**Warning - Rumour** Halford's Appliance White spray paint

[Black Knight]

A couple of weeks ago I picked up, from somewhere, a rumour that Halford was discontinuing their Appliance White spray paint

Last week I called into my local Halfords and one helpful chap found a single can in one of the stock drawers. Another chap went off to check stock elsewhere. He came back to say that they had no more stock and seemingly they could not order any in.

So the rumour may be correct

[The wooksta V2.0]

Use their white primer with their gloss varnish? More expensive though.

 

There could be supply issues - where is their paint made?

[dnl42]

Your description is indeed consistent with a supply issue.

 

There are worldwide supply chain problems impacting all manner of things. 

[TEXANTOMCAT]

My LHS had similar problems sourcing Humbrol Metalcote spray - apparently National shortage of that too!

 

 

TT

[The wooksta V2.0]

I've had issues trying to get their Aluminium, so it's more likely supply issues.  These are their standard bread and butter sellers so they're unlikely to delete them.

[26Decals]

FWIW I switched to Holts Appliance White a while back:

[bentwaters81tfw]

This was brought up several months back. I bought up the last cans my local Halfords had. Since then, the have had stock every time I have been in, and it hasn't been renamed as suggested.

I have also had probs with getting their Aluminium, but they had some the last two times I have been in.

Old wives tales and supply chain issues maybe.

[At Sea]

Ford Frozen White is a White White, if that makes any sense.

 

BMW Alpine White is also pretty pure.

 

For a V-Bomber Transit Standard Ford Diamond White is too cream & will not do.

[At Sea]

It’s probably the launch of the Airfix Vulcan clearing the shelves! 

[bentwaters81tfw]

There was a truck fire on the M11 this morning - full of aerosol cans.

Could have been Appliance white or could have been Lynx. They were certainly exploding well.

[SleeperService]

The paint is made in the UK however some of the ingredients may well be imported. Other posters are right about international transport though and Brexit hasn't helped either.

 

I'm told that Halfords have moved their order system to only allowing branches to order in-stock items, one reason given was poorly trained staff ordering obsolete items, several small orders from the same store clogging the system, and the Internet sales can't have helped. There has been a shortage of knifing putty recently too.

 

Remember when we used to joke about shop queues in the USSR...