Painting and decorating - Provong a painter has been negligent...

[Ted]

On a current project of mine a lot of external joinery has been painted. It has been painted in a darkish grey kind of colour gloss.

The paint spec in the plans is a coat of primer, two of dark grey undercoat and then only one of gloss.

However, the painter who did the work must have been blind IMHO as there are still areas of bare wood and after putting three coats of a grey paint on there is no excuse in my book for any painter to have missed an area completely.

Is there a more scientific way of proving (or finding out) whether the painter did follow the paint spec other than just saying he obviously didn't as he has missed areas and at three coats he obviously didn't follow the spec or he is obviously otherwise blind!?

[lutonlagerlout]

painted in a darkish grey kind of colour gloss.

that sounds like primer ted
LLL

[Ted]

No it looks like a gloss finish, not just primer....

When I have used Dulux's primer it has been fairly clear (but I avoid painting as I hate it!)

The gloss is a blue-ish-grey colour but with a dark-coloured gloss I would use a grey undercoat so that is why I am suspect of the decorator having followed the spec...

To miss an area with three coats of a grey paint would mean you are not up to painting and decorating for me...