Terrible product. Don't buy it.
So this review is specifically about Hammerite Ultima.
I was painting some railings for a family member. I took a grinder, then wire brush and finally sandpaper to bring it to a standard as it had tears of rust.
I applied the red oxide primer. That stuff sticks like glue. No issues there.
Then I visited B&Q for Hammerite Matt black. The only one they had was Ultima. Sadly I didn't read the back to see it was water based. I'd have run a mile of I had. I picked it up and a week or so later, prepped the railing by sanding it and tried to apply the paint. It went on in streaks, like putting water on buttered bread. I tried a different brush, but no different. I tried a roller, same thing. It's terrible, in fact its worse than terrible. Hours upon hours I spent hours upon hours trying to use this stuff at the expense of my mental wellbeing and questioning my life choices as to how I got here. It dries really quickly, but I could see the red oxide beneath the watery streaks of this paint so managed a few coats on certain bits. I could still see red oxide after the tin was empty.
Last week I purchased another tin, but this time Hammerite black solvent based. I took to the fence today, it's had nearly two weeks to cure. Again, I prepped the railing by sanding to give it a key. It took loads of paint off. The Ultima hardly stuck at all!!
I completed the fence with the solvent based Hammerite. It looks okay.
The review. Hammerite Ultima is terrible! Seldom does the opportunity arise that you want to give minus stars on a product, but this is the product. Don't buy it. Your mental health will deteriorated and you'll consider chucking it in the bin only to buy a decent product.
Hammerite should be ashamed of themselves selling this rubbish.
Did I say, don't buy it!?








