British Paints Clean Protect Low Sheen

Should be removed from the market. A menace to society. Stole days of my life with the endless coats it requires. Torture. Pure torture. Every else says in their reviews how thin and watery it is, I was covering a light colour with a light colour, one bedroom. 20 hours of my life over some days flushed. I cheaped out because Dulux was more… Read more

expensive. Bunnings conned me like so many others say. I will never make the mistake of not reading the reviews before buying again. This paint is truly a menace to Australian society and should be forcibly removed from the market. It has no right to exist. It is irredeemable. Unconscionable to be selling this when all the reviews say the ridiculous amount of coats it needs. I will be 5 coats deep for this bedroom and still it looks patchy in parts. Biggest paint mistake of my life. Never again. I am ashamed of the human race that this product is even legally sold. Of course I had to buy more because the first 4L can ran out. 8L on one bedroom and still I am disgusted in the outcome. $150 wasted. British Paints are a shyster company for selling this UTTER GARBAGE.

Not drying – I am a contractor we painted a wall at 9pm next morning 7am centre was busy and got people now claiming of getting messed with paint after 10hrs paint never dry

Poor Coverage – As I was after a 10 litre tin and was hoping to save a few dollars a staff member recommended British paints . If only I had spent the extra. I’m painting the back area of our house , a few rooms which are a depressing neutral light beige. I purchased a white colour called Lovenote. I’ve had to paint 3 coats which is ridiculous . White over a… Read more

light beige?Evn the 3 coats there’s a bit of streakiness which I’ve gone over again. I prepped the walls, stirred paint well . Such a waste of time and money. Spend the extra, Wattyl is 100% better

Good product – I’m a professional painter with 30 years experience. I used this paint for the first time to paint a bathroom, and I can honestly say I was very impressed. Great coverage, low odour and cheaper than dulux and taubmans. Not quite sure why there are some very bad reviews. Show reply

Terrible paint need at least 4 coats to cover a creaming wall. Same as prime and paint. Never again changing to Dulux – 4 coats of paint over a cream wall. Terrible coverage Show details

Horrible Paint – Wish I hadn’t wasted my money on this product. Nasty yellowish streaky finish which covered nothing. Very strong odour. Won’t ever use it BP products again if this is the result. Show details

Garbage.. will take 4 or 5 coats to cover – This paint should be labelled as see through. Four coats will give you a poor result. Be prepared to do at least five coats for coverage. And thats going over a similar light colour. Show details

Should be discontinued – This must be about the worst paint we've ever bought. We wanted to cover a few little marks and imperfections on a white wall, but this paint left the wall worse than before we started. Everything had a brownish discolouration and the surface was very uneven - despite it being an extremely thin paint! British Paints should trash all remaining… Read more

stocks and take this off the market as I can't see how it could be fit for any purpose. Furthermore, if the few glowing reviews are to be believed then this paint is of an especially inconsistent quality.

Perfect and easy to apply – I used this in a bedroom. Having read the reviews, I was little cautious but this paint is perfect. The viscosity is just right, not too thick and not runny. Show details

Very good paint – I bought 15 litres of the low sheen to do a ceiling. Got a professional painter to do the job. He used a long nap roller. One coat was pretty much sufficient, but he put two on. It had to cover a few marks and grubby looking 35 year old off white paint. it did not take long to dry, and the smell was gone in a day, in cool weather, which is a great relief as I have problems with chemical smells. Did a great job, I would recommend it. Show details

Worst paint so far – Painted a garage wall and a bedroom off white with this paint - required up to 5 coats to block the darker colour in the garage and 4 coats in the bedroom which had cream coloured paint previously, can still see old paint. Water thin rubbish paint with very poor opacity. Show details

DON'T BUY – Purchased 6 litre and have just finished my 4th coat on new plaster. Prepared using Dulux primer. Watery, shiny, streaky and has to be the worst paint I have ever used, and I have painted 3 houses. I used high quality brushes and rollers. I chose BP due to the slight cost savings against Dulux , which I have always used, and which I've never had a… Read more

problem. Now I have the added cost of repainting the room with Dulux or Taubmans., and re hiring a painter, the cost blowout is substantial especially when your 60+ and on a pension. Don't waste your money

Horrible,strong smell – My husband wanted to save and bought this paint which he used 10 years ago, he didn’t realise that we have a young daughter and newborn,after the painting, the horrible smell stay in the house for ever, today is the fifth day of its application, I can still smell strong odour. Horrible! Show details

Watery and patchy colour (half hog bristle) – I usually use Dulux for walls, however, I decided to purchase British paints for a rental property due to the slight cost saving. However, I had to do four coats and I was only painting over cream. It would have been cheaper sticking with Dulux. FYI, I was using a high quality roller. Show details

First time user – I’m only 18 and I’ve never painted a wall before, but I like the outcome of my walls after using this paint. The walls in my room are 4m tall so after pulling down wallpaper and cleaning everything with sugar soap, this paint made everything easy to cover with little to no mess. Did a full 2 coats in a day, and it’s covered every patch of dry… Read more

wall, gyprock, extra. Yes it was patchy on the first coat but I think my friend and I didn’t do it properly, regardless the outcome looks really good

Paint smell won't quit! – I got the British Paints Clean Protect Walls version of a Dulux colour "Water Raceway" for a feature wall in my son's bedroom. I was happy enough with the application of the paint I did two coats with over two hours drying time in between and the finished colour is gorgeous. BUT I AM NOT HAPPY with the PAINT SMELL that has been residing in the… Read more

room for almost 3 WEEKS since. Somehow the room still smells like paint! We have tried everything from fans, air purifiers, baking soda, water with lemon, vinegar, chopped onion, to heating the room with heaters for a whole day to bake the paint on. While the smell has weakened it is still noticeable. I am very upset as my son has asthma and has to sleep in a room with this smell. It says it's supposedly "low odour and very low VOC" on the tin. I have used Taubmans Easy Coat for two rooms previously and had no problems with paint smell whatsoever. I actually thought British Paints would be a better product but now I know better! I will NEVER use this product again and would not recommend it to anyone!

Terrible quality – The client bought this paint from Bunnings 15liters of British Paints Clean Protect, applied the first coat straight from the tin and i knew straight away that the quality was poor. I have been in the painting game for many years and this took 4 coats to cover over light cream walls. Took extra time as the rooms were large, had to buy more paint due to the coverage, will not buy this [paint again. Show details

If I could give less than 1 star I would! Beware!! – We bought all British paints: Ceiling, walls, gloss for doors and frames, 4 in 1 for prepping. We did absolutely everything we could to get a good job.. Sanded, sugar soaped etc etc. We were noticing strokes in the paint as we were doing our cutting in and didn’t think much of it at first.. rolled on the first coat and it all looked blotchy.… Read more

Although by the tin a 2nd coat wouldn’t be required we did a 2nd coat anyway and again, looks so blotchy and just horrible. I would never ever buy anything made by British paints again. Absolutely horrible, transparent paint!

Terrible paint does – I bought 15 litres of the low sheen wall paint its absolutely terrible does not cover even after 3 coats Ive had to start again with a different paint lost 2 days of wages using this stuff Show details

Worst paint have ever used i will never use British Paints again – Will never use British Paints again. I run a maintenance company. Used British Paints for the first time. With sunshine on the walls of a hallway , kitchen and dining room you can see every roller mark and brush stroke. Color matched the walls and was supposed to be one coat freshen up I have applied 3 coats already and have to sand the whole job back and repaint. Has cost me nearly $1000 and my reputation. Show details

Do not use British Paints – No good, bought 15l tub clean & protect of low sheen from Bunnings Adelaide. Dries clear 4 to 5 coats over a light cream wall. Other brands do it in 1 or 2 coats (British Paints need to take this product off the shelf) Show details

Great paint! – Easy to apply, great even coverage and dries lovely. Applied over prepped walls that were previously straight plaster, other wash & wear paint and suede effects paint. Perfect finish on all of them! Also, my clumsy moments of paint on the floors and window trims came off very easily haha.  Show details ·  1

Good quality paint – A very good quality paint. Easy application and great coverage. Smooths out brush marks when dry. Very low odour. Highly recommended for bedrooms and wet areas. Had the choice between this and Dulux. The key is in the preparation of the wall surfaces. My walls were poorly painted by previous owner. Left a lot of rope like marks due to poor roller finish. Went for British Paints as price competitive.  Show details ·  1

Finally a decent paint – Bought 10 ltrs from Bunnings used over the long weekend really impressed covers well applies easily both brush and roller. low odour, Best paint I've used outside of U K where I worked for a specialist paint manufacturer, TV and Theatre so only ever had to use 1 coat in the past  Show details ·  1

Great paint and cleanable ,easy to apply – nice paint and easy to apply and covered the old paint easy, I recommend it and try to use it again , this product is expensive but well worth it , better to leave one day between the Coates , easy to clean . any way nice experience so far  Show details ·  1

Perfect cant fault – This product is excellent, coverage is good, went dark over light. hardly any smell. Looks better than expected was worried after i read the reviews. Used the cheapest rollers and brushes I think if I used more expensive rollers I could have done it in 1 coat, and was my first time painting.  Show details ·  1

Somethings wrong with this formula – Purchased the Matt Black from this range. Stirred thoroughly as I do all my paints. When applying it was watery and streaky. Once dry it was see through and uneven . Whatever the formula is it doesn’t work! I went back to Bunnings and requested to change it . Guys were great and allowed me to change it over. Came home with taubmans tradex flat… Read more

black. Absolutely brilliant finish. Could of got away with one coat but gave it 2 anyway. If your looking for a Matt finish in black as a feature wall then don’t go past taubmans black flat . Don’t touch British paints version. Sorry guys but somethings seriously wrong with your formula.

Big mistake – As an owner builder I did my own painting, Painted many homes over the years used Bristol but no longer around. Went to Bunnings and bought approx. 60/80L of British Paints Clean and protect for the interior. No matter how many coats it looks very ordinary not worth the/any savings Used Taubmans elsewhere and it's fine. One day will need to redo esp the ceilings.

British paints fail!!! Terrible paint very unhappy! – Finally have the time to write a review on the paint. We used British Paints Clean & Protect Low Sheen Paint for our new home in September 2015. Having painted several homes in the past 10 years i think this paint is total crap and does not live up to the much hyped advertising and claims! Specifically recommended by the team at bunnings coburg… Read more

as we only wanted to do one coat over an existing colour with the same colour. Followed the direction on the can. Stirred well etc. Bought the expensive rollers and already had the professional brushes. Even did 2 coats in some areas where there had been some moving marks made.

After only one week scuff marks were very visible and the slightest touch of hand would leave a mark.

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1. its meant to be LOW -SHEEN - i would be describe it as NO-SHEEN. It looks totally flat and in fact seems to have a slightly rough texture. 2. The walls mark extremely easy. Put your hand on the wall to put your shoes and it might mark. 3. Wash and Wear ?? well yes you can wash off marks ... but it leaves highly visible rubbing marks on the area you wiped. On certain angles you can see wipe marks very clearly and it makes walls look messy.

So for a brand new 5 bedroom double story home ,after only 3 months it looks worse than our old home of 15 years !

NOT HAPPY do not use this paint its expensive rubbish.

Just a quick update as its not 3 years later The whole house basically needs a repaint. From memory we spent well over $2000 on paint and mateials Plus 2 peoples labour for approx 7 days full time.

The house looks like it has been lived in for 20 years plus. Any where a hand has touched a wall has left a permamant mark. And the walls cannot be cleaned !

Total disgrace do not buy their products as they falsely advertise.