Rust-OleumReviews of rustoleum.com

Bought some buckets of bathroompaint. First delivery really quick! Second delivery took ages, so bought different paint in a store. To my surprise, this paint was much higher quality than Rustoleums. Now trying to return and have to return all the way to the UK instead of Belgium, where I received the package from. Long story short: Poor quality paint, poor service. Not recommended

I bought from B&Q the bathroom paint from Rustoleum - it's awful. We've done around 5 coats, bought two cans of paint, and a slight touch or even the steam leaves a lighter mark. I don't think it's bathroom suitable at all. I'm really surprised. Annoyingly I can't add this to the B&Q website to warn other DIY-ers, so putting it here.

Purchased some anthracite pvc paint, first tin worked fine on some pvc white windows, second tin on different white pvc windows, constantly just chipping off. Contacted rust-oleum support, they couldn't care less just blamed it on incorrect prep or lack of coats applied so time to change product. Update: So I’m beginning to think the primer within the rust-oleum product is the issue, if I apply zinsser primer-sealer the rust-oleum product seems to stick and not flake.

I purchased a tin of white Rust-Oleum paint for a kitchen revamp as the results in store looked impressive. I followed the instructions on the tin to clean, sand and leave 16 hours between coats. The first coat went on fine, the following day I applied the 2nd coat and it started to crackle. I thought that the paint just needed to settle but the cracked finish was still there after the allotted drying time. I contacted Rust-Oleum to see if they could give me any advice and after 6 emails I actually gave up. Their only concern seemed to be the receipt rather than supporting a customer. I have stopped using the paint now and will continue using another well known brand that is actually cheaper to complete the task.

This is my first time using Rust-Oleum and I only bought it as I couldn’t get the colour in my usual chalk paint. I sanded down an old pine chest of drawers and cleaned off. Applied the paint and I have to say, compared to my usual brand, the application is awful. Although it looks a good consistency, it seems to drag and it’s almost like it dries too quickly so when you brush back and forth, it creates ‘bits’ or bubbles. It’s really odd as the surface has no varnish, no previous paint, no wax. So, not wanting to give up, I scotched it and went in for a second coat which was worse! So thick! And exactly the same thing happened. I’ll stick to my usual brand in future and sorry I won’t buy this brand again. I’ve wasted too much time on it……and money!

Part way through painting a kitchen with this. I’ve previously hand built two wooden kitchens, and repainted a third, but decided to revamp an existing DIY store kitchen at our new place rather than replacing it. The good bits: stunning colour, and once dry it has a lovely soft sheen and looks lovely. The honest / bad bits: a) you can’t paint it on directly as claimed - I did several test patches and it peels off. You need to sand off any commercial lacquer first. b) after sanding off the lacquer, it still scratches easily, so you will need to prime the surface first (which also improves the colour luminosity. c) and this is the worst bit - it’s thin and very runny. Not sure what the people saying they got one coat coverage we’re using, but you need at least five coats to get any even coverage - I’m applying six or seven (I seem to need more on the doors than the kitchen carcasses). It also needs to be bone dry before applying each coat, or you end up pulling the paint off! The thinness, subsequent need to be constantly vigilant for drips, and multiple applications mean that in the time it would have taken me to paint almost all the kitchen, I’m barely a quarter of the way in - but I’m half way through the tins I ordered, which wouldn’t be the case with a quality eggshell needing fewer coats! It’ll look good I’m sure, and I can’t yet comment on its performance long term, but I found both eggshell or chalk paint and wax on wooden kitchens was way easier to use.

No stars for the combo prime and paint exterior spray. Don’t be fooled as your project will chip and peel if you don’t use a real primer first. I used the product on a wooden outdoor table which I sanded first. Customer service gets four stars as I was quickly sent a refund for two cans of prime and paint.

I used American Accents Ultra Cover High Gloss. Very disappointed. I had my surface (wood) sanded and ready, the nozzle would burst forth with a web of paint costing me hours of re-sanding.