"Really Disappointed "

We have an house built around 1900 and wanted a breathable clay paint. We bought Balloon Ride as we loved the colour. The first coat looked patchy so we applied a second thinking it could be us. After three coats on some walls it still looks very patchy with dark areas on it. We’ve run out of paint now and I refuse to buy anymore. We cannot purchase anything else now as we have a carpet being fitted soon. Really disappointed after paying the premium price for it, wish I’d just got Dulux. We have to live with it how it is now until we can afford to repaint it in the future. Wouldn’t recommend.

"Very impressed."

Bought The Earthborn clay paint for behind our newly installed log burner. Very impressed, chose the trilby colour, It looks great, went on like a dream, no odour, no drips. Would highly recommend.

"A story of two halves…"

A story of two halves…
Having recently renovated our 350 year old house using traditional lime plaster, we came to decorate and were aware of the requirement to use a breathable paint. Having done our research we chose Earthborn for its use of natural materials, breathable properties and great colours. We chose a number of colours for the first rooms we completed including: Daisy chain; Toy soldier; Cricket and Tuffet. The first 3 colours were lovely to use with great coverage and the light defused beautifully off them, generally they were really easy to use and some of the best paints I have come across. There was some picture framing (obvious difference between brush and rolled) with the Toy Soldier, but is to be expected with a natural paint. This was overcome with a micro roller.
So what’s the issue?
The Tuffet is by far and away the worst point I have ever used!!! It’s thick and gloopy with terrible coverage (required double what we used for the other paints) and the finish was patchy and irregular. Again picture framing was a major issue. Due to the poor coverage we had to buy a second tin which was from a different batch and was the same. This paint needs to be discontinued.
Would I recommend? If I had only used the first 3 then yes, but it would be impossible for me to now.

"Highly recommended"

Love this paint, my first time using it. I admit to be sceptical on the references to only needing one coat, but it proved to be true for us, both painting over a paler and a darker wall, both look great with just one coat. Lovely finish and easy to apply, much less messy than other paints I have tried. Looking forward to selecting a new colour for the next project!

"Go to paint for any period house"

Go to paint for any period house - great for stone houses and covers better than anything else we've ever used.

"Very impressed, great paint!"

Great coverage and depth of colour and a dream to apply. The quality definitely shows and I would use again in a heartbeat. Very impressed!

"Beautiful paints…"

Beautiful colours and wonderful paints to use. Highly recommend.

"We bought this breathable clay paint…"

We bought this breathable clay paint for use behind a wood burning stove on a newly plastered wall. The finish is so lovely no patches we’ll definitely be using it again in other areas. By far the best paint we have ever used. Some walls we used it in only needed one coat.

"Lovely coloured paint with big downsides"

Lovely coloured paint and looks good when first applied but there are several big buts:
- incredibly difficult to apply without it looking patchy
- very difficult to cut in with due to paint consistency
- it marks ridiculously easily. It's only been on our walls 1 month and already the walls are covered in scratches
It's just not worth the premium price tag when I'll have to repaint every 6 months.

"Useless - on traditional lime render"

Applied to new traditional lime render, internal
1. uneven application, any tiny invisible scratches in the surface are exploited by the paint leading to bumby surface, if you could not see any defect before you will after this paint.
2. After 6 months fine black mould is appearing, wall is dry but being traditional lime could be breathing water out, lack of biocide allows mould spores to grow quickly.
3. when I went to overcoat using 3/4 of an old tin the paint was useless, the tin had corroded from the inside and the paint was stained with rust.
All in all terrible on traditional hot lime walls, which is specifically what I bought it for.