Crown - Not as good as I remember (Crown Paint)

Member Name: wanty

Product:	Crown Paint
Date:	28/02/09 (532 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Breatheasy, does exactly what it says on the tin

Disadvantages: Needs a fair few coats

We're in the middle of getting the house sorted and chose Crown as the paint for my sons room (Dramatic) and the master bedroom (Choc Chip). Its a well known and respected brand so thought I was making a good choice, the fact that it was 2 for £20 sealed the deal!

I did my sons room first, its a deep dark blue as he's having a space themed room, we did all the prep and put down a good quality lining paper to paint on. The paint was quite thin and wet but it went on ok with a brush when cutting in. It seemed to go on really well with the roller as well until it dried. It was then very patchy, also had a slight suede effect as you could see the cream from the lining paper coming through but because of the wetness of it it made all my lining paper bubble, that was a tense moment while it dried!

3 coats later it has covered well and is a nice colour, just seems a shame that such a high profile make would need so many coats onto a perfect surface using good quality tools.

I did think that it might have just been because of how dark the colour was but it was the same in the master as well, that still needs another coat, I'm just working up the energy to do another one. The Choc Chip colour didn't seem to go as far as the Dramatic weirdly enough, I'm nearly finished on the second tin.

We got both colours in the breatheasy range because strong smells give me migraines and I must admit, the whole time I was painting I couldn't smell a thing so if you're decorating a babies room or someone with a sensitive chest then it really becomes a good buy, there were no after smells either.

It dries amazingly fast as well, it might depend on the surface you're painting but by the time I got to one end of the wall the other end had nearly dried, ideal seeing as it seems this paint needs quite a few coats.

I can't really comment much about the durability as we've not long painted so its not had much chance. My son does have a wall covered in chalkboard paint and the adjacent walls have to keep having the dust wiped off but its not had to face hard scrubbing yet.

Summary: If you don't mind putting in the work it leaves a good finish.