollers. If you are going… Read more

to buy good paint get a decent roller. Also resprayed a lot of my old furniture with British Paints H2O semi gloss enamel. This is not an add and if I could put photos on I would show you. Remember get a decent roller with at least 22 mm woollen shag. 420 mm long.

It is not the product - it is your inexperience – I used white Matt - British Paints using a roller on the walls - excellent result. I decided on Dulux ceiling white for a guaranteed finish. Nope! Bought a second tin of Dulux - same poor finish. It was my fault as l was too slow in applying Dulux. It dries fast. Both products are good  Show details ·  1

Painted large bedroom ceiling with cornice and rose – Paint went on well and came up beautiful white. I used a large good quality brush and a synthetic roller on a pole - paint went on quickly and dried fast. In my opinion it's not too thin for brush work (I had a lot of that to do) - and it didn't drip everywhere from the roller.. I am honestly not sure how these other reviewers are such experiences - I am buying this paint to do the rest of my house. Show details ·  1

Not bad at all – Good ceiling paint. Used 15 litres for bedrooms lounge room and hallways throughout my house. As with any ceiling paint preparation is the key.. This product rolls well and coverage is pretty good. Have used dulux taubmans and wattle over the many years and this product stacks up alright.... Will definitely use again...

British Paint Ceiling Paint and Prime failure – Paint and Prime dries too fast, soon after contact impossible to apply evenly would not stick to filled sanded undercoated edges. Terrible experience and totally disheartened. Have done a lot of painting over 40 years but this is the worst situation I have faced. My thoughts are that the paint formulas have changed making them fast drying so that… Read more

tradies can get their jobs done in one session or to lower cost of manufacturing. Years back paint was no problem.

absolute junk – third coat on a ceiling and its still streaky, never buying again. never had this issue painting a ceiling couldn't work out what was going on. aftee reading these reviews im not alone. be retuning whats left in the tin tomorrow, just wasted so much time that i dont have, cheers. carpenter, outdoor carpentry, landscape construction. worked in construction since I left school in 2000. im no cowboy Show details

Terrible. Avoid – B.P. timesaver Ceiling Flat Interior.What a waste of time. On our third coat and still hard to apply and very patchy.Been renovating since 1983 and this is the worst paint I have ever used. Show details

Terrible paint. Avoid at all costs!!! – We have just finished painting our hallway ceiling with the white ceiling for the 5th time and it is still patchy and has a terrible finish. We have wasted our time and money with this product and would not recommend it to anyone! Will never buy this brand again. Wish I had seen these reviews before purchasing!  Show details

Terrible – Bought British Paints ceiling white from Bunnings and applied it.Turned out streaky.Had a moan to their consumer department. Gave me a tin from a different batch via Bunnings. Still a waste of time and effort. Show details

Do Not Use, Waste Of Money And Time – Did 1 coat which was patchy and left over night to dry. Well it looked worse so did a 2nd coat and a 3rd. Used the whole can and now have to buy another brand and do it again. Sadly I have bought their brand wall paint (red) and can't return it even if unopened. Don't want to waste more time redoing the walls again and sleeping on the couch as its the bedroom I'm painting. Not happy. Show details

Terrible paint – I have been painting my home for 20 yrs and have never experienced such problems as I have with British paints paint and protect. The finish is s o bad. You can see every roller mark and it's streaky. I have sanded back and reapllied paint. 4 Coats in total. The walls feel tacky and show up wipe marks when I clean marks from wall. Should have stuck to dulux wash n wear. Show details

Not perfect! Can live without it! – Paint peels off doors and skirts despite correct prep. Just had carpet fitted; now have to strip and repaint. Now found walls the same. Ten doors to re-do! Have years experience painting, never happened before. Maybe faulty batch paint Show details

Terrible paint extremely patchy finish – Unfortunately i changed brands to finish off painting my house, this paint states that 1 coat over existing similar color is fine well they lie. The first coat was patchy so tried a new roller for a second coat and finish is even worse now have to invest in more paint (another brand) and throw out 5litres of paint, I dont know how they are allowed to sell this rubbish. I will never use British paints again. Show details

Paint rubs off after fully dried – Terrible paint! I have finished applying a 2nd coat to the ceiling 2 days ago and this paint now being completely dry. I have rubbed the ceiling to remove any little bugs that were attached to the paint with a damp cloth and what do you know the paint rubs off on the cloth. I would also like to include that even after the 2nd coat this it is still… Read more

very patchy. I would not recommend this paint to anyone as now I have wasted my weekend painting this and now will need to paint over with a new coat of different paint.

Don’t buy. Terrible paint. Patchy & shows up imperfections!! – Bought this for my garage ceiling. After 2 coats was patchy. Not happy I went 1 more coat next day. No better. Dries super quick, doesn’t hide imperfections well enough and overlap marks show even after keeping wet edge. Saved a few bucks at Bunnings compared to Dulux/others but poor poor quality. Never again. Show details

Will never buy again – Used British paints low sheen paint to cover existing walls (light blue) with cream colour (champagne cream - Taubmans tint). Cut in 3 times and rolled walls 3 times and existing colour still bleeds through. Paint does not go on smoothly as well with brush even after paying for expensive paint brushes to ensure a good job. Will NEVER buy British paints again after purchasing from Bunnings ! Very disappointed in this product Show details

Terrible smelly wont cover nicely patchy just horrible paint – The room is 4m by 3m I washed ceiling with sugar soap.Started painting next morning and a few stain like marks still visible, so I stopped and purchased a a gd brand of stain and mould blocker and painted any areas that had marks. I let that dry for about 5 hours and put 1st coat of ceiling white. Over a period of a week I've put 3 coats on and… Read more

can still see the white stain blocker. I'm not going to bother putting any more on it's a waste of time .My local mitre 10 store has advised and given a huge discount on enough blocker for entire ceiling as well as 4 litres of Dulux ceiling white. Very disappointed with British paints, never again .

Don’t paint your houses with this stuff – I bought British paints as recommended by Bunnings staff, 4 Coats to do a small room and this is painting over white, same problems painting my bathroom, it’s patchy does not cover well. Very annoyed at Bunnings, won’t give me my money back or replace. NEVER AGAIN will I use this paint. Show details

Good ceiling paint for money – I bought the paint in 15 litres tub as was cheaper than other brands at bunnings which was painted by retired tradie. Everything now looks good and no problems so far. No strong smell neither. I will use it again in future if I have to if price is cheaper.  Show details ·  1

White not so white – So it turns out white ceiling paint is a lot whiter than white wall paint, making the walls look yellow-ish, now I will need to paint the ceiling again, which is a huge amount of work. Will not be buying again this product ever again, what a waste of money and energy...  Show details

If I knew what I know now – Just came across reviews of this paint and painful memories resurfaced vividly in my head. I had to repaint dining room ceiling after a small chunk of gyprock fell off along with light fitting. Brought that piece to Bunnings and asked to colour match. Long story short - I ended up repainting the whole ceiling. Painting was not easy, paint was… Read more

drying fast and we still had visible patches after two coats. We had to apply one more coat, which improved overall look, but the ceiling can still look blotchy during sunny days due to reflection off the ground.

Smelly, patchy paint – Be warned this is a rubbish paint and smells like a dead rodent. Cutting in is much darker than the roller areas and the texture of the surfaces varies wildly regardless of how you apply it. Bunnings and British Paints should be embarrassed to sell it. Back to Dulux for me. The smell is disgusting weeks after application when the ceiling warms up. It has happened now in two separate rooms painted weeks apart. It is not a coincidence.  Show details

Find a different paint – My son inlaw brought british paints having had it reccommened by the bunnings team, unfortunatly serious bad outcome, there is no integrity either with bunnings team or British paints team, blaming the consumer for a bad outcome rather than looking at their own product is not a good look, some serious bad management..."trust British Paints, sure can" there catch phrase, no longer applies, find a different paint..  Show details

Worst decision I have made in a long time – Terrible paint, patchy after 3 coats loading heaps of paint on the roller, tried different rollers, still no better - so demoralizing, all the effort and $500+ spent for such a poor result. Wall paint was barely any better, again three coat minimum on good condition walls. Should have stuck with Dulux, never had any issue before and two coats has nearly always been sufficient.  Show details

Worst product ever, will cost thousands to fix – Worst product ever, looks patchy after a few coats, turns out its textured my ceiling and now i need to replace my ceiling or hand sand all the paint off and start again. this well known brand will cost me 5000 to fix and 2 weeks of my life. Never ever go near this useless product. worst mistake i ever made. it would have been cheaper to pay a tradie to do the whole house  Show details

So much work for such bad results – This is the worse paint I’ve ever used I have painted nearly all the inside of my house and never had any problems before till using British Paint low sheen taking this half tin back to Bunnnngs and hoping they can help, the cutting in dried very dark and the walls are patchy and streaked, so very disappointing.  Show details

Should have read this first! – I bought a 10 litre tin of this stuff yesterday from Bunnings, but after reading these reviews it's being returned this morning before I open it. I'll spend a little more and buy Dulux I think! Been there and done that before with cheap paint, and I don't want to spend more time than I have to with a Roller up in the air.  Show details

Terrible paint – Waste of money. This brand is rubbish. We have to paint all ceilings and walls again. Although washed all the walls with sugar soap prior painting but still it didn't cover anything... I don't know why staff at Bunnings even suggested this brand when clearly it's a RUBBISH brand.  Show details

I ve used the expensive reconized top brands & never had good results when it comes to ceiling paint – No. & 1 coat is such a decieptive way to advertise these top line ceiling paints. Its false advertising . It usually takes 2 to 4 coats to cover properly. Cheaper no brand ceiling whites are much better & 2 coats & you done.So save your money, time & energy. Go the no name brands  Show details

British Paints – Not happy with the finish, there is none, 1 prep coat, 2 tops coats low sheen and 2 topcoats flat ceiling paint and still rollermarks in paint.Not happy At all wish i had read the reviews could have saved myself a heap of cash, not sure what to use next  Show details

There are better ceiling whites at the same price point, tradex for instance, much better coverage and more consistent finish. Show details