Painting & Decorating

White Exterior Paint - Dull and Yellow

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.31 PM

Edit: I should have been clearer sorry. The house had never been painted before, built 40 years ago. The paint included in the quote was Sandtex, wasn’t until later I realised they didn’t use that. We have a small amount of brickwork which was also supposed to be painted with Sandtex Vermont Grey but they used something else and told me it was Sandtex. **Im not going to get the same people back, need to cut my losses I think, they also fitted guttering but part of it fell off and other parts leaking within a couple of days, they used joints from my old guttering and painted them..... Hi- I had my house painted recently and the roughcast that covers the majority was done white. It has gone a very dull, almost a yellow colour. It’s a semi detached and the house next door also has white and the difference stands out significantly. ( they had it painted 3 years ago) The walls weren’t cleaned before painting (first time painted in 40 years) and I found out the paint we ordered hadn’t been used, I’m not sure if this is part of the problem. Is there an easy way to fix this or a certain type of paint I could use? I was hoping if I give it a coat of something myself it might look better, I’ve already paid the painter in full and it wasn’t cheap, I was hoping not to get someone else in due to the cost.. Thanks in advance.