Valspar Reviews

I bought Valspar because I liked the June color of the month called Snow in June. It's sort of mauvy pink, very soothing and warm, which I like and it was on sale that week from Ace Hardware. It goes on smooth and I only needed one coat to finish the wall. The finished results look like a professional did it. It's the best investment and it brightened up my dining room. I would recommend this paint to anyone who wants a clear finish and have already advised a few friends that are planning a paint job.

My experience with Valspar has been excellent. I purchased it because it was the cheapest brand. I do not have a lot of money to spend on home improvements, therefore, I often look for an acceptable inexpensive brand. But I wish Valspar was sold in stores such as Walmart.

I purchased two gallons of Valspar semi-gloss Aspire paint and primer - exclusive ever*luxe - low odor, zero voc. I ended up in the ER with breathing problems, chest pressure and headache. Had an EKG to rule out heart issues, x-rays, breathing treatment and missed work. I can't sleep in my bedroom for the smell of chemical. Right now with inhalers, **. No one knows how to get smell out, except take out all of my walls out my bathroom and replace sheetrock and start over. That is not in my budget!!! The paint container clearly states to low-odor which I asked consultant over and over low-odor for me and my special need son. He was truthful, but the product's label is NOT!!!

I used to be a die hard Sherwin Williams fan but after trying the Valspar Reserve line (paint and primer in one) I was hooked. I went over a very dark hunter green, with satin shadow stripes to make a solid color in a very light, almost white pinkish color. One coat and it was covered solid, over the flat and over the satin stripes no problem. Even in the sunlight there were no thin spots, or streaks showing through. I am truly impressed by this paint and will always pay a little extra for it. To be fair I have a good painting technique from many years of trial and error and moving too. Anyways... Best paint, hands down.

I had a dismal experience with Valspar Optimus Semi-gloss paint. I can believe it was an isolated case of bad paint, but I did have two cans tinted: A gallon of white and a quart of medium tint base. Both had the same problems. I might add that I bought the paint from a hardware store in California, which has laws that affect the composition of all paints sold within the state. I was painting kitchen cabinets, with the doors a contrasting color from the frames. I had scrubbed all the surfaces with Spic-and-Span, lightly sanded everything, then wiped it with clear water. I primed any spots that had needed repair.

I like the quality of the paint, the color and it goes on smooth. The other paint goes on not as smooth as Valspar. It is good to use with a paintbrush or roller. Because of quality it goes on and you do not use a lot of paint. No chipping or peeling. But I wish more stores can have this paint. It is only in very few stores. They should sell in Walmart and Target. It is around some of the prices in these other store. Even though the paint is priced a little high, I have not found a paint that I like any better yet. My overall experience with the paint has been very good. There are many colors and with television advertisement allow me to gain knowledge about purchasing the paint.

I had seen Valspar ads on TV and wanted to try it. They had great colors to choose from and I like that it had primer so it's all in one. I liked it, it covered well and was done in one easy step. It was easy to apply and looked professional when done. Great coverage and no strong odors. It was pretty quick drying. They have beautiful vibrant colors. And I'd like to see even more original unique colors.

I chose this brand because it offered everything I needed. Their selection was big and in the colors I wanted. It was also affordable and easy to find. The features I like most about this brand are they offer bright colors that are easy to clean. I could also buy this at a local store I was already at. They offered the perfect colors for both of my children’s room.

Valspar is well known for the quality of paint that they make. It is not only sold at hardware stores but at other places such as WalMart. The fact that it is not only paint but primer is with it just makes it have more quality. Valspar is one of the best paints you can choose from. This brand has many different colors of paint. Many are already premixed ready to use. The color stays bright and beautiful for years. With the primer added it took less coats to cover. The paint rolls on so evenly and smoothly. Not having to wait in line to have a color mixed just adds to the experience to make it nicer. Love it.

I had a great experience with this paint brand. I had originally purchased a Behr paint but it started bubbling and it was VERY thin when I put it on the walls. It would of easily taken 3 or more coats to get the proper coverage. I bought a can of Valspar paint to paint over the Behr paint and it covered it in one coat and was a more consistent color. I like the vibrancy of the colors and the different array they have to choose from. Also, in my experience, Valspar paints take less coats than any paint brand I have used. Their in store display is eye catching and they make it super easy to choose a color. But, it's a little on the expensive side and I wish I could get it at a variety of stores as opposed to just Lowe’s. But overall, I'm happy with this product.

I had heard a lot of good things about this brand from family and friends, one of whom is a painter. This paint went on smoothly. It covered completely without having to use primer with it. The color was brilliant and it was exactly the shade I picked out. I loved the bold colors and the way I could mix them to get my own unique color. It also holds up to sunshine and washing (my 2 year old great granddaughter got crayons and had fun!). So far it holds up well, has not gotten lighter or dingy.

I went into Lowe’s and the customer service person chose which paint. They picked Valspar because of the quality and coverage. This paint is excellent. It has very good coverage, only need to use one coat which saves on time and money. I was able to complete my project. I had so many people tell me that it looked like a professional did the paint work. Valspar is somewhat expensive but you get what you pay for. I wish it was less expensive. But it does give you a very wide range of colors to choose from. There is a strong odor while you are doing the painting, but the paint dries quickly.

The paint brand Valspar has excellent color that provided one coat coverage. It didn't drip on the carpet or furniture and there was no bad smells lingering in the house.

I shop at Lowe's regularly and I have used Valspar Signature Paint and Primer before. It has a whole lot of colors to choose from and the finish is beautiful. It's easy to apply and gives great results which match with Olympic and other brand names. It also comes in beautiful colors that lasts for a long time so I don't have to worry about repainting. I like this paint and I would recommend it highly.

I'd give Valspar Paint & Primer in One a MINUS 5 stars if I could! Worst "paint" EVER! This really is bad primer with just a little paint in it (enough to make it sticky, but it doesn't cover anything!) It's streaky, impossible to sand after drying, dries in the brush before you get it to the wall, simply AWFUL stuff. And, it's expensive! I'll never buy this brand again!

I like how easy it was to use. I did have some help however and was told about this brand from a family member so I like that people I know use it too. I also like how it came out and would let others know about it. However, we need a more clear instruction on how to use it so we don't feel like we’re wasting money on something we don't know how to use or the results that may follow after.

I selected this brand because it is sold at Lowe’s which is my preferred home improvement store. The first time I used Valspar I was impressed because of its true one-coat coverage. It covers in one coat and does not spatter and run like cheaper paint. It scrubs well when it gets dirty. Lowe’s was able to match my new bedspread perfectly. I would like it to be a little less expensive so that I could paint more often to change up colors. I would like it to not leave open spots, but that is mostly my shortcoming as a painter.

Their paint typically looks amazing and it has a wonderfully cheap price for the paint. It's super easy to use to paint any walls that need to be painted. They are also really cool with the way you can mix colors on the wall and it looks completely and utterly amazing. I really enjoyed the way it shines in the light. I can't believe how much I love it. Valspar typically do the right thing with their paint products and I have personally never had a single problem with any of their products for the decently long time I have used them.

After shopping at multiple home improvement stores, I settled on the Valspar product on the recommendation of the sales representative. I have tried multiple brands and styles of paints over many year and I appreciated the ability to easily and simply clean the painted surface without damaging the finish, look and color of the painted surface. Many options are very similar and offer comparable features. As a non-professional painter, ease of use and quick application are paramount to my use. I do not have any problems with the finish, look or style; the requirement for multiple coats and long drying time were undesirable. Overall, the product was acceptable. The price, look, finish and durability are excellent and met my expectations. Would buy again.

Brand name has a great reputation for being reliable and trustworthy, which they strive to improve on their product everyday. Ever evolving, ever changing. Heard positive things about the product and brand and it's affordable enough to do big projects at a reasonable price. But I don't like the size it comes in when they could provide different sizes and types for the product. As well as the different features in their sprays, bottles, and gallons.

The color matched exactly the way I wanted it. It made for an even easy fast coverage. The paint dried to a wonderful even flat coat. I found that only one coat covered the existing color. By far one of the best I ever used. I chose this brand because it was recommended by the clearing at the local Home Depot. I liked everything about it and it worked well.

I first found out about Valspar from my friend because she have painted her daughter room with this pretty pink and the paint just looked so amazing. And I asked her where did you get it and she said Walmart. Valspar has a bunch of different color to choose from and it's just amazing. My family and I love the product, it's very nice and it blends in well with my living room. My mom and dad ask me where did I get that pretty looking wallpaper paint from and I said Walmart. It's the best paint you can have.

Bought this quite expensive Valspar paint thinking it would last longer! It's the worst paint I've ever used. The marks on walls won't clean off, if anything they end up looking worse. The paint itself just chips off even after few months. I'm really angry at paying this amount of money for the worst paint I've ever used!!!

Highly recommended by local contractors who have been doing business for years. Easy application, no fading over time. It even covered very tough spots that were stained by heavy smoking. The paint covered tough spots in one coat. If I could change anything, it would probably be the price. Who couldn't use a better deal, though. Overall expectations were fairly high, but this has been at least as good as expected. Would definitely choose the same paint again.

Below is a pic of what I had to do after using the Valspar Furniture Paint on a wooden computer desk. Had I had Hazardous Area Yellow Tape, that would have been appropriate to tape plastic to cover the entire room, containing the painted desk. The odor was bad, I mean bad enough to make my chest hurt, likely the lungs were being affected. The odor did not immediately become bad until a few hours later. Right out of can, it had little odor and proper ventilation was fine. As the evening wore on, things got worse, the next day was like a tour of a paint factory. I do not recommend this paint as it would ruin any space you put your painted project in. I have no idea what is happening to my furniture in the toxic space with the painted desk. After 3 days, it is as bad as the first when I approach the plastic enclosed room. This stuff needs to be taken off the market... Some serious illness can result.

Valspar Spray Paint Anti-Rust Armor Gloss Black - I purchased this spray paint about six months ago from Lowe's. I went to use and the paint, it came out from under the nozzle and sprayed paint all over me. What a mess, ruined my shirt and pants. I called Valspar, they told me to send in a photo of the code on the bottom of the can and they would take care of me. It has been weeks with no reply. I also painted my exterior of my 2000 sq. ft. home using Valspar top of the line house paint. It faded so bad within 3-years that I have to repaint the whole house again. What's up with Valspar, made in China or what???

I have painted our entire house several times, never using this paint, but my contractor said he liked it, so I tried it. I'm painting a basement hallway with semi gloss as a lot of customers have said it doesn't lay down. You can see all the streak marks, and cut lines, it's crap and watery too. I am now on a second gallon trying to make it look normal and it isn't working, will now need to just wait till I have time and money to go back to old faithful and repaint this. Would love money back at 43 bucks a freaking gallon. So not happy, please don't use this paint, it's so not worth it. Sorry Valspar you lose on this product.

I am using Valspar signature premium high hiding latex paint and primer with a satin finish on primed crown molding. I am using a premium brand new Purdy latex paintbrush. The paint is streaking horribly! Absolutely awful. I have had my own painting business for 18 years and can't for the life of me figure out why this paint is laying down the way it is. The interior temp is between 65-68 degrees and the paint has been inside acclimating for several days. I thoroughly shook and stirred the paint. Utter garbage. I will have to sand down what I've done and start over WITH A DIFFERENT PAINT. Furious and disgusted.

I painted my patio floor with Valspar Non Skid Patio Paint according to the directions. The floor was pressure washed and was previously painted. The paint left the floor streaky and looked terrible. After just a couple of days, the paint started coming up. I contacted Valspar, who after several emails, pictures and stress, finally refunded the price of the paint. I am left with the extra expense now of removing all of the paint and redoing the job. I will never purchase another Valspar product again. This company is horrible.

I used this paint (Valspar Interior Eggshell) to paint a bedroom. After an hour in the room as I worked I had nasal and throat irritation which lasted all that evening and renewed when I started painting again the following day. I have painted two other rooms this year with other brands of paint and not had any problems. Also, I needed to put on two coats of this paint colored a pale pink called Pink Kiss in order to get full coverage. That means I had to expose myself to this irritant two days. I DO NOT plan to purchase this brand of paint again.

Do not touch this product at all. The primer was weak and runny. I have never used a paint that's so bad. This was purchased from B and Q and seems taken over the paint dept. I would recommend to anyone to avoid this product.

Last year, whilst visiting our local B and Q and having several pots of Dulux paint in our trolley, we were persuaded by staff there to purchase Valspar Paint instead, as it was on offer, and was, according to them, more than comparable in quality and finish. So we swapped our paint over, and applied it to our hallway. A year on, I must say how really disappointed we are with the product. We did save some money, but we have painted other rooms in Dulux and are very pleased, but the Valspar paint is of far inferior quality and finish. The paint is flaking and very difficult to wipe clean, unlike the Dulux paint. It also has a strange dull finish to it, like a very cheap paint, and smells.

I've been using the Primer Undercoat today and in 25 years of painting and decorating I've never used such utter rubbish. Unfit for purpose in every way. I'm going to have to redo today's work at my own expense. I'm baffled how they're allowed to sell it. Needless to say I chucked it in the bin and took back the gloss.

Bought Premium Gloss paint. Lots of painting of furniture but it didn't look glossy (more chalky). Phoned Valspar who said it was fine, and made me think I was going mad! When we bought more of the "same paint", it was a different texture and slightly different colour and a bit shiny! So now, all the furniture didn't match. Guess what?? They obviously put some of the MATTE bases into GLOSS pots.

I bought some Valspar exterior paint (around $50/gallon) 3 summers ago to paint my exterior wood railings. The railings were cleaned and sanded well before painting. It was advertised as one coat, stain blocking, paint plus primer, advanced, mildew resistant, lifetime warranty. I have been very disappointed with this paint... After 3 summers, the paint is flaking off in chips and there is severe mildew on my railings! I should have bought a cheaper paint and just planned to repaint every couple of years... I feel that I wasted my money by buying the expensive paint!

Another one of the many affected by the ammonia smelling paint. Initially the response from both B & Q and Valspar was helpful. Compensation was agreed and I received an email on 10th August telling me the claim had been processed and I would receive the funds within 4 working days. I have booked a painter and decorator on the basis of above. 19 days later no funds paid in. I have sent emails but no response. I will now have to cancel the painter as I do not have the funds to pay him, I will also have to put with the dreadful smell until this is resolved. Absolutely frustrating and the time and effort involved in all of this is unacceptable.

B&Q really need to stop selling this expensive paint. Just purchased a 1 litre exterior satin, using one of their own colours (Dolce Domino). The paint colour is nothing like the colour card, it's very much lighter - almost a battleship grey. And the finish is awful, brush marks visible and the 'satin' looks more like a drab matt. At £29 a litre avoid this paint, especially as it's non refundable.

Went to Welwyn Garden City B&Q and seemed helpful about the awful paint smell after purchasing some Valspar paint from them. They gave me a contact number to ring. However was told by their customer services that they are inundated with complaints so it may take a while to have a response! Surely B&Q can do better than this. I am a pensioner, and the smell from this paint is giving me headaches. Why can't they give me the primer and paint I need to correct this NOW. I have proof of purchase, and they sold me this paint, so surely they should rectify the problem. Why should I wait months for reimbursement?

Valspar paint what a joke... I used this paint back in 2016. After about a week it began to smell. First I was should that my dog had peed on the walls but then I could smell it higher up on the walls. I contacted Valspar. They told me that I must have DAMP in my walls that's why it smells. I told them that the walls were are new as I had just converted my loft, then they said that I had not prepared the walls correctly, which I told them was rubbish as I have been painting/building for over 25 years and had never had this happen before. Then they said because I didn't use Valspar undercoat that I was to blame. I Then had to explain exactly how I prepared the walls from the plastering to missed coat and top coat.

I am absolutely furious with B&Q and their Valspar paint. I have just spent the best part of 2 weeks decorating my 4 year old daughter's bedroom, freshly plastered walls and new carpet, over £600 spent on this and it stinks of ammonia and wee!!! After a few days of trying to locate the smell we realised it was the walls!!! I'm so pleased I painted the wardrobe too!! I then looked online and to my horror found out that 6 days ago the BBC confirmed B&Q are compensating customers for the **, and the best bit is that when I looked a bit closer they knew about this back in May... Yay!!! Great.

Kindly note most companies use marketing companies that place positive reviews on feedback sites so as to jew the customers into buying products and guess what, it actually works... Most customers get duped into buying the brands and products we would not buy if we knew the truth about them. Customers are hood winked and they call this marketing. Anyway, Just wanted to contrast any bit of the false feedback on sites regards Valspar paint bought from and sold in B&Q.

My problem began as with so many others by using a Valspar V500 paint. Within a week or so the horrific smell began, we blamed pets, kids etc but eventually discovered it was the feature wall in our kitchen! We tried to contact B&Q but they didn't return calls so we posted on their Facebook page and sure enough we got a reply promptly. They forwarded our complaint in to Valspar and we received a standard email saying it was a rare issue, 1 in 100,000 consumers affected apparently!!

We started using this matt paint for our bedroom which is a well ventilated room, both me and my partner experienced a nasty headache and dizziness. We returned the paint to B&Q who advised that there was a bad batch which contains too much of a chemical and the headache will eventually pass. I would strongly advised people to avoid using Valspar. B&Q will provide a full refund even if it's a bit used.

Absolute garbage. Concrete paint, 2 coats and it washed off with NO ONE stepping on it for over a week. It rained 4 days after we put it on... It went on like dollar store paint... We thought... "Oh well that's how it is..." Well it lived up to its name. So we went to LOWE'S to take advantage of their paint guarantee which turned out to be BS as we were told to call Valspar. Our call was returned and as usual we were told we must have applied it wrong... Seems after 40 years and 5 homes we do not know how to apply paint... It was only a $20 can of paint.

Just adding to the hundreds of other reviews on this paint! We painted our daughter's bedroom with the paint (V500) in the 2nd week in May 2017. The paint was difficult and sticky to apply and needed two coats. After a few weeks we found that there was a strong ammonia smell when the room was hot. We could not trace the smell initially but when my daughter started to complain of a sore head we moved her out of the room. We then tried to look closely at where the smell was coming from and found it was coming from the paint on the walls. The first thing I did was to search the internet to see if anyone else had an issue and found many had the same issue.

I bought this paint this weekend and painted my entire living room and hallway. I also used my usual brand choice, Crown, to paint my kitchen and utility room (a small unventilated space). The areas with Crown paint are fresh and unaffected. The smell in my living room and hallway however, is become worse by the day. Apparently as my windows are open and the weather warmer this is aggravating the problem. It smells of cat wee/dead animal and I don't own a cat!!! We have had terrible headaches and I can't bear to sit in the lounge! Nowhere at point of sale were we advised of any potential issues (though many forums are saying one should seal the walls before or after to kill bacteria??). And then repaint!!! Besides for wasted effort, £71 spent after a lengthy decision for the "perfect shade" and make the best informed choice... My house is no longer refreshed as I had intended. Absolutely shocking product!! Do not buy!

I've spent the past few months trying to find the source of the strong smell like cats urine coming from my son's room. Having researched Valspar I've found this is a very common problem. I won't be purchasing this product again.

A few month ago we decided to repaint the whole house (except for the lounge). We bought the scrubbable Valspar paint. The 1st annoying thing was that the staff at B&Q did not think of telling us that we would need to recoat at least 2 to 3 times on each wall! A different member of staff did tell us that info after we had already bought at least 4 large tins of the stuff. The painter we hired mentioned the problem of the coverage being sticky and streaky and that it was not good paint to actually do a smooth coverage with. Eventually job finished, and lots of money paid out on expensive paint, at least 3 coats on each wall.

I painted my 11 month old daughter's bedroom with Valspar paint on top of lining paper two months ago. I began to notice a smell of sulphur about three weeks later when we had that really hot week a little while back... This smell, a smell that reminded me of the putrid smell of being in a sulphur bath abroad. It was my partner's mum that confirmed the smell that I had been experiencing. We smelt all the linen, every cuddly toy, every item of clothing, the brand new carpet, the new curtains searching for the source of this stench. And then my partner's mum smelt the walls (each painted a different pastel colour) and bingo, finally I had found the source of this nasty stench.

Hi all. Read all the comments about the Valspar paint. Have been doing A LOT of reading around this as we have had the same issue. Renovating our house. New stud walls with new plaster are fine when painted. Freshly plastered walls or painting over old walls however is a different matter. Gas/egg/sulphur smell developed a week or so later. Worse with windows open and warmer connections. This is due to something called wall odour phenomenon where bacteria on the existing wall react with the paint and release the smell. No long term health consequences apparently.

As per the previous reviews here we have had a terrible experience with Valspar paint purchased from B&Q. We painted our 3 year old's bedroom in a beautiful blue colour and the paint went on well. However, a couple of weeks later a strange smell began to develop. Like other consumers our initial thought was that the cat had peed on the carpet (which he has never done before in his life). So carpet cleaned. Smell remained... so we took each piece of furniture out of the room. Still the smell continued! In an empty room I smelt the walls - horrendous stink emanating from the walls. I called B&Q 3 weeks ago now and am still waiting for a response. Having called again today I was told they have a 'backlog' - I'm presuming caused by Valspar.

I have recently purchased 2 x 5 liters of white matt emulsion that can be scrubbed from B and Q to redecorate my bedroom. After a few days and when the weather outside warmed up I noticed a oily, weak urine smell. I complained to B and Q and the response that I got was 'never before heard of this issue'. I have emails saying that I contaminated the paint. No reimbursement to date at all. Note-I am a professional builder and am in the process of closing my TradePoint account with them. I am now using other paint products. Totally disappointed by B and Q's approach to this issue. Their loss.

Just to confirm what so many others have said. Used this premium emulsion about 6 months ago, part newly plastered wall, part existing wall overpainted. Have spent the past 5 months trying to figure out how the neighbours' cat could possibly keep sneaking in and peeing everywhere. Smells like cat pee. Suddenly wondered if it could be the paint, Googled it and hey presto, reports everywhere about this problem. Now have to figure out how to get it sorted, will be off to B&Q tomorrow to complain, no expectation of redress. DO NOT BUY IT.

I have been house sitting for a friend and was trying to figure out where the cat had peed in one of the bedrooms, knowing he hadn't been in there, but I couldn't dispute the ammonia smell that was there on the hot sunny days. I had never smelt something so strong. I brought a black light to try and find it, literally smelt every cm of the carpet, furniture etc. Last resort was the walls. Then the external wall that gets hot with the sun, Britain generally doesn't have that many sunny days in a row, but we had had a week of extremely hot days, hence the smell.

Similar to other reviews - I painted my bedroom with Valspar paint a few weeks ago and since the weather has warmed up my room now stinks of cat pee. Blamed my poor cat and evicted him, but smell has remained and definitely coming from the walls. I don't have my receipt so can't get a refund so am faced with repainting at my own expense. Very dissatisfied and disappointed. Outrageous that Valspar is allowing this to continue.

I bought some Valspar emulsion paint in April 2017 and started decorating my hall/stairwell on May bank holiday. The hallway had been painted previously - emulsion onto plaster direct. However I prefer to paint on lining paper - which I had completed a few weeks previously. Both the lining paper and paint were purchased at B&Q. Everything was fine for about a week, then I noticed a smell appearing. Exactly the same as previous comments on here, the smell was a combination of gas/cat urine, and the smell is getting stronger daily.

Bought Valspar paint and redecorated child's bedroom before Easter. 2 weeks later getting dreadful smells in the room. At first we thought the dog had urinated on the carpet, but no, then thought there might be a dead animal under the floor boards. Checked and no. Then went online to find many, many reports of Valspar paint smelly like 'cats urine'. Contacted B&Q, store manager said nothing to do with him and to contact customer services - 03330 143098 - finally got through to a person who said that the store had to deal with it. After waiting on the phone he said I had to call back on the same number but press a different option. Also spoke to Valspar as part of the process and they said that their supplier agreement with B&Q that all complaints had to go through B&Q and not Valspar.

Bought a 2.5 l tin of Valspar 2 in 1 primer and paint from B&Q, they've changed from Dulux (which has always done what it says on the tin!! Actually covers in one coat.) The Valspar is awful it doesn't cover, comes out strippy looking showing the base colour so therefore needs 2 coats. Needless to say it's £28 worth of rubbish, it will be going back to the store. So I've got to make a journey of 30 miles to return it. Don't buy!!

Tried to paint my exterior windows. Thought it was the caulking I put on then went to paint my garage exterior door. Sanded it, cleaned it, same thing garbage. The paint was too thin. Did not want to cover.

I recently completed the painting of my bedroom 10 days ago using Valspar mixed in store at B&Q "sheer shadow" wall and ceiling. Lovely colour, which I chose after some deliberation. I was drawn to Valspar for the vast colour options available so on completion of my painting I was pleased with the visual result. However, since finishing the paint job 10 days ago, I have noticed (as have visitors, and the emergency gas engineer who visited and conducted a thorough through house check and ruled out gas!) an awful smell which is confined to the one room in the house where I have used the Valspar paint. This has persisted despite me leaving open windows day and night for several days.

I've been corresponding with Valspar over an issue with smelly walls. An odour that was being omitted smelt like cat wee. My poor cat nearly got rehomed. It took weeks to realise it wasn't her to blame. Valspar were not sympathetic to all the distress I've been going through and still are. When I found out through my own research about this so called 'Wall Odour Phenomenon' I contacted Valspar, it was only because I'd publically published the email I sent to them on their Facebook UK page that they responded.

Just a heads up from the house that smells like a cat's piss den thanks to B&Q and Valspar paint! Apparently £50 voucher to sort this odour (not a problem Customer Service are aware of) is the best offer I'll receive.

Painted my daughter's bedroom in Valspar pink emulsion paint. Since painting a very unpleasant smell has built in the room, something between dead mouse and cat urine. Eventually I traced it to the paint. I have never experienced anything like it in over 30 years of using emulsion paint. Valspar are shrugging their shoulders and offering generic advice and no compensation or terribly useful advice. Basically they say, "It's not our fault but we can't explain exactly why it's not our fault." Now I may have to strip back to plaster or at the very least paint with a barrier coat and try again. I will never use this brand again

We went to our local Ace store and were convinced to use Valspar paint WITH a primer to paint a dresser we purchased. We were also told to sand it down. We sanded it, primed it and then applied one coat of Valspar Paint & Primer - it was ridiculous. The original primer showed right thru - it was as though we were applying a glaze - no coverage at all. We let it dry overnight and then applied a second coat (even though it was a ONE COAT paint & primer all in one). The second coat covered just a tiny bit more - the original primer still showed through. What a rip-off. DO NOT BUY THIS PAINT. Ace either owns the brand or gets a substantial commission for selling this - you will be wasting time & money with this garbage.

Have been painting my home for decades. July 2016 I purchased the top of the line Valspar paint, went home and painted my bath. The paint did not readily dry and after several days was still tacky. I went back to my local hardware store, they called Valspar rep who told them that I was experiencing blocking, where the paint dries on the surface before underneath and I should put a fan in the bath. I did and after a few days it was still a little tacky. After several months it did seem better. Now in March 2017 the paint on the door is soft and the wall has peeled up (puckered) where it was hit. I went back to my hardware store today to seek help (maybe they could get in touch with Valspar) and was passed off to other employees until I finally left. THIS IS THE WORST PAINT I HAVE EVER USED. Expense and time wise I have really lost.

I painted a previously oil gloss door which was carefully rubbed down with a water based gloss from Valspar resulting in a bubble up reaction. This paint is promoted at BQ with no warning of any possible reaction to previously painted services.

I was advised by the staff of Valspar at B & Q to buy Premier paint which does not require undercoat. Within a day of completion the paint peeled off. I was given a replacement paint which stayed in place. Neither Valspar nor B&Q admitted that the original paint was faulty and I finished up out of pocket by 500 after having paid a decorator to redo the job. The quality of the paint is clearly hit and miss and I strongly advise against using the Valspar product.

I have been a home decorator all my life and enjoy painting. I love using the mixing service to get a colour that is a bit different, which until my last purchase has always been Dulux Endurance. Great paint. This month I purchase Valspar from B&Q. I found it sticky to roll on but persevered even though it took me 3 coats to get it even. BUT when I'd finished I noticed the most awful smell in the room. It smells really bad like cat wee and I don't have a cat. It is definitely coming from the paint. It's awful. When I read other reviews people have mentioned the odour. I just hope it fades. Horrible. Good job I noticed before I did my hall staircase and landing. Need to go on the search for Dulux. Now Valspar is definitely a NONO.

I have been painting and decorating for myself and a semi business for 30 years and have never been disappointed with a paint before, Crown, Dulux, Johnstone's etc all been great. Unfortunately B and Q in the UK have decided to go with Valspar for their colour (yes that's how it's spelt (and this word) in England, the founder of the language called English) mixing paint. Picked a yellow for our bathroom and took three coats to go over magnolia. Finally finished and left to dry for 2 days.

Bought a silver/grey Valspar paint. It was mixed, looked good in the false light of "B and Q", got it home, started to paint my walls after tea (heading into false light territory) it looked pale lilac. Not to be discouraged in the false light I continued to brush it on, or should I say stretch it on. It was the worst paint I have ever used. I been painting and decorating for 30 years and I've used the cheapest value range paint and never been as disappointed as I am with this tub of rubbish. You have to spread it. Don't go over what you already painted as it comes right back off, and it skins quicker than rice pudding in the oven at 38 for 5 liters.

I have been a homeowner for 28 years and call me crazy, but I actually enjoy painting my walls. Over the years I have used many different brands of paints and have used Valspar in the past with good results. I am a picky painter as I like for my walls to be smooth and detest roller marks! After two recent experiences with Valspar, I will never use this brand again!

Went to buy Dulux paint but was recommended Valspar. What a wasted three days of painting. As the third coat is drying it is puckering up and powdering off. We have to do the whole lot again. Wasted time and money for nothing. DO NOT BUY THIS RUBBISH. Bought from B & Q. My husband is in the building trade and he could not work out what was happening. In all the years of painting we have never had this happen before. Did some research and found out that this product is known for this fault. Stick to Dulux or Crown.

I am a painting contractor with over 25 years under my brush. This is the sorriest bucket of paint I have ever used. Watery, lack of coverage, picture framing, and the most awful smell. Low VOC? I don't think so... It will take your breath. The ammonia is so overpowering. Terrible paint. I don't know how they get away selling this garbage.

Do not be fooled that this is a premium product, we have bought the paint on four occasions and had mixed results on each. On two occasions the paint has been patchy and left a series of discoloured patches across the walls and only after 4 or 5 coats has it finally covered. We have reverted to Dulux and other brands and have never had the problem again. Valspar and B and Q (UK) have been very unhelpful. Best avoided if you need consistency when time and money is at stake. Shop elsewhere.

My first time using Valspar reserve with HydroChroma technology (purchased at Lowe's). I've been painting (part time) for over thirty years and this is easily the most difficult paint I have ever dealt with. It's incredible how bad it is, never seen anything like it. When applying the paint with a 3/8" nap roller, if you overlap the area just painted 20 seconds before the paint lifts right off the surface. You can't get the roller wet enough. The finish is sooo blotchy where the roller has lifted the "skin" off the paint from the previous pass. 3/8" nap and looks like I shot the surface with a texture gun (and screwed it up). Disappointment is a gross understatement.

I am an experienced painter and bought Valspar cabinet paint for a bathroom vanity. A quart cost me $25 and the can said "no brush marks." What a crock! I followed the instructions on the can knowing I had to prep the cabinet by sanding the old finish and used a tack cloth to remove all the debris and used a new high end brush to apply the paint. The instructions stated to apply the paint in thin coats so I assumed that the paint would have a nice flow. It was thick and sticky and really difficult to work with. After 2 coats I abandoned my quality brush and bought a 59 cent foam brush. Two more coats later I finally was able to get a finish that was marginally acceptable but it wasn't what I expected. I am so glad I didn't try this paint on a kitchen because I would have gone postal. Save your money and sanity. There are many less expensive paints on the market that outperform this product.

To start I would not give the Valspar Signature one star but had to select something. I have painted for many years and seldom have I crossed garbage paint like this. The last time I had a similar problem was with Walmart paint back in the early 2000's. Short story: Went to the local Lowe's to buy paint after hearing Valspar signature was the best paint around and covered in one coat, was told it was pricey but worth it. After speaking to the paint pro I bought 30 gallons of paint in different colors. RED, YELLOWS, BLUES, GREENS AND GREY. The walls were primed prior to painting with the top of the line signature. HUGE surprise when the paint was not covering!!!! The yellow took 7 coats, the greens 3, red... I lost count, the blues ranged from 3 to 5 and the grey was the best with only 2 coats.

Bought 2 gallons for ceiling, and 3 for walls, even after 3 coats there were blotchy patches. Some areas were blistering and peeling, had to sand down and repaint these areas. Personnel at store recommended this paint, would love to pour this paint over his head, it probably wouldn't stick though.

I was happy with the coverage. I'd painted a 13 x 19 living room, 1 gallon was enough to cover the ceiling. The only thing I didn't like, the paint is thin and splatters a lot!! I won't buy this paint anymore just because of that. I will buy Dutch Boy, it's much thicker and doesn't splatter nearly as much as the Valspar.

Valspar Signature interior has been nothing but a nightmare. 4 coats and I still see my base color... White. The color I purchased was light raffia. Don't waste your money on this garbage. I unfortunately can't afford 35 dollars a gallon to paint a 10×2 patch over and over.

I purchased the Valspar ceiling paint for the ceilings in all the rooms of a 3 bedroom house about 1500 sq. ft. and also a semi gloss latex to paint over the walls which were neutral colored. The walls and ceilings were all washed down with the appropriate chemical as per directions on the box. I then painted and I have to say this is the worst paint I have ever used. The coverage of this paint is very poor, I tried to contact the residential customer service department there was no answer I left a message and after 2 weeks there's still no callback. I will never use Valspar nor would I allow any of my tenants to use it nor recommended it to friends, family, etc... Save yourself a lot of time and money and skip the Valspar products!

Purchased a gallon of Valspar sandstone paint. Salesperson said it goes on like any other paint and advised me that 1 gallon would be more than enough for an 11 by 10 room. After coat 1, it looked like the worse paint job I ever saw. Splotches and didn't cover. I have painted several rooms in my life and never had a problem. 3 gallon at $49 each later and a lot of hard work it took for a less than satisfactory job. I emailed the company to see what they could do for me and no response. Stick to Home Depot BEHR paints! You will be much happier.

We are a professional painting business that just finished using Valspar Pristine Satin and Reserve Eggshell to paint a very large area. 4 coats later, it still looks very bad. We used these paints at the customer's request. Utterly Beige is the color we are applying over a pale yellow and it looks awful. You can see everywhere we cut in, brush strokes are obvious and the sheen is splotchy. Worse yet - the longer the paint dries, the worse it gets! Now, after a week, you can see every drywall seam, ding, dent and previous repair. Even nail hole patches are obvious. Valspar has offered to refund us the purchase of all new Reserve, but I'm nervous... They also want us to sand the walls with 220 grit before painting a 5th coat. I'm thinking I should just cut my losses and switch to what I know works at this point.

Cannot put 2nd coat of spray lacquer without it wrinkling!!! Tried to put primer over it to change product line it crackled. I do not recommend Valspar paint!!! SHERWIN WILLIAMS paint owns Valspar. It is now tank wash!!!

We bought Valspar signature semi-gloss. This says it has primer in it, it's one coat. After three coats rolled on, it still has some blue showing through. After 36 hours when we tried to take the edge tape off, the paint peeled like a bad plastic wrap. It even peeled the old paint and paper off the drywall. The valspar rep refunded us and bought us different paint (signature high-hiding paint and primer.) He also told us the walls had been wiped down with 409, that's why we had a problem. We bought this house from my brother and his wife and they never bought 409 or wiped down the walls! We are still working on getting this bad paint off and we may need to have drywall torn out and reinstalled. I'm not sure how to proceed with this new valspar, but if it gives us problems we may have to go after valspar in court.

I took all the numbers and information off the gallon of paint I had purchased at Lowe's only for the guy to say he had to have the label. I drove thirty miles for this guy to tell me this. Your representative was there and he done nothing. I then had to drive another thirty miles to take the entire can to them. At first he didn't even want to shake the paint that was in the can. I said, "You should shake that so the color matches." So finally he did but he never stirred it before taking the test so the paint did not match the color I was trying to cover therefore I had to repaint every room. Had it been color matched correctly I would not have had to buy 8 gallons of your paint. I will never shop at Lowe's or buy any Valspar paint again. I will go to Sherman Williams. I know nothing will be done about this but wanted to let you know my experience.

Have just struggled to use Valspar primer/undercoat and gloss which are the most appalling products but due to the cost have had to carry on and use them. Wanting to uncharacteristically make a complaint, the company website is unobtainable via Google but, being so incensed I've dug a bit deeper and found that B&Q seem to have some connection with the company. Funnily enough, the B&Q chap recommended this paint. We normally use Dulux - never a problem over 30+ years of decorating - but needed to paint factory-finished acrylic-primed windows and prepared old windows. 4 coats of each paint later and can still see through it. An absolute waste of money and hours of work and it just looks total rubbish. Have contacted B&Q but not hopeful of any contrition.

Used Valspar interior paint on an old cabinet that I sanded back to natural wood. Spent hours and hours doing this only to make the bad decision of using Valspar paint. Four coats later and it's still needs god knows how many more to cover the wood??? Wish I hadn't taken the advise of the hardware assistant and just stuck with my usual Dulux or Taubmans brand. Won't be doing that again!!! Whatever you do don't go with this brand!!!

I've painted many indoor and outdoor projects over the years but my indoor experience using Valspar Reserve paint in my kitchen was the absolute worst paint I ever used. The first problem is one can't roll it but once as the paint lifts off the wall otherwise. That means one swipe of the roller, which causes paint runs which can't be brushed or rolled out. As if that wasn't bad enough the "one coat coverage" was not accurate as two coats were required, and this was painting over a light pale yellow with a variation of white paint. To add insult to this the paint cost was in the $35 range. Stay away from this paint unless you like sanding runs and painting over and over once each coat is completely dry.

Valspar wood and metal paint - Bought the fluffy robe. Did all the prep ready to paint and it's just like water. Rang B and Q. Got told to take it back so they could have a look at it and see what they could do. Basically got told I should of bought the premier one and they can't do anything. I would have to take it up with Valspar. Absolute joke and waste of money. If I had all the time in the world to start writing complaints and answer stupid questions like what sort and make of brush did you use. Bloody toothbrush. Not a happy chappy.

I bought 10 liters of Valspar Trade matte emulsion in brilliant white last December and when my painter opened it last month he found it had separated. After 20 minutes of stirring it still hadn't mixed so he had to buy alternative paint to complete the job. I was astonished to be informed by the manager of B&Q Abbey Centre that after a few months the paint is likely to separate and may well require more than 20 minutes of stirring. He further recommended returning it to a B&Q store so they can put it in the paint shaker and then it would definitely be ok. I've never encountered this problem with other paints and since my nearest B&Q is 20 miles away I don't think I'll be buying Valspar paint again.

I've bought 5 litres of Valspar paint to paint my boat. I gave the boat 4 coats in dry conditions. I was told that the same paint is used to paint shipping containers. First time it rains my whole boat is left with water marks. I've had to sand it all down and now going with a different brand. £74 wasted + my time.

I bought the high-hiding paint + primer and it did not cover my trim work that was the same color, white. I thought it would be a one step process but after paying $36 for a gallon of paint that did not work and left my trim looking awful, I now have to buy more paint to redo the job. I got this paint from Lowe's so I will be sure not to buy this brand again.

We purchased Valspar paint 5 years ago and painted the exterior of our home. Then within a few months it was peeling off three of the porches, especially the floor. (Yes, we used porch floor paint for that!) By then it was in the fall and we could not do anything with the porches due to the weather. Then in the spring we went to speak to a Valspar representative. He told us we needed to scrape the floors, banisters, etc. and use the Valspar primer before we used new paint. So we scraped and primed everything and then used the primer and painted as directed. It is three years later and our house looks horrific. The paint is peeling everywhere and you can clearly see the primer (white) underneath. The paint did not last as the guarantee stated it would. Off to repainting the whole house again.

I appreciate the fact that they are in the process of determining if the batch of paint I got was defective, yet they refunded me the price of the paint at once along with an apology for my experience.

I've been using Valspar paint for several years now but recently I've noticed that the flat interior has an eggshell finish, and I'm not talking about when it's wet! It's been two days, the temps have been in the 80's and next to no humidity. This paint is dry dry dry and has an eggshell finish on a flat finished wall. I had to double check the can to make sure I wasn't given the wrong paint! SO SO SO disappointed. Went to Home Depot for a cheap cover paint to fix this mess. Thanks Valspar, won't be using you anymore.

We went to Lowe's and purchase paint for our new home bathroom. We bought a semi-gloss Valspar paint and I have to say this paint has been the worst paint I have ever purchased. This paint looks like you have oil paint on the walls and it dries up horrible. My walls in the bathroom looks horrible. Will never ever purchase this Valspar paint again. Stick to Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore paint. I do not recommend this paint. Stay away from this horrible paint.

I had to tell the world about the dreadful quality of Valspar paint - DO NOT buy it! It has taken 6 coats of both primer and paint to get an even coat of paint on 1 feature wall and in gloss on a wardrobe in Pretty Poppy red. We started using the Premium paint then found out about the "even better" Trade paint - both were a complete waste of money. This paint is not fit for sale - consumers are wasting their hard-earned cash on a product which apparently has not been quality inspected.

We purchased the paint for new plaster because we had just renovated our house and had a new ceiling downstairs and all newly plastered walls. We applied the Valspar paint and then applied Dulux colour on top. We have now found if you knock the paint, it peels off and the Valspar paint underneath just washes off. We have now had to remove all the paint back to bare plaster and start again. I therefore would not recommend Valspar paint to anyone. I have complained to them about this and all they have offered is a voucher for 5L of their paint. Why would I want to buy any more of their paint.

I am restoring an antique miniature Romany caravan, and needed to colour match existing paint work in a high quality gloss paint. The colour matching process was perfect, but the product: Valspar Gloss is the worst, so-called Gloss, that I have ever used!! Beware, this product is sold totally unfit for the purpose. Three 1Ltre Cans in 3 different colours at a cost of £81.00 (That in itself is a joke!!). It has a consistency of thinned custard, covers well, but shows every single brush mark (and I am using sable brushes). It dries in less than 15 minutes to a finish that looks like matt emulsion!! So, quickly removed from antique with WATER & WET CLOTH!! Nearly a disaster. Tomorrow this product will be on its way back to my local branch of B&Q, as a present on the Manager's desk, with a demand for a complete refund. A professional restorer's view on Valspar paint range: absolute rubbish - beware!

I bought Valspar wood and metal paint, it is a complete waste of time and money. I wish I had read the reviews. Horrible lumpy finish, cannot eliminate brush marks, cannot touch up without redoing whole job, dull finish not satin as stated on the tin, not fit for purpose. Whole job needs to be redone.

Please, please, please save your money and do not buy Valspar paint. 15L later and my 3 average sized bedrooms are only just covered. After the initial 5L of their hard wearing paint, the decorators went back and bought the trade stuff in the hope it was better. It wasn't!!! It's taken 4 coats to get a semi-decent finish on what were almost white walls to begin with (one had a baby pink hue, one lilac and the other limestone), yet after 2 coats of the Valspar scrub-able matt, we had to use another 2 coats of the Trade matt. Even now it's not fully covered. It will need one more coat!!!

We went into B&Q to buy some Dulux special colour mix paint from their bespoke mixing system but found they have ditched Dulux in favour of Valspar. We have put four coats on the wall over a cream emulsion and the original colour is still showing through. The Valspar is patchy and looks terrible. This paint is crap! Won't be buying Valspar again.

Used Valspar Premium Satin paint for Wood and Metal. It is the worst paint I have ever used. NEVER, EVER buy it. Purchased B&Q and recommended "Premium" base for this personally mixed paint. Dries really quickly when applying but is thin and needed 3 coats to cover white paint (which had been undercoated). Feels really gritty to the touch when dried. Was told it would take a week to be fully dried, so was cautious with it. Now a month later it is chipping off and the white underneath is showing through our buff coloured woodwork. I could cry. Having painted 10 doors and all the associated woodwork for hall, staircase and landing. This is no joke. NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.

I have used this Valspar semi gloss paint twice now for woodwork. What a terrible paint. It doesn't go on smooth, it skins & clumps so quickly. It ruins brushes, you can't get them clean. I don't know if it's the primer they put in everything now or what but you cannot get a nice smooth finish or get it to spread evenly. Do they make a paint anymore without all this new crap in it? It seems like ever since they did that paint isn't as good as it used to be.

I bought a total of four different colors of Valspar paint, enough to paint our whole house. According to Lowe's, this was "the top of the line" and would satisfy my needs. However, it was BY FAR the worst paint I have ever handled & we repaint our house once a year to keep it different and fresh. Normally we purchase from Home Depot (which has the best paint EVER) but Lowe's was the only thing local to our new home.

I had exactly same issues as Sue of Lecanto, FL. Bought the paint at almost exactly the same time. It immediately started to chip after letting it dry a day or so. Put down another coat with same result and about a week later it too got all oily and gross. Very slippery. Called Valspar and they gave me two new cans of paint, this time the non-skid kind. So, now that the holidays are over I again cleaned my porch and put down a new coat of the non-skid. I've let it cure for three days this time, but this morning when I just moved a lightweight patio chair over it for the first time, it again chipped the paint off the surface.

Went to Lowe's to get porch paint. Told the salesman I was repainting the porch which is cement and the deck that is wood both have been painted before and no peeling or damage just wanted to update color. He sold me 2 gallon of porch and floor and I went home and painted. He looked really nice and we stayed off for 2 days. Weather good 80's in the day, mid 50's at night. No rain but humidity at night. Live in Florida always moist at night. The 3 morning I was leaving for work. Had a good quality tennis shoes and went from porch to deck and down I went, injured knee and back. When I got home the paint had a few area wear it came up but when I touched it, it almost felt like an oil reside on the surface.

Tacky, tacky, tacky. A month later and it still hasn't dried. You can literally peel the paint off the wall. It's less a paint and more like a plastic wrap. And the customer service person at the store said it was 'the best of the best.'

I have used Valspar paint for years and have always been very happy with it. This is the first time I'm painting in about 10 years. I bought the Valspar Signature paint that is supposed to be a one-coat paint with primer. What crap this is! We are painting my son's room his school's colors, orange and dark blue. How sad when the dark blue, almost black paint won't cover the light blue paint on the walls! Two coats needed here. The orange is a disaster! Three coats and you can still see right through it. White paint marks from the ceiling paint at the tops of the walls, light blue paint underneath, scuff marks - they all show right through. This stuff is garbage!! This is going to take 4-5 coats to cover - maybe, if we are lucky. We're going to try tinting a good primer and putting a coat of this on and finish - hopefully - with one last coat of the Valspar.

Bought Valspar Signature (supposed to be the good stuff) paint for my kitchen. I was painting over a dark almond with a lighter colored almond paint. Any decent paint would have been a one-coat and done job. Nope. Two coats and in some places, three, over a very similar color. I will never buy Valspar paint again.

I've used Valspar paint for over 20 years. Always with great results. Not anymore. I purchased Valspar 2000, satin, to paint the inside of my large 3 car garage. This is garbage. It's really not paint, it's some sort of glop latex that dries to a plastic like coating. You can peel it off the wall. It dries so quickly, that if you're using a brush to 'cut in' - it will harden on the brush - in 15-20 minutes. The paint is slippery, the roller skids sideways, need to really work to eliminate roller marks. I've used 8 gallons to paint the interior of my garage - it's not just a 'bad' can of paint.

This cover and go is crap. I put two coats on and still needs at least two more. I shouldn't have to use 5 gallons of eggshell off white to cover a 10x10 white kitchen. I will never use any Valspar product again. This is the second time in the last 3 years I tried this brand. Never use this paint again.

We were excited to paint our game room to liven up the room & Valspar was "recommended" so we got it & put primer on the wall then one paint coat on the wall then the last coat & we went to take the paint tape off & it peeled off like peeling a orange. NEVER USE THIS paint.

I built a Murphy Bed and after completing it I wanted to paint it white. Bought a gallon of Valspar Signature Paint with Primer in the paint. I had Lowe's shake the paint, went home, stirred the paint and began to paint my project. This paint is VERY runny and the first coat had little hiding power. Once dry I gave the wood a second coat of runny paint. To my surprise the second coat actually covered the wood and the project looks GREAT. Here's the problem, it is now Day 8 after painting and the paint is still not completely dry. You can touch it if your hand is moving but if you stop for a second your hand sticks to the paint. I tossed a small white empty envelope on the flat top board and after not more than 10 seconds I had to peel the envelope off.

I recently also bought some of the Valspar Reserve-Semi-gloss paint at Lowe's. This in no way reflects my view on these stores which are great. Getting to the point. My father was a professional painter for 40 years and knew everything there was about painting. So some of it rubbed off on me. Anyway, since you can no longer find "oil based paint" I decided to try some of the new enamel. I should have done my homework. It is by far the worst paint I have ever used. At $42 a gallon I figured this has to be some good stuff. Boy was I mistaken. It is junk. Everything that is commented about this paint is true. Buyer Beware. Next time I buy paint I will do some research.

I highly advise not to use this horrible paint. I'm on my 4th coat of paint, painting a dark red over light yellow/green and it still isn't covering it up. It drips easily and coverage is about as good as using watercolors to paint walls with.

I have been painting for 40 yrs and take great pride in my home. Decided to have Valspar paint as an accent colour on the woodwork in my bathroom. Rubbed woodwork down and undercoated woodwork twice and then painted with Valspar soft sheen, all I can say is never again. This paint does not cover. It took three coats, chips off easily and as for soft sheen, it's like matte finish very poor quality paint. I paid 28 for the tin and honestly, what a load of rubbish. Would not recommend, think b&q need to find another supplier and fast!

After priming I used this paint on walls, doors, and trim. Waste of money. Paint chips off easily. Doesn't dry well. Overall, very poor quality.

I had fallen in love with a product called paintable wallpaper. I bought and hung this paper then painted with Valspar reserve semi gloss. Cleanup was not possible with soap and water. Everything I used had to be discarded. There is still paint in my drain. It dried, but the paint on the wall has not. I painted in June and we are now well into October. What has happened??? I bought this paint at Lowe's and they have determined that I did buy this paint there. They have refunded my money but what I want is to know what can I do now?

Valspar gloss paint from B & Q is the worst paint I have ever used. It peeled off the door in a large sheet like old wallpaper. I have never known paint ever do this before.

I have been painting for over 20 years, with excellent results. I recently did a job for a friend that wanted me to utilize a can of Valspar ceiling paint. Against my better judgement I went ahead and used it, instead of the Sherwin Williams paint I normally use. After spending almost a month in the room, patching, skimming and priming I was relieved to think I was finally done after I put on 2 coats of this ceiling paint (with difficulty, as it had the consistency of paste). After it dried, you could see terrible textured marks, that will now have to be skimmed and redone. Please! Save your time, money and effort, and stay away from this paint.

I used 3 gallons on a 10x10 room. Every time I painted, I had to keep going over and over after it dried. The colors left streaks and I could see through the last coat... That was trim and walls, 1 gallon all on trim and 2 doors for the closet.

I visited my local B&Q center because I wanted oil based barley white eggshell. Instead I was offered Valspar water based paint. I wanted to paint my wife's bedside table, which had been painted previously with oil based barley white eggshell. After painting the top, I rubbed it down again because it wasn't good enough. I re-painted it. And then put a second coat on. It still didn't look good enough in my eyes so instead of rubbing it down I decided to simply wash the paint off. (It being water based paint makes it reversible - clever huh?) I painted it a total of 5 times before. In desperation went to Homebase where I purchased a liter of oil based barley white eggshell. I painted the top again. Perfect! Well almost, because instead of eggshell it was gloss. Oh well, never mind.

Ok I've painted for years and never once had an issue like this one. The first problem as it was gummy. I would roll over once then roll near it to fade the roll line and it would gum up like I was putting texture on the walls. Then the second problem.... I looked above one doorway and it was melting... literally melting off the walls. I called customer service. This lady (Sarah) tell me that I wasn't vented properly. This is funny because I'm a retired professional Firefighter so I know what proper ventilation should be. Then she tells me that it must have been too humid. Nope lady... not the issue. I've painted all month with Behr and didn't have an issue. Several rooms in my house - not an issue. Then she tells me that I must have been overworking the paint. Nope not that either lady... I've been painting for years and never seen anything like it. I thanked her for being a lousy customer service rep and promised myself that I would never buy Valspar paint again.

I have painted for 45 years, and without a doubt this signature paint is the worst experience I have had. Four coats of red to cover previously painted flat drywall. Stay away from this stuff. Product was runny. If you try to put on a little more for coverage, it would cause runs 20 minutes later.

Product is extremely difficult to work with and it proved impossible to achieve a finish free of brush marks. I would recommend that you avoid this stuff at all costs if you want a true gloss finish.

Worst paint I have ever used. Usually use a small tin on the room I was painting which I have painted many times. Valspar was very, very runny and got everywhere. Used 5 liters of this paint for a small room!!! This was painting a very light color over white. The largest room in my house doesn't even need that much! When painting, if you go over a part you have just painted, the paint peels off. Have used many different paints from very expensive to DIY stores value ranges. This is by far the worst I had ever used!

Painted ceiling and walls with Valspar Ceiling and Flat interior paint. Started experiencing burning in nose and throat, headaches, chest tightness and eye irritation. Tried ventilating room with exhaust fans running 24 hrs a day and open windows. Emailed Valspar about issue. Acted like that was the first they had heard of any issue. Have spend the last 15 days emailing back and forth with Rudy, the customer service rep. He offered me a bucket of paint and an all-purpose primer and to send him the receipt. Told me to paint over it. I checked the paint review for replacement paint. Review remarked on odor and the primer was for a flooring. Had the fire company come up and ventilate the room, but it didn't last. They suggested dehumidifier. Have been running a dehumidifier for 5 days. Can't go into room without a mask, because of throat irritation. Have been living out of my house for 7 days.

What a load of rubbish this paint is! We bought 5 litres and - unfortunately work conspired so we didn't paint immediately. The stuff separated out over a two-week period and had a revolting sludge at the top. Try as we might, we could not get the stuff to mix so off I went back to B&Q. I was told there that this paint should be used within a couple of days of purchase and that, really, the Premium is a better product. We have used the stuff, as £35 for the 5l can is too much money to ignore, but I am not overly happy with the result.

We painted a small bedroom with Valspar Signature and it has not dried completely in over 30 hours. It feels tacky and easily peels off with the touch of a fingernail. Painting was difficult since a second brush stroke REMOVED the paint revealing the previous color rather than covering and smoothing the appearance. I will never use or recommend Valspar.

We bought 10 gallons of signature for our walls, 2 gallons in a different color for two bathrooms for our upstairs a little over 1100 sq ft. Pro painter friend of mine painted with it against all of his wishes! He would never buy this paint. SW is the only good paint, etc. The whole time he painted (2 days for everything literally!) he complained about the paint. Granted, we painted the bathrooms, same paint different color. The paint went on the same, and covered the same. Is was exactly what we picked out, covered extremely well. Even the pro said we didn't even really need two coats. It covered so well! And it pained him to say that! The only reason we did 2 coats is we put up crown and 5 1/4" trim throughout the whole house! With all that being said we didn't use both of our gallons for the bathrooms and we didn't even open seven gallons for the rest of the home!!

I wanted to paint front door because we are selling our house and needed to spruce it up a bit. Went to B&Q expecting to get some Dulux paint to be mixed to the colour I wanted. To my amazement, B&Q do not mix DULUX any more but have this "Incredible new paint from America that is BETTER than Dulux!" chimed the salesperson. "It's more expensive but better quality paint," she said. I found colour similar to the one I wanted.

I have just painted my front door using this Valspar 'Exterior Gloss'. The door had previously been primed several times, sanded down to 800 grit paper to a super flat surface. Then I put this gloop on. Biggest 'bad decision ever'. Firstly I feel that Valspar have deliberately misnamed this product - this is VINYL paint albeit a little bit more 'glossy' than Vinyl Silk interior paint. The surface finish is awful (It dries in moments so when you try to brush any little runs you get an awful finish (Imagine dragging a fork through whipped cream). Every single brush mark shows up and it is impossible to leave a flat finish. If you have one of the textured effect doors and you're not too fussy about the quality of finish- go for it, but look for cheaper alternatives. This is not premium paint at all.

There's a saying... if it's not broken, don't fix it. So why did I change from a reputable paint supplier such as Dulux to Valspar paint, why, because I'm a idiot! I collected a second batch of paint from my local B&Q to top coat the first batch of paint that my client had selected, naturally expecting the two batches to be the same. Once the second batch had been applied we noticed a completely different shading difference. I then applied the two different paints onto a sample board and then took it down to my local B&Q store.

I cleaned, sanded, and used bonding primer before I painted with this and it still took 2 coats. I am not happy with whatever Valspar has done to their products. It seems to me that the products have changed. Not only did this project take 2 coats, after 12 hours (overnight) drying time it is still tacky. I have also tried Valspar signature collection for our bedroom walls and furniture and it was very tacky as well. 6 months later it seems to have finally dried. But the color is not exactly what I was going after either. I think that they have changed something in their products. A few years ago Valspar was a wonderful one coat and dried the way it was supposed to product. Not anymore!!!

We decided to paint our daughter's small bedroom over the long holiday weekend. We did the math and bought 1 can of ceiling paint and 2 cans of white wall paint (Signature, w/ primer). My husband painted one coat on the ceiling early Friday morning and another coat on the ceiling 8+ hours later. We cut in twice on Saturday. Sunday, early morning, I gave the walls a fresh coat of paint. I waited until early evening to paint the second coat. Guess what? NOT ENOUGH. The ceiling needs a third coat and so do the walls! Now I need to go out and spend $70 more on 2 more cans of paint. Again, this is a SMALL bedroom. We went from off white to white so it's not like we were trying to paint red walls or something. I'll never buy Valspar paint again and I will make sure everyone of my family and friends knows how awful this paint is. On top of that, it stinks.

I decided to use Valspar Paint after home, discontinued cheaper paint used on my house when built. I decided to use premium Valspar paint since I shop at Lowe's for 95% of my home and garden needs. I approximately half of my home interior. Have small stain on ceiling and covered with Kilz and covered with original cheap ceiling paint leftover from when house built 10 years ago which matched up pretty good but you could see it in the sunshine. I changed to Valspar because it was sold by Lowe's and the original painters used a cheaper made by Gladden and sold at Home Depot and it had been discontinued. I purchased 5 gallons of the premium Valspar ceiling paint that painted on with purplish tint so you could see missed places.

I spent my whole entire day paint my laundry room and my bathroom. After 7 hours of painting I went to take painter's tape off and along with the tape my whole days work came off too. The paint peeled off as if I was peeling an orange. I not only wasted my time but I wasted over $200 as well. I am extremely disappointed. Not only could I have spent my day doing something else I could have spent the money somewhere else or on something else for my home.

Valspar Reserve 535109 Hydra chroma series paint - A professional painter prepped and painted our entire set of oak kitchen cabinets with this paint and the paint has bubbles, lumps and in places has never dried even after 2 months. Everywhere you touch the doors the paint feels rubbery and peels off with a light touch of a fingernail when opening a door. This is an entire set of oak cabinets and surrounds including doors and face frames, what the are we supposed to do now? Can you imagine what it would take to strip and start over? They are ruined and will have to be replaced along with the new countertops and the newly installed glass tile backsplash. UNBELIEVABLE. Lowe's told him this was the best paint product on earth for this job!

I bought some samples of Valspar paint from Lowe’s, chose a color (1001-10C March Breeze), went back and bought a gallon of the chosen color in Valspar Signature paint, then proceeded to paint every last drop on the walls of my Cape Cod-style attic. Throughout the week I decided I really didn’t like the color (my treadmill is up there so I had a whole lot of time to look at it).

Applied paint to previously painted bedroom wall. 2 months later the paint started cracking, splitting and peeling. I contacted Valspar customer services, sending photos and product batch numbers. They respond within a couple of hours to confirm that there are no performance issues with the product. Presumably cracking, splitting and peeling are acceptable to Valspar. Not to me. Dulux mixed product is available in Homebase.

I've been painting for over 20 years. I popped into B&Q with a view to getting a Grey Colour Matt Paint. I fell for the salesman banter and ended up buying some grey paint matched by their sample paint card. The grey was not grey it had blue in it. A horrible dull blue instead of the fresh grey I was after. I took the paint back only to be told once mixed they cannot do anything. Even the salesman agreed it had blue in it but they did not bother changing or exchanging. So the logo they use "We can mix any colour" is wrong and smells as bad as the paint. Never again will I touch this product and if you have any sense you won't either.

I usually go to B&Q to get Dulux paint mixed but when I walked in last week I was confronted by B&Q's new flagship paint partnership Valspar. The Dulux colour charts were still on display so I chose my colour and went to the counter to have it mixed. Now normally at the mixing counter you can wait for ages and be ignored by no end of staff but unusually this time I was met straight away by a member of staff. This quickly became two members of staff so I told them what I wanted and they scanned the colour chart. At no point was I aware that B&Q no longer mix Dulux paint. I thought my paint being mixed was Dulux.

I bought Valspar paint. Was told it was really good. I'm afraid it was shocking, much to my disappointment. I can't fault B&Q for their customer service. It was fantastic. I was refunded my money. But my husband had already painted living room and dining area. Doesn't go on well. Came up all different colours. Only got this mixed as they have stopped mixing Dulux. Why bring back Dulux? Best paint ever. Why do shops do this -- change what's good? We will never buy Valspar again. Unhappy household.

I needed to buy some paints for different rooms in my new house. I was going to buy Dulux Endurance as I knew this brand and was really happy with it. I had to do other purchases for DIY and started to shop at B&Q, I tumble across Valspar paint which I had never heard of. The sale assistant was very good in convincing me about the great advantages of that paint: over 2 million colors, choice between two options: Standard washable and Premium scrubbable, good price. I found exactly the colors I wanted for my rooms, but I wanted to check on Dulux first as I knew the brand so I went to Homebase where they still mix Dulux Endurance paint. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the color I wanted to in the very limited choice of color Dulux offers on their mixing paint. Therefore, I took the risk with Valspar. I spent a lot of money as I had a few rooms to do. I bought Premium and Standard for walls & ceilings and Standard for Wood.

Like others, we were dazzled by the big display of Valspar at B&Q. And the colour mixing. So we decided it must be better than Dulux, which is really pretty good if one can't get Pratt & Lambert, which is not available in the UK. (I used P&L almost exclusively in the US. Sigh.) Anyway, I painted my office six days ago. It is a small room, thank goodness, and one entire long wall has built-in bookshelves. Still, it took two coats to almost cover, and the paint dripped everywhere, but worst of all, it smells. It is horrific. I could not spend any time in my office at all the first three days. And that after having a large window open virtually night and day.

My local B&Q will only mix the Valspar paint now. I was painting one wall in a mixed blue. The color great, the paint terrible. It bubbled, would not cover, there was an uneven sheen - some parts dull, some with a sheen. It was a silk mix. After a week or two I had to have a Dulux paint mixed up which although not as nice a color went on a treat. I also had a satin paint mixed up the same color as a Dulux satin paint I had used over a number of years. This again has always felt nice and smooth to the touch. The Valspar was rough to touch and had no sheen. Back to Dulux from now on.

I have been a painter and decorator for about 10 years now and my job has taken me from small rooms that require a quick job to the heights of really big projects. I have not signed into any other forums but I feel compelled to due to my recent experience with Valspar silk 'paint and primer.' I have dealt with a range of paints, from the very low quality to the seriously over priced for no apparent reason just because you have the money to... This particular project the customer decided on the paint. I had not used Valspar, but since it was BNQ new flagship paint I was not too skeptical as Dulux done well.

I went to B&Q to get Dulux paint mixed and was surprised to see the station had been replaced by Valspar- tbh I had never heard of this brand but was initially dazzled by the choice. Eventually I decided to go for 'marmalade magic' which although not a very dark colour it is bright and vibrant so I expected that it would require 2 coats on my newly plastered and primed wall.

We were not paid in full for applying a new epoxy floor at their Louisville, KY plant. Being a small contractor, it has put us out of business. They are such a big company that they just wore us down to where we could not fight for our payment anymore. We do not recommend buying any of their products being they treat contractors like us this way. There is nothing wrong with the floor we DID.

Worst paint I have ever used, and the professional firm i employed to decorate have said they will never use this product again. 3 walls were done with Dulux with no problem... this fourth (a feature wall) was a beautiful color... but... bubbled became sticky and gummy on application - after following all correct procedures... 8 hours later still not dry. When decorator tried to do second coat - it started to lift off. Decorator came back two days later to remedy the lumps and bubbles and apply normal emulsion in same shade. Valspar paint uk customer service is worst example of customer care i have come across. DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT.

I have been using Valspar for the last 15 years. This is the first time I EVER had paint bubble up and take the other paint off the ceiling. The paint was bubbling and peeling all over we had to peel and resheetrock the ceiling. This is horrible. I am returning the wall paint too. I am afraid to use it on my walls.

I was also attracted to the beautiful range of Valspar colour cards and I purchased a tester pot of my desired colour at my local B&Q. I Could see immediately that the tester pot colour looked nothing like the colour card, it was several shades lighter, and more turquoise than blue. The staff member assured me that this was because the paint was wet and that after two coats, the colour would be the same as the card but it really isn't anything like it at all. I don't think he mixed it incorrectly, I could see that he followed all the instructions. I think the colours are just wrong and that there isn't enough pigment in the paint. I was so pleased to have found the perfect shade but I now have no confidence in this product at all.

I am a decent painter. I have painted a lot of walls, trims, doors and cabinets. I bought Valspar Signature paint and primer and I am so disappointed with the paint. I first painted some trim and no it did not cover with the first application. I had to go back and paint it again.. and again to get a solid coverage. The paint has floaters of teflon and that is not acceptable. After painting the trim we started painting kitchen cabinets using a spray gun. We had done all the preparations prior to starting to paint. We cleaned everything, sanded everything, taped what we didn’t want paint on. We cannot use this paint with the spray guns that we have. The paint has the chunks floating in it so it clogs up the paint guns. We have used flotrol and thinner... nothing we have done makes this paint anything but a big waste of time!!

This paint takes several coats to cover Even though it is so thick. The thickness does not help the coverage, it actually makes it worse because every single brush stroke is visible. Very frustrating to use this stuff. I have tried it several times and each it has been highly disappointing. I used it to repaint my white trim, bought the premium white Valspar with primer and it took 4 coats for even coverage. This should not be for an already painted surface of the same color.

I have used Valspar for years without any problems. Always Inside Semi Gloss. I bought 2 gallons of Valspar Reserve to paint the bathroom, at $49.99 per gal.. To be fair it did cover in one coat. I mounted a hanger on the closet door a day or two after paint felt dry to the touch. Wife wanted a different hanger 2 months later. No problem, I thought. Removed the hook and filled the hole with wood filler. Then the problem started. Of course I had to sand the area and "feather" the paint around the wood filler so as to paint over the area and blend in the new paint. The Valspar paint could not be sanded, I tried course paper and fine to very fine paper, but the paint only peeled off of the door. It was like peeling dry skin from your sunburned back. The paint is rubbery and can not be feathered to a fine edge so a cover coat can hide a sanded area. Not a recommended paint!!!

Valspar reserve is paint and primer in 1 and is supposed to cover any wall in 1 coat. Well guess what someone at the factory is a damn liar. My kitchen was a very very light shade of yellow and I covered it with white and after 3 coats my kitchen is now white and at 50 bucks a gallon at Lowe's it got expensive.

After sanding, cleaning and undercoating my woodwork with Ronseal One Coat Primer & Undercoat I applied 2 coats of the Valspar product. Some of the woodwork was given a third and fourth coat. I was really appalled at the the dull matt chalky finish. I have been in contact with Valspar and to cut a long story short I took the paint into the B&Q store where I purchased it so the Valspar rep could test it. This was tested on a piece of lining paper which was sitting on the tin when I collected the tin after it was tested.

We used Valspar paint plus primer on our living room and 2 bedroom walls. They were common paneling which we washed/scrubbed with TSP prior to painting as we have been remodeling homes for 20+ yrs. This Valspar product was recommended by Lowe's paint personnel. Soon after/days after having dried we noticed the paint would peel off with the slightest furniture abrasion or even fingernail abrasion. It doesn't simply abrade where the item touches the wall, as it peels away on either side ~1/8" of where the point of contact impact the wall as well, in other words, the paint sticks to itself, better than it sticks to the wall.

Utter rubbish, consistency of water, won't cover the wall. When you can get it on the wall, it goes like glue. Leaves streaks and marks. Don't buy this garbage. Stick to a decent brand - DULUX all the way.

After finding Valspar matt premium emulsion excellent, I thought I’d try the silk. What a mistake that was. This paint is seriously awful. It picks up previous coatings and refuses to cover even after 4 coats. You might as well throw jelly at the wall. Opacity is nonexistent esp in the darker tones. No doubt users (us) will get the blame for something we "didn’t do". Take my advice, avoid this paint.

Decorating two teenage bedrooms recently - one done in Dulux with no smells, the other in Valspar. It's been 3 days now and the fumes are still unbelievable. My son is suffering from headaches and sickness, even putting a Neutrogena deodoriser in the room is not helping. All windows are open all day and night - starting to get worried. Worst paint I have ever used - very wet - very watery, very messy, very 'splashy', and it took 4 coats to get the colour and it takes a ridiculous amount of time to dry. Will never use this again.

I'm a professional decorator for over 32 years. From time to time, some of my customers insist on supplying their own paint. You try and give advice, after all, I did spend 4 years day release at college to get my advanced craft City & Guilds qualifications. I wish paint companies would be open and explain to the public that they make 2 qualities of their paint. Trade and retail. As of all retail paints, the Valspar silk emulsion is rubbish. Why would you pay the services of a professional decorator and then by something that was 3 for the price of 2?

I went into my local B&Q to purchase a Dulux paint. I had previously had a Dulux colour mixed at this B&Q but to my surprise the Dulux range had disappeared and I was told by the B&Q member of staff that the Valspar was a better quality paint. I still had the old Dulux sample card and I wanted to choose the same colour but 2 shades lighter. The B&Q member of staff advised me that they could colour match this colour using the Valspar paint and it would cost 21 for a 2.5 litre tin. I had a quick look around the other colours in the shop in the normal Dulux and Crown range but couldn't find a similar colour so decided to give the Valspar a go.

I bought a tin of premium eggshell from our local B&Q yesterday. I have been restoring and painting furniture for years but as I haven't used this paint before I tried it out on an unused chair rather than risking it on a piece I was going to sell. I was initially impressed, good coverage, the colour I had matched was near perfect, it dried really quickly, and had no smell. However, the finish is not what Brits are used to as eggshell. No smooth finish with a soft sheen. It dries almost flat and has a texture to it. It feels exactly like the chalk paints I use.

With 20 years in the painting, decorative painting, and design industry, I have never had such a bad experience with paint. The paint seems to act as its own solvent. It has terrible coverage, and with each subsequent layer you apply, it breaks down the previous layers. I now have to skim the entire ceiling, re-prime everything and paint it again. I can't believe Lowe's sells such an inferior product. It isn't even just bad watery paint which requires extra layers, it causes damage. What should have been a simple project has now turned into a massive project. I will be sure to tell everybody that I can to avoid this product

I personally work in B&Q myself and I have to say the amount of customers 95% at least don't come back to store until they need more Valspar paint mixed. B&Q staff have tried and tested Valspar paint and if you compare Standard Valspar with Dulux Endurance you will be shocked. Endurance is watery. Dulux defined watery. Science: Valspar is acrylic water-based paint. All paint is slightly washable. Premium is scrubbable and coverage is better value.

Used Valspar for my daughter's bedroom. Colour was fine but coverage wasn't great - had to go back and buy another 2.5 litres (more than usual) so it made it an expensive job. Back to Dulux or Johnstone for me. Concerned with the comments from Paul of Rhyl: "Valspar is emulsion paint which like all emulsions is water based - so yes it's not solvent based. Emulsion never has been! Takes a day to dry!! Stinks!!" I think you're getting mixed up with oil based glosses. Emulsion paint has a low odour and dries completely in 2-4 hours. And you're worried the other reviews are made up!

I usually stick to Benjamin Moore or Sherwin-Williams, but Lowe's was having a deal on all paint and since I was there, I thought I would just get it there... what a mistake! I bought a couple of cans of bright white satin to finish off our trim. The first coat didn't cover anything. I was shocked when it dried. I went on to apply a 2nd coat and a 3rd in some places (doors where it would be noticeable). Finally, two days later, I went back to remove the painter's tape and the paint peeled off with the removal of the tape. HOURS of work and all I had was a mess to show for it. I waited another day to calm myself down and then went to sanding and touching up the areas where the paint had peeled. At this point, it's three days later and when I go to sand, MORE OF THE PAINT PEELS.

We used various types of the Valspar range including the primer (Gold tin), normal interior, bathroom paint, and satin finish wood paint believing it to be the best. B&Qs staff advised us that it was what we needed for our home and our holiday home which needed touching up. So we used it. It's been the most expensive, stressful time trying to get it to cover and not leave patches or streaks. We bought the premium primer based paint for the small lounge of a similar colour. 2 coats later and the patches are terrible.

As with many of your reviewers I went to b & q to purchase my usual Dulux Satinwood to paint some cupboards in my laundry room. Disappointed to find that they no longer mixed Dulux paint. I decided to go with the recommendation of the staff and took Valspar Satin. What a disappointment and waste of time and money. After doing all the correct preparation and several days and several coats later, the paint work can hardly be touched without peeling off completely. In a room that gets hard knocks this is completely unacceptable. It just shows that one should read reviews before purchasing. Not fit for purpose. Don't buy.

Have used this product since it arrived at b&q and I love it. It is not like the old oil or solvent based paint hence a bit different to use but get used to it as ALL paints will be made this way. We have used the emulsion and satin paint at home and at work. The finish has impressed all who have seen it and I happily and with confidence tell people to try it. If you are capable of tying your own shoe laces you can use this paint. It used to take a day for paint to dry and stink, had to stick my nose in the tin to smell this stuff and on what was a nice day was tacking off in an hour. I feel it necessary to provide this information as what I have read on here is rubbish and perhaps dare I say made up. Oh, and we have been in the trade Inc automotive paint for many years.

Bought Valspar silk emulsion. Tried putting this on the prepared walls... What a nightmare. The emulsion is watery, doesn't cover without applying multiple coats and even then the original coat lifts off the surface leaving the walls a complete mess. Went back to B&Q who advised me that the emulsion is non-returnable. My advice is avoid this emulsion like the plague!!!

Was told by B&Q about no longer stocking Dulux paint mixing system so decided to try Valspar. This paint is supposed to be for wood? It scrapes!!! Three coats and a days drying time in between each coat. A week later I can still scrape it off. It's like matte emulsion. Never had a problem with dulux satinwood either from the shelf or mixed. I'm looking at homebase to see if they have the dulux paint mixing system cos this rubbish is a waste of time, effort and money.

I peeled my 70 year old front door using a heat gun, which took around 6 hours. I then sanded it smooth and went over everything with a scraper to reveal all the details in the front paneling. I then sprayed the front with primer. All of these steps to make this old door look like new. Then I decided to use a pint of Valspar premium latex paint for the topcoat. After opening the can and painting for a few minutes I noticed that the paint had chunks of latex floating around in it. So I had to run to the store to get a paint strainer and strain the chunks out which didn't completely work. After two horrible looking coats I decided to thin the paint slightly and try using a high density foam roller to try to even it out.

I purchased the Valspar 1 litre paint, convinced by their alluring colour ranges - forget it. I am deeply upset. I thought it had something to do with me but after reading the reviews I realise it was the rubbish quality of the paint. I had to paint the wall at least 4 times to get an even coverage. As a professional Interior designer I paint on a regular basis - this product will never be used by me again and I will continue to tell people not to use it if they ask for a recommendation from me. I actually bought a white paint but will be taking that back too. I experienced the peeling effect too as one reviewer claimed it peeled off when removing masking tape. Good quality tape too! Never again... I'll get a refund for the white paint and I hope for the pink one as well. Sad, very sad - a pricey and time wasting experience.

I'm a professional interior designer and I have extensive experience with painting. I'm also a DIYer and I decided to give Valspar a try for the first time to paint one room to apply over existing clean latex painted walls. Purchased Valspar matte interior latex at Lowe's... It applied VERY unevenly with a roller, roller marks everywhere and had a weird lumpy viscosity. Once dried, texture was rough, it looked like I had backrolled when it was tacky even though that was not the case. Second coat was even worse... PAINT WOULD NOT STICK TO ITSELF!! It would bead up as if it were oil and bubbled up everywhere.

The paint was very strong in odour and affected my chest. It also went on very patchy and never seems to fully dry, meant to be washable but don't fancy trying it out.

Well according to the employees at B&Q Valspar is a brilliant paint but as soon as I painted the halls I would agree. But apparently when you leave the paint for a couple of days the pigment changes and the paint goes from grey to brown. Please avoid this paint. Not worth the 50 pounds we paid for it so in the end I would say that this paint has let us down. Just go and buy deluxe cheaper and at least the color doesn't change. If you have had the same result please reply.

My painter must have naively purchased this rubbish paint from B&Q just last week. Not only is the colour wrong but this paint smells awful. Also, the humidity in my house has risen by 25% and all the bread went moldy over these couple of days he was painting - another first. Fits with your description of watery quality and not drying out properly. So, I discover now that this US product most likely contains toxic substances ('VOCs') that I am now breathing in. It should be tested in a lab for this. Fine idea by B&Q. Avoid!!

I was given a voucher by a chap in B&Q and told they have stopped mixing the Dulux because of the amount of complaints received on the colour matching side of things. So FOUR coats later I am still left with a streaky, multi tone wall. I think the paint is mainly water. It looks more like a water painting!! By this time I have run out of paint - was told by the B&Q guy it would only need one coat as it was the premium paint. So off I went to Homebase (where I received exceptional customer service) to colour match the Valspar in Dulux. One coat later and it looks 1,000 times better already - will be doing a further coat as painting you would expect. But I am so angry with B&Q because the new carpets are now down so I have had to buy plastic sheets and risk the drips!! Funny thing is that the previous room I had painted was with Dulux and I was very impressed with the coverage of the bold colour having so much depth. I shouldn't have been tempted by the voucher!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND YOUR TIME - AVOID!!!

I bought two 5 Litre tins of paint - standard vinyl silk emulsion. When the paint tins were opened there was quite a bit of water sitting on the top - the paint was thoroughly mixed and then applied to the walls - the first coat did go on a bit patchy but we thought it would dry fine then the second coat would fill in all the "missing bits and a third coat would sort it all out and it would be fine. However on applying the second coat (yes the first had dried adequately - overnight) the second coat started to rip up the first coat and we were left with a very nasty mess on the walls. I took the tins back to B&Q who rang the customer services line who in turn emailed me and said they would test the batch numbers that had been given - so I awaited another email which I received today and it is posted below for you all to see:

Valspar silk vinyl - Paint has been on a week and is still tacky. Having read other reviews am concerned that it may never dry properly. 3 coats applied on white wallpaper. Appears to have dried on previously emulsioned plaster. Should I put all the furniture back or is there something I could do to rectify this problem? Please advise.

I purchased Valspar paint for the interior trim inside my house. It was the glossy type with primer. I did the required sanding to slightly roughen up the surface for good adhesion. It took me 4 coats of this paint to even cover my surface due to the fact it was so thin. Then I noticed that it had a tendency to run. Then since I did not catch all the runs in time due to so many, I had to let my paint dry, sand it out and repainted those areas.

I have been a professional decorator for 39 years and previously a Dulux Select Decorator, and do a lot of high end work. I have been using valspar premium (gold tin) for over a year now and would not touch Dulux again. The coverage is second to none, I have coated a canary yellow bedroom with valspar ink blue and it went in one coat, however best practice is always at least 2 coats. The durability is great. It cleans without leaving a white residue, and spreads or flows off the brush with ease. Dulux or crown retail paints don't compete with valspar premium. I have never had issues with flaking or excess splatter, good quality tools and techniques are key. If care is not taken when using masking tape or using a high tack tape, you may get seepage which can cause any paint to peel or perforated edge effect. I have no affiliation with valspar, and all my customers have been more than happy with the results.

Used this product based on the ratings and found that it was not as good as advertised. I found that it runs and had to actually use three coats. I've actually found that Sherman Williams is running a sale. I've decided to go with their brand of cashmere.

Bought Valspar eggshell with primer at Lowe's. Painted whole house except laundry room. 5 gallons, with a little left over. Loved the color. Bought 1 gallon for laundry room and closets....took whole gallon to do 1 coat in small laundry room. We have very long hallway...my grands love sliding on hardwood floors but every touch on the wall leaves marks. Not good! Was told this was washable....it is not! Was told it would be resistant to most all scuffs and rubbing against even hand prints as long as the hands were not greasy. It is not! I love the color but the paint sucks. We just moved in a week ago and I already see nightmares ahead.

I just finished painting a kitchen ceiling and walls with Valspar Signature Semi-Gloss. When I used a brush to do the edges, it left brush strokes which I could only cover by using a roller. When I rolled the walls, it didn't cover good at all. I had to put 3 coats all over to hide the same white color. The paint was dripping all over the place too. It seemed runny when I mixed it up and then got gummy if I went over areas twice. I was not happy at all with Valspar paint.

Went to B&Q to buy some paint only to find that they now only mix Valspar paint. "Not a problem" I thought as they have a huge range, it must be good stuff for the Buyers at B&Q to replace Dulux with this. It is also a little more expensive than Dulux, again "not to worry" I thought, mixed paint usually is a little more expensive. The chap did a great job, exact match, bravo computer mixer thingy! I get home, I pour the paint into roller tray, "bit thin" I think. So I pour it back and give it a stir. STILL THIN!!....Consistency of cream, cheap cream at that. Well I can't return it, as it is mixed and I did like the color....4 COATS LATER it looks as good as 2 Coats of DULUX. What on earth were the buyers at B&Q thinking??? They have either a) been thrown a back hander; b) taken leave of their senses, and been thrown a back hander; c) Valspar sales people plied them with huge quantities of booze prior to the sales pitch then gave them a back hander; or d) I am sure that no untoward things happened between Valspar and B&Q. But honestly WTF!!! Steer clear of Valspar.

I found Valspar interior latex to be significantly thinner than other comparable paints--even more so than Sutherland's in-store brand, Golden Glow. Valspar offered very poor coverage (requiring multiple applications) & was difficult to use because of running. I would not recommend this product to anyone.

Paint peels off kitchen cabinets. It's like silicone caulk, never dries, tacky! (Been months). They claim I didn't prep proper! I washed + lightly sanded! Valspar said in the beginning when I suspected a problem that it would take a week due to color! My kitchen is ruined! I worked a week of my vacation painting! The can says its paint and PRIMER! I ever ever painted anything and had it peel like sunburn skin, one little bump and off it comes!

Bought this from B&Q as no longer mixing Dulux. I was told it was a premium paint costing 27 quid for 2.5l tin. I have used Dulux, Crown Berger, Leyland and B&Q paint, but this Valspar I could not work with. It was so runny most of it landed on the floor before I could get to the wall and I gave up after half an hour and took it back where they gave me a refund. I have been painting for 27 years.

Valspar cover and go latex trim paint - Too much headache. The paint did not perform as described. Brush strokes bleeding thru, just not worth time and effort, not to mention the money spent on the product!

My experience with Valspar's Reserve exterior paint was no better than the other reviewers' comments about interior paint projects. I was painting wood siding over almost identically colored Sherwin Williams paint used about 15 years ago. The Valspar paint was watery, making it a constant battle to avoid drips and runs. It didn't cover well--3 coats were necessary despite the fact that what I was painting over was almost identically colored. The paint came off with the masking tape, and the paint layer itself, even with 2 or 3 coats is very thin. There is no way this paint is going to last. Frankly, selling this paint as premium paint is fraudulent, in my opinion.

I recently purchased Valspar emulsions at the local B & Q as they no longer mix dulux paints. They matched the colour from a Dulux colour card. The price was about the same, but the quality is not. I was a bit suspect after opening it and gave a good mix. It's so thin in viscosity. I have been a painter and decorator for many years. The viscosity is more like fence paint. I carried on first coat, was rubbish. Sometimes first coats can act strange so I carried on four coats later, still rubbish. This was a bright orange on a previous white wall. In my experience I would expected it to cover in 3 coats.

On went the first coat and all we could see were streaks/see thrus all over the place. After 24 hours, it looked better, having dried. To be sure, we gave it another 48 hours, so we could finish up on the weekend. The second coat went on and after 4 hours, tested to see if the paint was dry and begin to remove the tape from around the windowsills.

I don' think it's the brand, it's the base that's the problem. I've used Valspar, Benjamin Moore, and Sherwin Williams. I've done everything right and the paint is problematic from the get go. My dad who's had lots of experience says he's never had these problems with oil based paint.

Just finished painting my room 2 coats of Crown white base coat then 2 coats of Valspar top coat. Left the paint to dry overnight and in the morning proceeded to remove the masking tape on the edges of the room where I didn't want painted. The Valspar paint peeled away from the wall. You can see in my photos that the undercoat managed to stay on the wall but the Valspar paint peeled away and had an elastic skin like texture. 1 month on and the skin like texture remains. Valspar's advice was to sand the edges, implying that the paint would be flaky like normal paint but sanding the edges simply blistered the paint and left grubby marks on the surface. Valspar informed me that they tested the paint and "This is NORMAL". Has anyone else had this happen. I've used Dulux, Crown and many other brands of paint with the masking tape on the edges technique and this has never happen? What kind of NORMAL paint can't stick to walls!

8x8x8 ft bedroom. Primed with Valspar and then used 2 gallons of Signature and 1 gallons of Reserve paint and I still have light spots on walls. A weekend job turned into a 2 week job. Almost 200 dollars in paint. Talked to Lowe's about it. They gave me Valspar sales rep number waiting for them to call back. Do not recommend to anybody.