Dulux Ceiling White NeverMiss

Very costly and bad experience – I painted half the ceilings of the house, which included the bedrooms, with this paint. They stank terrible but I didn't suspect the paint and thought it was the new wool carpet which had been installed within a day or so of the ceilings being painted with Dulux Never Miss pink ceiling paint. A rep from the carpet company said 'perhaps' it was the… Read more

carpet and agreed to replace it with inferior synthetic carpet but the foul stench stayed. I only figured the paint was the culprit when I put some on the plaster wall of my shed and found it smelled the same as the stench in my house. When I contacted Dulux they provided a can of spirit based Smoke, Odour and Stain Blocker and a different ceiling paint. The stain blocker is terrible to use and paint tray, roller and brushes practically impossible to clean. I ended up throwing them out and buying new ones. I only painted 2 rooms (master bedroom and WIR) with it as that seemed to exacerbate the smell. Thank goodness I didn't do the rest. After painting the ceiling again, the stench in the rooms not painted with the smoke, odour and stain blocker subsided over a period of much more than a year but it still presents in the 2 rooms that were painted with the smoke, odour and stain blocker under certain weather conditions which seems to be to do with humidity and heat and this is after 6 years! After Dulux' inability to fix the problem, they have decided that the stench is due to dead possums and rats in the ceiling. That is most definitely NOT the case. There has never been an issue with a smell in the rooms of the half of the house that were not painted! In the earlier years of this fiasco, many times we slept in the lounge room.

Using Never miss – We painted my sons place using never miss all 9 ceilings & there was no smell issues at all , it is a greatest product I have ever used , unless they have changed the formulae , went on brilliantly & never missed an area that’s the idea of it , I can understand some of the comments , we sanded the ceiling & wiped the ceiling down with a metho rag , the pink colour went as it dried in about 2 hours Show details

Beautiful paint - so quick to use – I have read the reviews, and quite honestly can't believe it. I painted my hallway ceiling and a small bedroom with this paint after cutting in with a brush it took me 20 minutes with a roller to do both rooms! and I got great coverage!!! Yes it has an odour for a couple of days - big deal it is paint - open a window and enjoy your free time, well… Read more ·  1

worth the money and ease of seeing where you have been. Just make sure you have enough paint on your roller, I used an extendable roller - seriously the easiest ceiling I have ever painted. I am no strong man either, I am a 48 year old woman with somewhat laxed fitness levels.

Disappointed – I found this product was very easy to apply and loved the even consistency fantastic paint..but just painted my bedroom ceiling and I'm still waiting for it to dry white..it's now 6 hours later and it's still pink..but I do have a concrete ceiling. I will now buy another Dulux ceiling white to cover it up..as it's still pink.  Show details ·  1

Still pink after 24 hours – I have used this paint several times and had no problems. However this time , half the ceiling is fine but the other hale has patches of pink. Will not use this paint again as it took a while to paint it in the first place and will need to be repainted , hopefully to hide these patches .......a good idea that has gone wrong....Dulux need to look… Read more

at its quality control as smell also appears to be an issue ,otherwise people will not buy their products no matter how much money they plough into advertising.

crap and reeks – was given this paint as unused by friend,went on great in 1 coat..then dried and the smell got worse hour by hour.. no happy at all.. and yet here we are 1 year on and your still selling it..! Show details

Good paint – I have used this ceiling paint many times. It’s easy to apply. Yep as someone else pointed out, it’s paint so I will smell for a few days. I bought from Bunnings and I am disappointed they do seem to have it anymore. Show details ·  1

Does the NeverMiss ceiling paint go completely white when dry? – We recently removed pendant lighting throughout the house and replaced with downlights. After plastering up the holes from the lighting, we used Dulux Ceiling White over the plastering but the result is lighter than the rest of the ceiling that now appears to have a slight pink hue through it. Is it possible that NeverMiss was used originally and does not revert back to the Ceiling White colour? Show details

Need to know if touch up patch will stay pink – I had ceiling painted .. but a spot was not done because had to be sanded .. but have put some of the ceiling paint on the spot.. but it still pink after 8 hours... would a/c being on affected the drying??? Show details

Worried about smell/ paint is okay – I have painted ceilings in my house with never miss and the smell wont go away even after airing for days on end. I also want to paint walls with dulux that i have purchased but i am selling in september and worried if smell will hang around? Show details

Terrible smell – I repainted by bedroom using this paint in May last year and (after having someone else in this room until September) started noticing a horrible smell like cat urine. Have looked everywhere (hung out all clothing, rugs, soft furnishings etc) for the source of the odour and finally after looking up the paint have realised where it is coming from.… Read more

The smell is absolutely awful and has been exacerbated by hot weather. Is this dangerous? Dulux, you clearly need to recall this paint and compensate your customers

Please Help!! The smell does not go away! – I wish I had read reviews before making the decision to choose my paint. I chose Dulux Because I assumed it would be a quality product (simply because I knew the name). Lesson learnt: never buy a product before reading reviews! I have the same issue as everyone here: Got a professional to paint my home with Ceiling White and Wash N Wear. After… Read more

several weeks of constant aeration (days and nights), a rancid smell of cat’s pee/ vinegar/ amonia/ is persisting. It gives me headaches and I cannot live in my house. Grateful if Dulux could explain what exactly is causing this smell so we can find out whether it is dangerous (i assume it is based on the reactions I have had). And so we can all find a solution? please help!!

The stench is overwhelming! – It gets worse with the hot weather. We painted the ceiling in the bathroom on the 10/12/18 and the smell is getting worse. At first i couldn’t pinpoint the smell as we had just replaced the entire ceiling with new plasterboard and were happy with the look of it but since painting the ceiling in my sons room yesterday l noticed the smell developed… Read more

in there as well. Called Dulux and they won’t do anything without the receipt which I threw out in oct/nov when I purchased the product

Rotten smell for weeks – Just like others have reported this paint has a foul smell once it has dried. Luckily I only painted one room.. I had no problem applying the paint at all, it went easy and stayed pink long enough to see where I had painted. It smelt strong but like normal paint. It dried evenly and the ceiling had a nice finish.. But that was as good as it got… Read more

with this product.

Within a few days a rotten gas like chemical odour started in the room. I had renovated the room, including new floors/plaster so I knew it wasn’t a dead animal or a gas leak. So I opened the room up all day and turned the ceiling fan on for a week but it made no difference. After 3 weeks the odour was unbearable and the room was unusable. I hooped online and googled all the paints I had used and found this site. Sure enough, same paint, same problems.. Never had this smell from a paint before, never had used this paint so it wasn’t hard to figure out..

I had new carpet arriving so I had to sort this out quick.. I followed the suggestion on here and used shellac precision stain and odour blocker, instantly the foul gas smell vanished. I then put on 2 coats of matt wash and wear paint, rather than another ceiling paint product, and the odour has not come back (5 days now).

There is no doubt there is something very wrong with this paint, whether it reacts a certain way or in certain circumstances who knows. What I do know is I wasted money buying it, I wasted my time using it and I wasted more money fixing it. All through the process dulux got my money and I got a lemon..

Cornice is still pink after 2 days! – I am a pro painter, I work for an insurance builder who supplies the paint through Bunnings. I painted a ceiling and cornice.. The ceiling has dried no problem, but the ornate cornice is still pink, even after 2 days.. As the cornice is ornate it took forever to paint in the first place.. The client is concerned. I even painted some of it again with normal ceiling paint, but the pink still bleed through..

Should have listened to the reviews! – Thank goodness only did one bedroom ceiling. I walked into the room the following day and wondered if the cat had pooped in there. Nope. The room is totally empty ready for the new carpet and it stinks! Will repaint with trusty Haymes and hope that does the trick. I now have a useless almost full 10 litre can of Dulux paint :-(

The smell is revolting!!! – We prepared the wall as per Dulux instructions we used 1 Step as the base to the never miss the ceiling was cleaned and sanded. The 1 Step was fine it didn’t smell at all just typical new paint scent the first coat of never miss didn’t smell and we painted on a hot day, it was the second coat that became the problem it absolutely STINKS to the… Read more

point of gagging. It’s an undescriable scent it’s absolutely putrid!!! I NEVER would have brought this had I know how bad it would smell.

Lingering unpleasant smell!!! – Lingering unpleasant smell!! Mid October, I repainted the ceiling of a bedroom with Deluxe Ceiling White NeverMiss paint. I found the paint very thick and difficult to apply as it seemed to dry very fast and the pinkness didn't last long enough. However, what was worse was the sickening smell of the paint and by the end of the process, I was dry… Read more

retching. The ceiling looked good after just one coat so I didn't do a second coat. I don't think I could have faced it, honestly. Anyway, a month later, there is still a lingering sickly-sweet smell in the bedroom. It seems worse on warm days. I have tried airing the room and burning some essential oils but I cannot get rid of it. I had used a similar product from another brand several years ago without any problems. I have mostly purchased Dulux products over the years and have been very happy with them. I would definitely stay away from this product in the future.

Worst paint EVER – First time using Dulux paint and all I'm painting is white walls. I have had to paint 3 times over and it's still not great. I gave it another try after talking to the workers, and having them check the paint for me. Same outcome the second time. I do a lot of painting and never been more dissatisfied. Will never buy again.

Deluxe ceiling white – Having been a professional painter for 40 years l have hardly ever used deluxe paint but the last job l quoted the owners wanted deluxe ceiling paint to be used, i put the normal 2 coats on and after drying l was embarrassed to see the finish, this is without doubt the worst paint have ever used and l will never use deluxe again and will tell all… Read more

my painting mates to never touch the crap, and the smell was like a dead possum smell revolting, the owners have been telling me to fix it but l told them that they chose it, l think there might be a class action in the not to distant future and count me in

Intolerable stench – I have ALWAYS used Dulux and have always been more than happy with the result. However, I used their Nevermiss ceiling white and would definitely advise against this product. The paint was much harder to apply than their regular ceiling paint, it faded almost before the roller was recharged and the smell is unbearable. I wish I had seen this… Read more

site before I bought (and used) it. It is now a week since I painted the ceiling and the smell remains strong, especially in the day when it is warmer. After reading the reviews I will be returning it to Bunnings and replacing it with the regular ceiling white. The Nevermiss is a disaster. I am in my 70's, have painted interiors all my married life, and I am really unimpressed about having to do it again.

dissapointing – used over 2 year old paint (white) was told at pos one coat would only be needed, first coat was easy to see where id painted but it needed a second coat strangely not so easy to see where ive painted !!, ceiling looks crap even after 2 coats now having read other reviews not convinced the smell will go away... save your money dont buy this product ...  Show details

Smell!! – Painted ceiling lounge and dining room and went on easily and easy to see any places we had missed on the second coat. Normal wet paint smell at first but as it dried began to smell different, now 2 weeks later foul smell on both rooms and not getting any better.  Show details

Terrible odour, months later – I painted our bedroom months ago and still have a paint odour, gets worse on hotter days. I have tried airing the room etc but it is not clearing. I always use Dulux paints without any problems, but the odour from ceiling Nevermiss is terrible. will I have to repainted the ceiling to clear the odour?  Show details

Don't use - It drys to white but turns back to pink in humidity – Dulux NeverMiss ceiling paint was easy to apply but we are not happy with it. We started by painting the cornices first two days ago and then would have progressed to the ceiling by today. It did dry to a white but it took longer in the bathroom. Yesterday morning the bathroom was nearly white but after having showers the paint turned a darker… Read more

pink again. This morning the paint was white and after using the shower it had turned dark pink again.

We had also painted the laundry and hallway cornices. After seeing the paint in the bathroom turning back to pink I tested a patch of the hallway cornices by filling a spray bottle with water and spraying along the cornice. The paint turned from white back to pink!!!

The laundry still smells of the paint.

We bought plain white water-based ceiling paint to paint over what we painted with the Dulux NeverMiss when it occurred to me that the paintbrush with the new paint would just be washing the Dulux paint off and the new paint would be tinged pink also!

We now have the task of washing off as much of the dye out of the Dulux painted cornices as possible and using several coats of primer before we can paint with the other paint. I am hoping in time that the paint smell from the laundry will go away.

It could've been worse: we could have merrily continued with painting the ceilings, thinking that in time all the paint would dry evenly and we would be able to gaze on our lovely white ceiilngs (but might they have turned pink on a humid day?...)

We have always used Dulux paint, but first time with NeverMiss. We won't continue this paint job with Dulux paint.

Don't use it!! smell – I must say for some one who has used Dulux for years, I am very disappointed. I used this products years ago and loved it- obviously they have changed ingredients or there is an issue with the ingredients. Nasty smell even weeks after. Usually paint smell goes away in a few days-not this time!! Very disappointed. Won't buy this brand again!  Show details

Literally stinks – I bought this from Bunnings who recommended it and painted my sunroom/kitchen ceiling on the 1st/2nd of January 2018. It is now mid-February 2018 and the area still smells terrible. People comment on the smell when they enter. It gets worse in hot weather. Smells sour as though there's a dead animal in the room.  Show details

awful smell – We have used this product prior with no problems. This recent experience was far from satisfying. We painted two ceilings and both rooms have an awful smell. The same common denominator is this ceiling paint. After leaving windows open 24 hours a day and spraying countless room sprays and deodorisers both rooms are still putrid and after playing… Read more

investigator I googled this product and now I know that we are not alone living and breathing this terrible odour daily. It has been 4 weeks and the smell is still here. It is worse when the rooms get hot. I think the retailers whom sell this product should be notified and be able to divulge this "problem" to its customers. As if we had of been warned that we were possibly purchasing an "off" tin we would have not purchased this ceiling paint.

Don’t use Dulux Ceiling White Never Miss – Painted ceiling in large family& kitchen area and laundry the stench 2 days later is disgusting it’s been 3 weeks and cannot get rid of the stench. Not ideal in a kitchen area have had doors and windows open constantly and still the stench want go away. Would not recommend this product to anybody.  Show details

The paint stinks and so does the service you get from Dulux – Very loyal Dulux painter. Bought 10 litres of never miss. It was ok. But the next 10 litres. Disgusting smell. Went on-line. Wished I had earlier. Rang Dulux. All I got was denial that there was any problem. Referred them to this website. Reluctant acknowledgment. Then there was the "a consultant will get back to you" but that was a… Read more

waste of time. Eventually got a message and rang back. "We've been trying to call...". Rubbish. Rarely get missed calls and no message left until five minutes before I rang. Took the paint back to Bunnings. They were great. Still waiting for Dulux to get back to me though and looking forward to what they will do to fix this smell. The rooms unfortunately still smells and I'm worried it might never clear fully. I painted a hallway, a toilet and the laundry with this stuff. On a hot day they all stink and it has been two months. Today went back to Bunnings. The half used 10 litres was still there. The guys opened it up out of curiosity. The smell was very strong, acrid and eye watering. So thanks Dulux. Bought a few hundred dollars of Taubman's paint today.

Deluxe wash and wear - terrible odour – Purchased Dulux wash and wear low sheen 6 litre tin from Bunnings in November to paint the walls. No issue with the application of paint. After a few days a nasty, chemical smell developed in the area painted. It is now a few weeks since the living/dining room was painted and the smell is only now starting to slowly ease off. The area… Read more

painted can not be used as it is very unpleasant and windows and doors have been opened constantly. The odour could be smelt outside and in other parts of the house.

Had purchased another 4 litre tin of same paint but have not opened this tin and have no intention of doing so. Will dump it.

Do not risk buying this stuff. Have always used dulux for over 20 years and will not ever buy this brand again.

Particularly, disappointed with Dulux and Bunnings after reading that they recalled a similar ceiling paint in November.

Dulux clearly have a problem. I am not seeking compensation or an explanation or excuse, just sharing the experience to better inform the public.

Dulux Ceiling White Paint - Putrid stench - Product Recalled – I purchased 4 litres of Deluxe Ceiling Paint on 31-Aug-17 from Bunnings and painted the ceiling of a bedroom the next day. No apparent issues whilst I was painting but a couple of days later, there was an awful 'rancid' stench in the room which could only have been the paint. We did a lot of searching on the internet at that time but could find… Read more

not find anything similar. My wife and I both rang Dulux at the time, and they tried to dismiss it as a normal paint smell despite telling them that I had painted a hundred or so rooms over 40 years and never had the same stench. Dulux provided some gratuitous advice about leaving windows open etc (as though we hadn't thought of that). We could not use the room.

After about 10 weeks, the smell had lessened but we still could not use the room. My wife said I had to repaint the whole room again and so off to Bunnings I went to buy new wall, ceiling and semi-gloss paint as we could not identify which paint was stinking so much. When discussing the issue with the Bunnings guy, he then told me that there had been a product recall about the end of Sep-2017 and they removed all Deluxe paint from their shelves. He said to ring Dulux which I did (20-Nov-2017).

Initially, I did not tell the lady that answered the phone that I knew about the recall and just went on to explain about the awful stench from the painting (as I had done initially). After some time of her appearing to be evasive, I then asked her to look up the Dulux internal database for "recall of ceiling paint in the last two months". Her tone then changed and she then started to ask me about batch numbers on the can (I had the can in front of me) and said she would have to go and check.

She quickly came back and said that my batch was affected (but not toxic) and that she would arrange for a can of 'shellack' and a new can of ceiling paint that I could pick up from Bunnings (no charge) that day (which I did). I applied the shellack over the ceiling and then two coats of top coat and one day later, it appears to be a normal paint smell but obviously early days.

Whilst the lady at Dulux was very polite and very helpful once I was specific about the ceiling paint recall, I had a feeling she was under instructions to be evasive and avoid mentioning the paint recall (evidently some issue re anti-fungal chemicals according to another post on this site). I am very disappointed at Dulux that there was no attempt to put information on their web-site about this issue.

I consider myself lucky that I only had one bedroom and that the paint guy at Bunnings advised me about the issue as I would have ended up re-painting the whole room and maybe would have still had the problem like some others have.

I imagine there would be hundreds of unsuspecting Dulux customers that had indeed painted all their ceilings in the whole house and they would have had to move out. I notice that in all the comments from Dulux

on this web-site, there is no admission that they had a major issue with their ceiling paint which may have been helpful to their customers that were wasting time airing the rooms or washing down the walls with vinegar etc. I also think that the resellers (e.g. Bunnings) should have put a notice up in their stores. I believe that would be the right thing to do for their customers.

Of course I now have three litres of a rancid ceiling paint that Dulux want me dispose of it whereas I believe I should at least be able to return it to a Dulux paint centre as the nearest "paintback.com.au" is about a three hour return trip (Wetherill Park).

To be fair to Dulux, apart from this really bad experience, I have had a good run with their products and almost exclusively have used them in the past.

Bad chemical smell – I painted one of my motel rooms with never miss ceiling paint , it went on well but the smell would not go , actually it got worse it started to smell like chemicals . I put up with it for 4 weeks before I finally could not put up with it any longer , so off to bunnings I go and purchase 2 x 4 litres of dulux smoke and odour blocker and… Read more

another 10 litres of Dulux ceiling paint ,. Well that fixed the problem 7 days went by and guess what the smell was back ,( remember this is my living its a motel room ) So I think to myself I am not purchasing more paint until I speak to dulux which I did ..I told them what was happening and how I tried to fix the problem and they told me its the ceiling paint ... so they know about this problem all the time . They sent me some PROFESSIONAL ceiling paint and more odour blocker , and to be honest this seems to have fixed the problem .. but why are they selling bad ceiling paint that is what I would like to know ...Dulux has sent me paint and have paid my invoices that I have lodged with them ,and to be fare they have done the right thing regarding this BUT I am never going to purchase Dulux again I am going back to solver , as it just isn't worth taking the risk , I lost nearly six weeks rent for that room ,, Professional ceiling paint is good all other ceiling paint is not

Dulux Ceiling Paint - offensive smell – About 3 months ago we purchased a new tin of Dulux ceiling paint for our small hallway ceiling that leads to our bedroom. Just the normal paint smell for the first week and then we noticed this area really smelt bad. We thought that maybe the cat may have peed in hallway. Anyway we have just painted the ceiling in our bedroom and one week later… Read more

we cannot sleep in our room due to the horrible offensive smell. Would you like me to send you the batch number of this paint please Dulux?