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So many manufacturers of paint, which one is half decent?
My painting guy swears by Behr, then Lowes has a sale on Sherwin Williams buy one get one free of their premium stuff (ends tomorrow), then there's Benjamin Moore, notoriously popular and good.

I've read over so many sites and it's moot just reading them all.
Anyone have any experience with the Sherwin Williams stuff? For the price it's tempting, but if it's not that great, I'd rather not.

Suggestions would really be appreciated.
 
You get what you pay for. Spend $50 to $80 per gallon. All paint companies are owned by one super conglomerate or another.

My choices:
Upper End - Choose Benjamin Moore: Unless you need it/want it, skip "Aura" and go with "Regal Select". "Ben" is decent if you wait for the curing. (I met a Benjamin Moore R&D guy and he talked my ear off - I think he was right).
Honorable Mention to General Paint's "Private Estate" line. Good paint.
Big Box: Lowes' Valspar Reserve. I was surprised. Bought on sale, but was dealing with off-white colours... I hate Home Depot's offerings.

Wait for the sales if you can. Buy from a small paint store. They'll let you reserve cans for later if you buy at the sale price. Buy a GREAT brush and wash it properly.
 
Benjamin Moore contractor stuff, breeze or something, it's fine.
 
Another vote for Benjamin Moore.

I also agree that "Aura" (their top shelf line) is a waste of money and just stick with regal.

All that said, I REALLY miss BM oil Paint in the eggshell enamel that was banned maybe 10 years ago. That truly was the best paint going
 
Consumer Reports rates Behr paint quite highly.

The painter used mostly Sherwin Williams to paint my place. I don't touch my walls, or expose it to sun, so can't really comment on its durability.
 
Behr is not bad, but you have to work quickly.

I like the Benjamin Moore line the best, and I have done a LOT of painting!
 
When I was grass high to a kneehopper,C-I-L was the superior paint,by far.
Do they not make it anymore?
 
TheShadow said:
When I was grass high to a kneehopper,C-I-L was the superior paint,by far.
Do they not make it anymore?
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Yes they still make it. I use it, as it always does the job. Plus it cleans well, if you do get some smudges over time.
 
huckfinn said:
Behr is not bad, but you have to work quickly.

I like the Benjamin Moore line the best, and I have done a LOT of painting!
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I find all latex paints are like that, i.e. you need to work fast.

Another reason I miss the old oil paint. You could put on a wall and then backroll the entire wall to make sure that you didn't have any seams visible. Also, it went sooo much further than latex. The only bitch was clean up. Other than that oil was so much easier to work with.
 
Berh is good so is bm, just make sure you use the higher end series they make washing your wall after much easier, won't stain as much and generally will keep their brilliance over time instead of looking faded
 
Bored123 said:
Berh is good so is bm, just make sure you use the higher end series they make washing your wall after much easier, won't stain as much and generally will keep their brilliance over time instead of looking faded
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I have used Behr one coat in a rental townhouse and apartment. If I had owned them I would have moved up to Ben Moore

Any that promise one coat coverage are not lying....they just assume that you are a good painter. I have always planned for and done 2 coats. Darker colours especially as the little misses will show up more.

Red is the hardest colour to piant IMO. I am never doing that colour again.

I used to live next door to a Behr rep and we chatted about what to use on outdoor decks. As mine was still a design in my head he recommended painting all 4 sides of the floor boards before building the deck. The logic is that if you only paint one side then moisture will enter the board through the other 3 sides and cause peeling of the top side. The hidden 3 sides, in Behr's experience, stay well coated as they are not exposed to the elements like the top side is. I did that extra work even though it added a week to my deck build as I moved and rotated 2x4's around inside my garage. It did indeed make a difference in how long the top side lasted.
 
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