This deal just started yesterday. Love your Local is about getting people in touch with their local paint store. Simply go to the Wattyl website enter your postcode & then click on the store nearest you. You then fill in your basic details (name & email) print out the voucher and ta da, free paint.
It's a little more involved, but I'm sure your local store will make you aware of it! Thank you for the feedback though.
Shame Wattyl doesn't love Tasmanians! Thanks anyway.
Awwww!
Let's secede.
Why do you say that? I could print want for Launy stores.
Also I should note, I don't work for Wattyl. My family owns a small paint store in Melbourne & I thought this might be of interest to this community.
Somehow this message pops up 'Could not determine store to provide voucher. Please return to the homepage and try again'
is the voucher just a "dear firstname, …" with a picture of a paint can and store location? i can't see any barcode or anything. is that right?
Yep, that is the voucher you after! Pretty basic looking voucher I must admit.
When I hover over the free paint icon in the store finder it says my store ordered 12 tins for this promotion - doubt they will last long if all stores have similar numbers.
i never noticed that, but all the stores close to me say exactly the same.
my biggest trouble is picking a colour. i've got a whole collection of sample pots but never seem to be able to get just the right colour :(
No where on Gold Coast for freeby ?
Most stores should have the ability to get more in (I know that we do). You will find that local paint shops are just happy to get some new customers in the door & honor it regardless.
OP How does it work? Do you get reimbursed by Wattyl?
Whats the chance that my local Hume & Iser will actually know what it is?
For every 4lt can of their premium product we purchase, we get one free sample pot. The Hume & Iser part, I can't be too sure.
website doesnt seem to work for me. it keeps loading the map
It is a bit slow… it will eventually show participating dealers in your area… if there are any?? I had a few around here but they were not big name hardware stores.
Phone your local store for stock before you make the trip. :-(
Thanks OP.
It's silly but Coffs Harbour (60,000 people) has no samples but the two small towns north and south have 12 and 24 samples each.
When I click on the voucher link under my local store the next page just loads "Could not determine store to provide voucher. Please return to the homepage and try again" :(
What area will 500mL cover?
a bit. sample pots are usually flat interior paints
6 square metres. The Wattyl sample is a Low Sheen product.
Best use for these samples pots is some feature vertical or horizontal stripes.
Choose a bold colour (try for a mid base colour- best coverage)
Pick a bland wall.
Measure and Tape up & ta da you're the envy of your friends.
Dunno if it's any guide but Bunning's has a 500mL product and they list the coverage as 8 sqm (sorry missed the above comment from rep)
1lt of paint typically covers 14-16sq/m.
Is this wall paint? What kind of paint should I get for a air compressor paint gun?
It is acrylic low sheen, so yes wall paint. You can use it from a spray gun if you so wish.
Can this be used as ceiling paint? White colour.
Ceiling paint is usually a flat finish. If you were thinking to touch up with this product, you'll find it will look different to what you have currently.
thanks. i got my sample pot. i was apparently only the 2nd person to ask for one.
Thanx op :-)
Does that include colour match, need to paint a couple architraves?
This is a terrible website. I think I have subscribed to yet another mailing list, there is no mention of a free sample at all. I never received a voucher on screen or in my email.
I clicked on my local store on the map, it shows me the address but nothing else. I figured I had to subscribe to the mailing list on the bottom right of the page, but it only thanks me for signing up to the list. No voucher.
What am I doing wrong???
Figured it out, it is on a link at the bottom of the address details. SOMETIMES. None of the local stores have the link. I had to pick one 15km away before I found a store that provides a sample link.
A very confusing website and poorly implemented.
dunno, works fine for me. on the rhs of the map underneath each store address there is a link which goes to a sample form.
Site crashed lost voucher. Changing from android to PC. Ahh such is Oz Bargain.
Is this for any colour of choice?
absolutely!
Thanks endotherm, I'd given up but after your advice I scrolled through to further away stores until I found one with the voucher link.
When you claim it it says:
'Colour subject to availibility. Contact the above store to check availability of the Wattyl ½ Litre Colour Sampler Tins in that store. Limit 1 claim per/household. Voucher must be redeedmed by 11/05/2014.'
That sounds like the pots are already filled vs they mix up the colour you want to try?
I think they only get a certain number of sample cans per store. Considering that certain colours require a white base, others a dark base, or a pre-tinted red base etc. they may not be able to match your desired colour with whatever bases they have left in stock, i.e. they only get say 3 of each base. I read the "subject to availability" and "contact store to check availability" to mean they will colour match it if the base is available.
Should have stocked up from this deal https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/139107 It was substantially less grief. Valspar is made by Wattyl so essentially the same paint.
my store was great. supplied me gloss black. they also promoted the $10 wattle rebate. http://www.wattyl.com.au/en/
Nothing like good service The Paint Place Seventeen Mile Rocks QLD 4073
Can we select furniture paint?
Might want to promote your $10 cashback deal as well