Interior Painting - which paint?
Bob Peticolas
I recently painted a bedroom in my home with Walmart white satin latex.
The original color of the room was a light gray. I was disappointed that
after two coats, the room was still not white. It's much lighter and it
looks fine, but it definitely has a bit of the gray left.
I want to find a better paint before going to the next bedroom. Any ideas?
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Bob Peticolas
hudson@bc.cybernex.net@204.141.116.5
So you thought you would save a few bucks by using Walmart paint... When I
ran my painting company years ago it used to amaze me how many people would
try to get me to use cheap paint, or they would go out and buy Sears or Home
Hardware's paint for me to use. They never stopped to think that paint only
accounts for about 10 - 20% of the cost of a paint job, so you should really use
the best paint that you can - that way it'll last longer and you won't have to
incur the labour cost near as often.
The quality of Walmart paint in your case is obvious: Two coats of white paint
and you still see the original under coat's colour?! Did you know that white is the
best hiding paint colour? Titanium is what gives a paint the ability to hide previous
coating colours. Titanium added to paint makes it white. You'll find that contrary
to what you would imagine, darker colours hide far worse then white will. Imagine
how many coats of Walmart's dark blue you would have needed to cover the grey!
Anyways, your question. My painting experience was strictly interior so hopefully
I can help. I have used just about every manufacturers paint. My favorite paint
(least splatter, best hiding, best coverage, etc.) is Benjamin Moore's Regal line -
try the Aquavelvet (eggshell finish), it is one of the most durable finishes around.
Sherwin Williams SuperPaint line is also excellent. PPG's top of the line (sorry, I
forget the name) is also excellent albeit very expensive.
Remember, you get what you pay for - good paint is not cheap. Lousy paint
really doesn't seem that expensive!
Dunc.
Land...@srv.net
In <4qf9dm$g...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com>, r...@usa.pipeline.com(Bob Peticolas) writes:
>I recently painted a bedroom in my home with Walmart white satin latex.
<report of unflattering results snipped>
>I want to find a better paint before going to the next bedroom. Any ideas?
Hi Rob,
Have had plenty of opportunities to test paints.
Did Sears, Pratt & Lambert, & Devoe. P&L does a nice oil-base interior (Accolade),
but I've really come to appreciate the Devoe Regency, an acrylic. Cleans up
well, covers well, and flows well for my tastes. @ $22-25/gal.
Did you see a recent post to paint FAQ at www.osf.org/~macrakis/paint.html ?
Looks like someone did a really nice job collecting useful knowledge.
Mario L. Alvarez
I really like lowes one and only. I have used interior and
exterior and they seem to work best for me.
Bernard Morey
Bob Peticolas wrote:
>
> I recently painted a bedroom in my home with Walmart white satin latex.
> after two coats, the room was still not white. It's much lighter and it
> looks fine, but it definitely has a bit of the gray left.
>
I have always had this problem with latex/acrylic paints. I have always had to use a
minimum of three coats, sometimes 4 for dark previous coat.
No matter what the tin says, if the previous paint is darker than the new, you will
almsot certainly have to use 3 coats.
PS -- I always use premium brands, too. Dulux, Taubmans, British Paints, &c. Makes no
differences to the final result.
Method of application doesn't matter -- I always roller and cut in the corners by hand.
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Bernie Morey
Melbourne, Australia
bmo...@aardvark.apana.org.au
michael jensen
: In <4qf9dm$g...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com>, r...@usa.pipeline.com(Bob Peticolas) writes:
: >I recently painted a bedroom in my home with Walmart white satin latex.
: <report of unflattering results snipped>
: >I want to find a better paint before going to the next bedroom. Any ideas?
: Hi Rob,
: Have had plenty of opportunities to test paints.
: Did Sears, Pratt & Lambert, & Devoe. P&L does a nice oil-base interior (Accolade),
: but I've really come to appreciate the Devoe Regency, an acrylic. Cleans up
: well, covers well, and flows well for my tastes. @ $22-25/gal.
: Did you see a recent post to paint FAQ at www.osf.org/~macrakis/paint.html ?
: Looks like someone did a really nice job collecting useful knowledge.
I thought that consumer reports rated wal-mart paints as a best
buy. I have used it to paint the kids bedroom walls, to me it covered
really nicely but it sure smelled. btw it was a yellow paint over a
white wall.
Mike J.
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Mike Jensen (M...@UNL.EDU)
Chemistry Instrument Shop
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
(402) 472-3542
Bob Peticolas
'Bernard Morey <bmo...@aardvark.apana.org.au>' wrote:
>Bob Peticolas wrote:
>>
>> I recently painted a bedroom in my home with Walmart white satin latex.
that
>> after two coats, the room was still not white. It's much lighter and it
>> looks fine, but it definitely has a bit of the gray left.
>>
>
>I have always had this problem with latex/acrylic paints. I have always
had to
>use a
>minimum of three coats, sometimes 4 for dark previous coat.
>
>No matter what the tin says, if the previous paint is darker than the new,
you
>will
>almsot certainly have to use 3 coats.
>
>PS -- I always use premium brands, too. Dulux, Taubmans, British Paints,
&c.
>Makes no
>differences to the final result.
>
>Method of application doesn't matter -- I always roller and cut in the
corners
>by hand.
Thanks for the note. Needless to say, I hope you're wrong. I did receive
a note from a painting contractor who suggested a good Benjamin Moore paint
would cover. Forgive me if I try his advice before conceding three coats
per room.
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Bob Peticolas
Greenville, RI
Bob Peticolas
'm...@unlinfo.unl.edu (michael jensen)' wrote:
>Land...@srv.net wrote:
>: In <4qf9dm$g...@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com>, r...@usa.pipeline.com(Bob
>Peticolas) writes:
>
>
>: >I want to find a better paint before going to the next bedroom. Any
ideas?
>
>: Hi Rob,
>: Have had plenty of opportunities to test paints.
>: Did Sears, Pratt & Lambert, & Devoe. P&L does a nice oil-base interior
>(Accolade),
>: but I've really come to appreciate the Devoe Regency, an acrylic.
Cleans up
>: well, covers well, and flows well for my tastes. @ $22-25/gal.
>
>: Did you see a recent post to paint FAQ at
www.osf.org/~macrakis/paint.html ?
>: Looks like someone did a really nice job collecting useful knowledge.
>
>
>I thought that consumer reports rated wal-mart paints as a best
>buy. I have used it to paint the kids bedroom walls, to me it covered
>really nicely but it sure smelled. btw it was a yellow paint over a
>white wall.
>
>Mike J.
Right Mike. CR is where I got the idea. I was surprised, but the paint
did not really cover even with two coats. The walls are still decidedly
gray when compared to the paint stir stick. And the walls were not that
dark. I just like white white.
Angela Williams
Well, I've been reading a lot about paint tonight, so I thought I'd
throw in my 2 cents. I love Sears Easy Living. I've only tried
about four other brands, and I like it the best, great coverage,
computer matching, and it's pretty cheap, about 10 bucks a gallon or
less on sale. I did my whole interior with it 5 years ago. It took
only one coat on most walls, and I was covering a darker color.
It's pretty scrubable, I've got a lot of little messy hands around
the house, it cleans up amazingly well.
Brand I do not like -- Fuller Obrien, awful coverage.
For bathrooms, I like Zinser, about $20 per gallon semi-gloss, but
it coats very well, and repels mildew.
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