Wattyl Pascol Questions & Answers

Jim - I can well believe that! My husband and I painted our old weatherboard house with a paint in 1991 that was guaranteed to last 10 years. I thought it had Weathershield or Solarguard in the name but couldn't remember. The colour was called Admiralty Grey and was a greenish grey. I remember it being a really easy paint to apply, with great coverage. Now, 32 years later, the paint on the east facing front of the house (which is protected by a verandah) looks as good as the day we painted it. On the unprotected west & north walls (which get all the weather) the paint lasted at least 20 years before starting to deteriorate. I've been trying to track down that first paint for several years and was told it was a Dulux brand but I would have remembered that, as we couldn't have afforded to do the whole house in Dulux back then. I did find an acrylic exterior paint that was tinted to match the original from a stirring stick that had been gathering dust at the back of my husband's workshop. It was supposed to be a self priming paint but I applied a primer anyway. Whether that was a good idea or not, the paint started to crack and peel after 4 years. My Dad was a house painter for several years and painted every house we ever lived in. If any of us six kids wanted to help paint, they had to prove they could clean and prepare surfaces long before they were allowed to lift a brush. That usually got rid of several budding Michelangelos! I'd more or less given up finding a paint as good as the original. Today I spoke online with a Wattyl rep and she told me there had been 2 colours called Admiralty Grey. One was the Heritage colour from Wattyl and the other from a company called Pascol, a name I don't remember seeing on the original paint cans. The Heritage one was a dark grey and the Pascol one was lighter - I recognised it as our house colour immediately. The rep told me I would have to look for a Pascol distributor myself as it was not part of the Wattyl range now.. I'm sad Pascol is no longer available. I'm impressed with how well it has lasted and to date have not found a paint to match it.

Yes I had used the PASCOL brand paint since the early seventies that I can remember and always preferred it to other paints. With my building business in Sydney at that time it went onto every project that I was involved in, never had a issue with it, a really reliable paint. I think it lost it's appeal after Bunning's took over it's sales and priced it out of the market - IMO. I used it on the house I now live in that I built for my retirement (23 years now), I still have some for touch ups in my workshop (still useable)... There was a wholesaler local in Rutherford at that time...

The modern world is NOT so modern as it is losing all the "good stuff" for the sake of the mighty dollar and the greed of the "younger generation" to make a easy billion in place of product quality.... Jim

Hi Jaxon, "d.i.y'ers are simply due to poor painting process" was exactly my experience at first but as per my review once I mixed it properly had no dramas, gave it 4 out of 5 stars a great product I never give top marks because there's always room for improvement lol I'm a harsh critic.

True mate. People can be extorted into buying Dulux (which btw is cheaper at Bunnings than at a Dulux Trade Center!!)..yet they can still stuff it up. Tradies are Tradies for a reason. With the ridiculous barrage of DYI tv shows people assume painting is very easy. Editing fools them.

I couldnt tell you how many jobs Ive completed that hubbies have started.. and messed up.

Painting is NOT simple...end of story.

Ive used Pascol, Tradex, Haymes etc.. "how" they are used and where and why will either make or break a job.

I did a lot of patchup in my reno, painted to whole house 3 rooms living, lounge and kitchen. I found at the start I could see the patchup but it's because I didn't mix the paint well. After that I made sure I mixed it really really well, used a drill with a mixer attachment and made sure my roller was loaded up with plenty of paint, not pressing too hard to ensure a thick coat, I did 2 coats and it came out good, my colour was soft frost, so I'm not sure how other colours would hold up, it is a cheap paint but I didn't have much dramas besides not mixing it well enough. Good luck

Ok... well its not a totally simple question. If you wish to email me I will ask you some questions that may shed some more light before I can give you a professional answer. If thats ok you can email to [email removed]

Please tell me 3 things.. what the walls are made from. What colour were the walls previously.

What colour is going over the paint.

Cheers..

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I'm in WA so, Walls - bricks and plastered

Previous colour - cream or beige

New colour as mentioned - Soft frost - sort of a grey

Hi, the walls are plasterboard and the current colour is paperbark( light brown) we used Britsh Paints last time.

We are paint the walls straight white this time.

Try using Pascol sealer undercoat on your patched wall first, otherwise it would be like using ceiling paint over a waterstained ceiling. Try using a tradesman, not wanting to sound mean here but we dont come to your place of work and make unprofessional comments about something we know nothing about......... DIY...... LOL

The bottom line is, if you want a professional finish, use a professional.