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Halfords Car Paints - Graham - 18th-Feb-26

They used be good, but now they are absolute crap !!

No strength any more, the paint just runs off the surface, I am told they changed supplier, but sadly for the worse.

RE: Halfords Car Paints - woodcote - 18th-Feb-26

That's really sad...

I still have a box of the good stuff, including the excellent plastic primer. Not a great selection of colours, but they will have to do.

I find Tamiya spray cans are good, but you get far less coverage for your cash.

RE: Halfords Car Paints - Graham - 18th-Feb-26

(18th-Feb-26, 05:27 PM)woodcote Wrote:  That's really sad...

I still have a box of the good stuff, including the excellent plastic primer. Not a great selection of colours, but they will have to do.

I find Tamiya spray cans are good, but you get far less coverage for your cash.

It’s the first time for me for a long time, but I bought 3 coloured cans last week and they are all rubbish and the can plastic tops all break off when you try to remove them  Tappingfoot

RE: Halfords Car Paints - Graham - 18th-Feb-26

I also see other people complained that the colours matches are not the same as previously.

The previous supplier was said to be Hycote, so I will look at buying these in future.

RE: Halfords Car Paints - DPJ - 20th-Feb-26

Do you use an airbrush?

RE: Halfords Car Paints - merkit the grof - 20th-Feb-26

Hycote sell direct on eBay   Items for sale by hycote | eBay


Joel

RE: Halfords Car Paints - Graham - 20th-Feb-26

(20th-Feb-26, 07:58 AM)merkit the grof Wrote:  Hycote sell direct on eBay   Items for sale by hycote | eBay


Joel

There are also some independent retailers in the UK which do also.

RE: Halfords Car Paints - Kevan - 20th-Feb-26

One of the lads at the club was telling me about paints he uses and a look at their website this morning sees a great variety at what I think is very reasonable prices
https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/118-model-paints

RE: Halfords Car Paints - Eddie Grice - 20th-Feb-26

(20th-Feb-26, 08:11 AM)Graham Wrote:  There are also some independent retailers in the UK which do also.
I've been buying Hycote rattle cans from my local motor factors for years.

RE: Halfords Car Paints - Gpa113 - 20th-Feb-26

I do the same. Very good quality and coverage.