House colour - Cornish cream

JoeX

Hi all,

Being overly confident  started painting my garage yesterday thinking Sandtex “Cornish cream” was the sort of colour my house and garage currently are…it’s not!  It’s sort of a lemony yellow…not a warm creamy like Garden Shades country cream.

Before I give up and buy a new 10l tub, has anyone had a successful looking project using Cornish cream..?

Cheers all,

Joe

Lyn

We used this from Wilco,  it’s lasted far longer than the expensive paint we used before and I love the colour.
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-exterior-masonry-smooth-country-cream-exterior-paint-5l/p/0342132

Nollie

Trying to match a new paint colour with an existing one is a tricky business, even if you got exactly the same paint brand and shade, batches differ and the old paint will have aged over time so look different anyway. I think it’s more a case of can you live with it. If it jars then change it, but better to go with a complementary/toning shade rather than attempt to get it to match second time round? I think the latter will be doomed to fail! 

KT53

Is that cream on top with a strawberry coloured border at the bottom, or cream on the bottom with a red roof?

Sorry, I'll find my own way out.

JoeX

Ive bought some scones but the Cornish cream works even worse there than on the walls, @KT53 !

Ive been wracking my brain trying to think of alternate uses; as an undercoat, inside the garage, on the garden buildings, or only use it on the rear facing elements of the the house.

Im imagining that it’s faded a bit but it hasn’t. It reminds me of only fools and horses when they get hold of a load of hiviz paint and decorate a living room with it!

mikeymustard

You've obviously bought cheap stuff, what you need is Rodda's