To Paint or Not

[Michael_Blackmore]

We used a rather expensive paint from UK for our shutters. Although it was expensive it has lasted brilliantly and after 9 years looks almost as good as when we did it. It was Sadolin Superdec. I am not sure if it is available in France but well worth the cost as it lasts better than anything else we have used. Water based and needs no undercoat.

This link might help

English paint delivered to France

[image] One of the biggest headaches facing those of us who are renovating or just decorating French property is finding decent quality paint that doesn’t cost a fortune. I’ll never forget the first time I used French paint. I started merrily slapping it on the freshly dry-lined bedroom walls. About two weeks later, I was on coat number four, it looked as though it still needed at least one more coat and I’d lost the will to live. Then there was the time that the second tin (despite claiming to be the same make, colour and type as the first) proved to be entirely different and in fact, wasn’t so much cream coloured as salmon pink. That day caused a row that went down in family history and it took a long time for James to accept that it was not my fault… I’m not alone either. Log onto any expat website and you’ll find posts about paint and where to source it. So I was over the moon when I found out that there is now a company specialising in delivering English paint to Franc…