What does wipeable mean to you?

[screenman]

Recently painted 5 rooms of the house with so called wipeable matt emulsion, how do I know it is wipeable? well it says so on the tin. 5 weeks later the wife notices a small mark on the wall ( well she would do as she put it there) so I dabbed very gently with a slightly damp towel and the paint came off along with the mark. So I tried a corner of another room, another colour same manufacturer, this time moistened end of finger, again slight dab and paint pigments are coming away.

According to the German manufacturer the paint has a passed EU wipeability test at stage 3, there are 5 different stages, they did to be fair ask me what they could do to make me happy I said that is something I need to consider.

So as the title says, answers please. I am happy to accept I could be wrong on this.

 

[TissoT]

How many coats did you apply ?

 

[screenman]

How many coats did you apply ?

2 with proper drying times, I play with car paints both water based and solvents so I understand how to paint including prep etc. How many coats though would not matter in this case.

 

[stephec]

It sounds like it's been described as accurately as 'one coat' paint has.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

they all make claims that family life rapidly proves wrong

 

[Dave 123]

Screenman, calm down please you're too emulsional!

 

[MikeG]

....... this time moistened end of thing,.........

On the wall? !!!!


No Mike......no. Just no............resist..........

 

[screenman]

Oops!

 

[biggs682]

we used a one coat paint before .......................... NEVER AGAIN

 

[stephec]

we used a one coat paint before .......................... NEVER AGAIN

Would you have used it if it had said on the tin, "one coat so long as you don't mind your paint work looking like a bag of sh!te, otherwise at least two coats if you want a proper job," or some other type of more accurate description?

 

[biggs682]

Would you have used it if it had said on the tin, "one coat so long as you don't mind your paint work looking like a bag of sh!te, otherwise at least two coats if you want a proper job," or some other type of more accurate description?

if you put it like that then no

 

[Dave 123]

Would you have used it if it had said on the tin, "one coat so long as you don't mind your paint work looking like a bag of sh!te, otherwise at least two coats if you want a proper job," or some other type of more accurate description?

I bet you work in advertising....?

 

[stephec]

I bet you work in advertising....?

I'm far too honest.

 

[swee'pea99]

It is wipeable. You proved it. Ok, so it comes off if you wipe it...

 

[winjim]

Wipeable my arse.