Johnstone’s - Garden Colours - Gentle Willow - Exterior Wood Paint - Fade Resistant - Suitable for Garden Furniture Outdoors - Fence Paint - Dry in 2 hours - 12m2 Coverage per Litre - 2.5L

This paint is amazing. The coverage is great, I found it much easier to apply than other brands I’ve used.This shade “gentle willow” is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a lovely sage green and I’m literally looking around the garden to see what else I can paint!I’ve used it on a cabin, on garden walls and balustrades so it works well on wood and stone.Anything and everything is getting a sage green makeover here.Previously we had a lot of grey woodwork and walls in the garden and I’m loving this shade, it feels more homely, warmer and it’s less boring than grey which we are so bored of here.I did 3 coats on the cabin as it had been painted before but one 2.5 litre pot was plenty. The stone walls only took two coats and it’s a very thick, block faultless coverage. One tub really does go a long way

I bought this for my garden benches and table to contrast with the Blues and reds I had used elsewhere. I really wasn't sure what I was expecting as this colour seemed to be on special offer pricewise. I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality, the colour and the coverage. My old benches now look like new.! very quick drying too. very very pleased.

I used this on the garage door, the gate and some fencing and it looks good, applied easily and has lasted a long while

I bought this to update my porch door. After sanding it took about 3 or 4 coats to be fully done. The tin was still more than half full. So it really lasted well. I found the tub easy to open, the paint fast drying and a lovely shade. The price was very good too.

Purchased on a whim to restore an IKEA bistro set comprising of 2 chairs and a table, which I actually have 3 of, so all in, 6 chairs 3 tables.When I purchased the furniture it had some kind of weather coating on it that barely lasted a year, I then used an IKEA product that left a waxy residue and it turned black in the rain. Many many hours were spent removing the later, power washing then using a rough to fine grade sandpaper to remove most of the product.I then applied this Johnstone's paint in colour Dusty Fern. It is like thinned acrylic paint in consistency. Applies fairly easily but was quite streaky on first application then as it dries it evens out slightly. It gives an almost sun bleached look, which isn't horrible but I wanted a matt opaque, so continued applying up to 4 coats on areas to achieve this. Dries really quickly so the painting part was easy. I don't think it soaked into the wood, creating more of a skin like finish.I love the colour, just blends into the greenery outdoors which is what I wanted, rather that something garish this time.I've left my furniture out in all weather's now and the finish is still like new. However, one hot day I had one of the chairs leaning on the table and where paint touched paint it stuck and peeled of when I moved them. Not a big deal as I managed to paint everything using less than one tin, so I have plenty left for touch ups, but something to note when it comes to folding the furniture up and storing it. I think if it's painted on untreated wood it would have been absorbed more readily and this would be less of a potential problem.If nothing else I'll be glad to have prettied up my outdoor living space and gotten another few years worth out of the bistro sets at least. Noted recently that I was able to get this product for less than half of what I paid, however at the time I still found it reasonable compared to other similar products and to get a colour I actually liked.Would I buy it again? Yes! I purchased 6 more tubs in various colours and have used it on a small hutch, another chair and plan to paint 2 benches next.So, ...good value, reasonably easy to use, build up colour to achieve the finish you like, low VOC so I managed to use it indoors in a well ventilated space, clean brushes with water... One other note, the container is plastic and not metal, but that is actually helpful as the lid doesn't warp when opening, so it can be replaced securely, and it doesn't corrode in my outdoor store, preserving the paint inside.I'll definitely be trying more of the Johnstone's range in the future.

Amazing product with fantastic coverage! The vibrant colours breath life into old garden furniture!

Very good paint, quite thick but really well made, not messy or and colour as expected

I accept that most reviews rate this paint highly, but really must provide my own and very different experience.Purchased the Island Lake colour as wanted a blue for the shed to interact with my Cuprinol Dusky Gem fence.On opening the tin of Johnstones I was pleased to see the thickness of the paint compared to the thin seeming Cuprinol..Surely this would cover better and take less effort and fewer coats?Not so..One coat looked awful. 2 coats looked better, but 3 coats were needed to give any resemblance of full depth of colour.I also found the paint very hard to apply. It required a great deal of working in and dripped everywhere.Finally (and I cannot target the whole range here) there was the end colour.. far more luminous than any records of the suggested colour, including the completely different colour on the actual paint can.. It hurt the eyes :(.After a £20 wasted purchase I gave up and settled on another shade if the Cuprinol Garden Shades collection (muted clay). I bought enough for 4 coats as I knew it was thinner and needed to cover up the bright luminous blue...The paint flowed and applied beautifully and amazingly covered the whole shed to full colour depth in just 2 coats and half the amount of the Johnstones I had applied.I try and live and learn, and so despite the other colours being maybe more acceptable I will definitely not be buying this brand again.I do think that it is a far better paint for smaller projects such as chairs and planters, etc.I found the Cuprinol better on every score, plus their representation of actual colour far more accurate.I've provided a picture of both the end result from the Johnstones in blue, and the end result in the beigey/brown Cuprinol, which was just so much easier to apply and required so little I cannot recommend it enough.