Valspar Paint Reviews 3.213

The classic paint is the worst I've ever used. No coverage, patchy, numerous coats, costing a fortune as used double the quantity as normal and now peeling off on the roller! Stupidly bought the wood/metal satin wood in same colour and after reading the reviews on here too scared to use it. Will have to get it colour matched with another better brand. DON'T BUY VALSPAR PAINTS

Amazing customer service in solving the issue at hand, but very poor comms between B&Q and Valspar. When I tried to use the voucher multiple times - B&Q had no idea what to do , had never seen this type of voucher and multiple times treated me as if I was trying to scam them. Recommend a simpler process of using a Valspar voucher at B&Q

I have generally been happy with Valspar paint so decided to try Valspar Furniture Interior Flat matt Emulsion in a mixed midnight blue. It was terrible, really disappointing. I had a smallish area to cover - approx 2m x 0.7m, pre-sanded. The first coat was patchy, despite thoroughly mixing the paint in the tin. It dried an uneven colour and uneven finish. To try to improve the surface, I gave it a light sand which made the colour even more uneven. A second coat improved the overall colour so it was pretty much what I had expected but the 'flat' finish was very patchy. The tin estimated 10-12m2 coverage - I used almost half a 2.5l tin to get the depth of colour and could probably have used more to get a more uniform finish. I abandoned the job and will revert to another manufacturer's paint that I was planning to use in the first place.

We wanted Dulux but since we were getting colour match from b&q we had to have the valspar. The paint is thin and requires a few coats but more importantly and to our horror, the wood paint for the skirting boards and cupboards is absolutely horrendous. We printed, painted, left to dry, painted a few days later again and didn't put anything on the shelves for over 4 weeks. Two days ago I put a vase of flowers on the cupboard top, on a glass coaster for protection and the coaster is stuck fast. I haven't forced it off yet because I know it's going to lift a load of paint with it. It's the worst paint we have ever come across and honestly, given we haven't even put our ornaments back on the shelves yet, we are already fearing what will happen when we want to rearrange anything. I am bitterly disappointed. I just wish I had seen these other reviews beforehand but I am also going to pursue a refund as we have been sold paint not at all fit for purpose.

Great service, refunded our first colour no question asked. Swatch match to paint spot on but when applied colour came up more pink. Second colour came out spot on.
Only criticism is how to remove the lid with out the tool used at the paint counter.

Used Valspar Premium wall and ceiling paint for first time and found it to be excellent quality paint with rapid coverage, no spatter from roller and it gave a flawless look in the matt finish. I also had to contact their customer service team and got through to a human in less than one minute and the customer service agent was highly knowledgeable, efficient and friendly. All round excellent product and service.

Valspar as a good will gesture refunded money for paint

WORST PAINT EVER!!
Wasted £104 on 2 5ltrs premium mixed tins and put 2 coats on walls and ceiling of a small bedroom.
Masked up with low tack frog tape to varnish skirting boards and when taking off it completely peeled the paint of too!Easily marked and blistering in places.TOTALLY AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME WITH THIS POOR PRODUCT.Previously used Crown and was by far the best paint just didnt have the colour we wanted.

Hi, bought Valspar "Skimming Stone" which we have had matched to Farrow and Ball's Skimming stone in the past. The formula has seemed to change!...colour much lighter than the original (2 houses with all rooms "Skimming Stone")...and needed 2 or 3 coats to get overall coverage .Disappointed that it wasn't up to your usual standard.

I have never received a voucher for this free paint offer so no good telling me to go to B&Q before the voucher runs out if I have nothing to show .Very typical with all these free things, they don't seem to exist .

I can only assume Velpar have decided to reduce the quality of their paint, hoping nobody would notice! When Valspar first hit the shelves of B&Q we used it and found it to be very good in some case better than much more expensive brands, so it was our go to paint when doing a complete house renovation. However, it does not adhere very well and has peeled in many places, it does not cover very well with many places leading at least three coats. It does not wipe clean if you brush against this paint it will mark and the only way to get rid of the mark is to paint over it (TWICE!!)
Whoever is responsible for this cost cutting exercise needs to understand this will now cost your company massively, just look at your reviews I was one of your biggest fans I will not be purchasing Valspar anymore.
You need to sort this out. We do notice!!

We chose paint that didn't look as we hoped when applied. Valspar honoured their Love Your Colour Guarantee speedily, without problem and with wonderful customer service. We are thrilled with the new colour and quality of the paint!
Thankyou Valspar!
Would thoroughly recommend!

Amazing Service.Mia was veey helful and helped us select the right colors suggesting some coordinating color options. Will definitely recommend as mosg of the times the color looks different on the wall than in the box. Will recommend using testers always.

Divine was amazing. She gave me great colour options and advice. Thank you Divine

I wish I could attach photos - 3 paints mixed by B&Q to lick white 03... Which were VERY different colours. If you are getting colour matches PLEASE check the numbers on the label. The amount of each colour was different for each mix. I just blindly trusted that they'd give me the same colour each time...

Paint quality is good, but the colours are not what they say on the tin :(

Valspar has told me, to all intents and purposes, that the reason their Classic Walls & Ceiling paint didn't stick to Leyland Contract White Paint was because I hadn't stirred their paint and/or left it too long between applying coats of their paint.

I bought the Valspar paint from B&Q (where it is mixed in a machine), opened it and stirred it with a screwdriver and could see that it was well mixed with no changes in colour or consistency.

When, several days later, I was able to peel sheets of Valspar paint off the Leyland paint (which resolutely stuck to the wall). The 'delay' in applying second and subsequent coats of Valspar paint clearly had no impact on its ability to stick to itself.

Valspar were clearly squirming out of the situation and laying responsibility on my inability stir paint, and proposing that their paint doesn't stick to itself or underlying paint if you leave it longer than 4 hours before applying the second coat.

By way of background - we bought some Valspar Classic Walls and Ceiling paint for a feature wall from B&Q. The B&Q staff were very good with colour selection. About 10 samples (& thus £45+ later) we'd chosen the paint. The wall was over 50 years old and previously painted. Some surface repairs were needed before I gave it two coats of Leyland Contract White Matt paint - which can be used on any surface.

I then applied 3 coats of Valspar to the feature wall.

After 2 days I then masked the edges of the feature wall with low-tack Frog tape (the yellow one) so I could get a sharp finish. This was left on the Valspar paint for about 5 hours (allowing two coats of the adjacent wall/ceiling colour) but, on removal, took the Valspar paint off the wall.

I went to B&Q and a Valspar representative advised it better to contact Valspar directly (but overtly denied it was B&Q legal responsibility - which is incorrect). This I did, providing copious pictures and information on preparation etc. Whilst waiting for a response I decided to remove the paint. It proved pretty easy, coming off in sheets of up to 0.5M across. Some needed a bit more effort, but none was difficult.

Valspar then asked me to confirm what I'd used to prepare the walls. I had already told them once and confirmed Leyland Contract White Paint. At this point they clearly concluded that they couldn't blame surface preparation and decided to focus on my poor paint stiring technique for a can just prepared by B&Q, and my failure to apply a second coat in less than 4 hours.

So - there you have it. Don't apply Valspar Classic Walls and Ceiling paint to Leyland Contract White Paint. And don't bother contacting Valspar as they'll deny all responsibility.

Possibly best not to buy Valspar paint at all.... I certainly won't again.

HI INTENSE RED EMULSION DREADFUL WATE OF MONEY TIME & LIFE!! YOU WILL DEEPLY REGRET THAT DECISION IVE WASTED A GOOD WEEK ON SANDING WASHING CLEANING THE WALL AFTER USING IT LET ALONE THE TIME IN PREARING IT IN ORDER TO APPLY THAT DREADFUL EMULSION. VALSPAR SHOULD PAY ME FOR LOSS OF TIME & COST OF MATERIALS BUT I DOUBT THEY EVER WILL & I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LIFE LEFT TO WASTE ON VALSPAR! SCORE OUT OF 10 ERR NIL ZERO MINUS 10! 26/4/26 For your information I went back to B & Q discussed how to resolve the issue of the emulsion low opacity & the Black / Red mottling effect i had on the wall & the recommenced the appropriate undercoat of Grey which I put on the wall again after much sanding claeaning again. I can't say it made much difference same effect of mottling blotchy ! The other thing I noticed I started to get blistering in patches which needed sanding as they didn't go with heating the room. I did research at this point & found certain cemeicals in paints etc can cause this blistering! EQUALLY there are many discontented reviews re this product to be found on search engine which you are aware of & nothing seems to have changed . I'LL STICK TO CROWN in future ..

Your agent was friendly and extremely helpful and processed my request with no fuss whatsoever.

I had some Valspar paint mixed and really didn't like the colour when on the wall so contacted Valspar, they were very helpful and gave me a refund