Dulux Renovation Range Tiles & Benchtops

Kel-arty elec and painting – I recently did my first kitchen laundry bathroom cabinets and bench tops in the renovation range primer easy to apply. Colour I picked ticking blue/ grey 1st coat easy to apply next day 2 nd colour again easy to apply but be abit quicker when applying it’s a touch thicker .. mind you I leave in central Queensland very hot and humid so take… Read more ·  3

weather in consideration.. I was very nervous about clear coat as I’ve seen a lot of bad reviews. But I did it anyway. I mixed slowly with a paddle pop stick followed directions to the T. Rolled very lightly no pressure and kept a wet edge do not stop for anything or get distracted. Focus and keep the same consistency I found by doing 3 lines up down then back roll the same way very lightly. then move on , repeat … never go back or it will leave lines . It looks abit milky but it self levels and the milky colour goes away:) I think I held my breath as well lol . Worked a treat very happy . Told my client not to touch for 7 days ..

Better than expected – At first I was sceptical about this product put after more than two years we are pretty happy with it. The photos are >2years post application. We used the timeless grey over our laminate benchtops in the kitchen and laundry. I am somewhat handy so did it myself as recommended i.e. over primer and finished with the sealer adhering closely to… Read more

application method and cure times. Naturally after a couple of years of heavy wear and tear there are some chips in the coat but all in all very happy and would use again. If you apply it well, have realistic expectations and don't abuse it it's great a lot cheaper than a new benchtop.

Dulux Renovation – My Professional Painter used this product when it first hit the market. It was used on our bench tops using Gloss White. Two years later they are covered with scratches. This is a high usage area. Complained to Dulux and just told to go back to our painter. He was’nt the problem their product was…. They stated it is the “final sacrificial coating to help with wear and tear”. This product does not meet their own standards. Peter Bennett Show details

NOT waterpoof, NOT hardwearing, NOT easy to apply, NOT fit for purpose – We've spent hundreds of dollars on 6 tins of this, sugar soaps, NAP rollers...and the pre-requisite sanding / filler to make good the seams / joins.. we also took well over a week to follow exact technique, ensure adequate drying time and applying multiple layers.... Wife's a stickler for the instructions, so have been followed exactly. We painted… Read more

an old melamine covered worktop in the kitchen...

Keeping it simple here Primer - This goes on fairly well, no complaints here, except, it should be thicker to help with evening out blemishes Gloss paint. This is really too thin, it dries too quickly which gives zero time to be able to 're-roll' and correct any blemishes caused by imperfect rolling technique. safest way is to flood pour, roll on to spread out the paint then quickly 'finish roll'....if the paint gets too thin (as it does around the edges of the pour), it gets tacky and it's game over for your finish. Clearcoat...Waste of time, it dries even quicker than the paint and only serves to really highlight that you didn't use a robot arm to apply consistent even pressure and spacing for your rolling. Yes, it's that sensitive to technique. All in, we've used 2-3 coats for the primer, 2 coats for the Gloss paint 2-3 coats for the clearcoat finish Each layer gets tacky enough quickly enough to ensure you can't re-roll imperfections. But stays tacky enough for long enough to ensure any local bugs, or dust gets latched forever into the surface.

Final Finish. Looks great from a distance when not wearing glasses. In-use, the surface isn't waterproof. be sure to quickly wipe off any standing water or you get blemishes that last a day or two before drying. Don't go anywhere near the surface with kitchen utensils, pots or pans. it dents and marks quite efficiently.

Or, in other words, this product is completely unsuitable for purpose. if you want a stop-gap solution to look pretty before undertaking a major kitchen renovation, Use something else...this is horrendous value for money

Streaky finish on Laminate benchtop – Followed all steps and used all recommended products as per Dulux and Bunnings for painting my Laminate benchtop. Even went an extra step and removed my sink. My main issue with this product is that it left a very streaky finish. Difficult product to get a consistent finish when painting larger areas such as a benchtop. Used the recommended… Read more

microfiber 4mm nap 100mm roller and once each section was coated used a 'lay off' technique. Despite this every roll mark was evident.

Spoke to Bunnings, Dulux online and a Dulux local shop. Given no solutions, informed it was likely my application.

Lightly sanded the clear/top coat to try different techniques using a 4mm nap 160mm roller instead. Best finish I was able to achieve was using the larger roller (160mm) but working VERY quickly with long strokes running the entire length of the bench and not using the 'lay off' technique.

After various attempts I was unable to achieve a consistent finish and opted to start again and try another product. Thanks to Bunnings at Burleigh who provided a full refund of the paint.

Overall difficult product to get a smooth finish on a benchtop and left me without a kitchen for weeks! Disappointed that this product is marketed as DIY - would have to be a professional painter to achieve a finish that you could be satisfied with. Not worth the time, money or effort.

Do not use it shower recess – I painted cabinets and looks good , bench top good and floor tiles good but shower terrible Paint dried in good time and looks Excellent but you need three top coats on everything I used 1 primer coat and 3 top coats following all steps on tin with great preparation Thought everything looked great until we had a shower 4 days later and all the… Read more

paint came chipping and flaking off.... What a mess !!!! seems like the cabinets are holding up but only time will tell We didn't apply any pressure to the surface just turned on the tap and it started flaking off. I spoke to Deluxe and its not suitable for a shower recess It looked pretty dry we put a heat lamp on and fan to make sure the surface was dry but no, not even after four days. The rest of the floor we have been walk lightly with socks on and have had no issues and looks good. So it is a decent product but just DO NOT USE IN WET AREAS ! I didn't see the in the instructions not to use in shower recess so my fault and they do not have a product in their range to use time to clean up the mess

Absolute disaster – I was very skeptical from the beginning that you could paint a bench top that is being used in a kitchen. I really wish I had read these reviews before I spent $300 on the Dulux Renovate range for my benchtop. I was one of the unfortunate ones that had had paint chipping less than a two weeks after we painted it. Although the paint looked really… Read more

good, i couldn’t rate it any lower for longevity. After spending a whole weekend painting these benchtops and waiting a week to actually use them in my kitchen, i am EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. I wouldn’t waste my money on the dulux benchtop renovate paint range.

What’s worse is we have to now plan on how we are going to remove and fix this.

Facts: - we have laminate benchtops - we sugar soaped the benchtops and rinsed them with hot water and let it dry - we applied one coat of the dulux renovate range primer - we applied two coats of the top coat colour - we applied one coat of the satin clear coat - we waited at least 8hours between all coats and layers (weather was 25 degrees) - we waited one week prior to using any of the benchtops.

This is a real shame because we had really good results from the dulux renovate cabinet paint.

Great result!!! – I read a few bad reviews but decided to try it anyway. I had 2 pack surface to paint , kitchen doors , so I sand it and cleaned with acetone and applied primer , then I used 2 coats of paint for tiles and benchtops and finished with satin top coat. If you follow instructions and stick to drying times prior reapplication of another… Read more ·  1

coat, it should be fine, I used 4 mm microfibre rolls , new on each application. Also done tiles in my bathroom as well with the great result.

Not a great product. Very disappointed. Should have gone to stone – Bought this for a kitchen laminate benchtop. Followed the directions completely for appropriate drying times (which almost meant a week of the family not using the kitchen). The top coat was a bit tricky to finish well but managed OK and were pretty excited about the look of it. However, after waiting the few days for the product to dry fully,… Read more

when we started using the benchtop the real trouble started. Even with two applications of both the top coat and clear coat the marks and stains began almost with the first use and continued to get worse. Even placing plates on it left stratches and marks. Anything with minor minor heat left a stain.

Overall, really dissatisfied and disappointed. Definitely would not and will not recommend, will actually actively not recommend it to anyone. Would have been much better off putting the few hundred dollars towards getting engineed stone benchtops.

Such a shame as all other dulux products I've used have been great.