I'm getting ready to embark on an interior painting product and it dawned on me that I've never noticed a paint thread on BITOG? What is your favorite brand of interior paint?
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After over 30 years of painting houses, Benjamin Moore makes a nice wall paint, I'm not a big fan of their trim paints though. I give Muralo Paint thumbs up for latex trim paint. Although I'm a big fan of latex paint on trim the Muralo latex is pretty good. Since the EPA has tied the paint industries hands behind their backs because of VOC's associated with oil base paints, (which was what any pro painter would grab for trim), they are not what the used to be.
Frank D
Frank D
+1 for Benjamin Moore. I've tried most of the major brands and nothing covers and last as long as Benjamin Moore.
Paint is like oil, if you stick with name brands it's hard to find a bad one. Just don't buy the bottom of the line and you're fine.
Rodda is my favorite paint right now.
Rodda is my favorite paint right now.
Ben Moore is good stuff. But expensive.I painted my living room with Behr paint from Home Depot. They had a sale on in the fall. I was very happy with the results.It worked out at 1/2 the price of B.M.
Valspar
BM,
Check out "Consumer Reports".
Check out "Consumer Reports".
Used W-M interior latex paint on the bedroom last year. Seemed to do ok. My son has to do the painting but it looks good and seemed to cover well with one coat.
Benjamin Moore or Behr depending who is on sale.
Brett - I reread your post and saw interior house paint. Sherwin Williams has good inside stuff as does Ace Hardware. Ace also has a "Flo Tru" additive that really softens the colors if that is a desired effect. Works really nice with Flat and eggshell.
Being in the painting business for over 30 years, and being a President of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America as well as the Guild of Professional Paperhangers I've tried everything. I know what works and what doesn't work. Like everything in life you get what you pay for, and paint is always the cheapest part of the project, unless your time is worth nothing. Use the best paint, it will last longer, clean easily if you have to wash it, and retain color.
Benjamin Moore paints are not cheap but they work, and work well. I've tried paint from HD and Lowes, and tried Consumer Reports best paint suggestions, they're off base with their picks.
Not to go into a list of who makes what, and which is the best PM me if you like. I can make primer suggestions, and paint suggestions based on the actual finish you plan on using. Some companies make better products than others in flat, vs eggshell, vs semi-gloss etc.
HTH
Frank D
Benjamin Moore paints are not cheap but they work, and work well. I've tried paint from HD and Lowes, and tried Consumer Reports best paint suggestions, they're off base with their picks.
Not to go into a list of who makes what, and which is the best PM me if you like. I can make primer suggestions, and paint suggestions based on the actual finish you plan on using. Some companies make better products than others in flat, vs eggshell, vs semi-gloss etc.
HTH
Frank D
My problem with using the paint with the best durability is that it may not be mixable to the shade that you want, especially for the interior. My understanding is that different manufacturers use different tints (and numbers of tints), so one brand's color matching system may not be able to match the colors of another.
Also, although I don't have much experience with Benjamin Moore, I have noticed that Sherwin Williams and Pratt and Lambert have more elegant and more varied colors than the other manufacturers. I also believe they have more tints in their mixing system.
What is your experience?
Also, although I don't have much experience with Benjamin Moore, I have noticed that Sherwin Williams and Pratt and Lambert have more elegant and more varied colors than the other manufacturers. I also believe they have more tints in their mixing system.
What is your experience?
I really like Sherwin Williams paints. For interior their Harmony zero voc paint is excellent.
I also paint houses. I work with various contractors.
Benjamin Moore Regal is our most used interior paint, by far, and we do fine work.
It is getting expensive, even with our discounts.
The Behr seems to be a good alternative.
Think amortization over time when you buy paint. Costs are not a big factor then. Quality is.
Benjamin Moore Regal is our most used interior paint, by far, and we do fine work.
It is getting expensive, even with our discounts.
The Behr seems to be a good alternative.
Think amortization over time when you buy paint. Costs are not a big factor then. Quality is.
Porter paints. Top quality, great coverage. Behr is good, but I've noticed bleed through with one coat, where it just didn't quite cover totally when dry. If you tire of a color scheme quickly, the WM Color Place stuff is OK but you may wind up applying two coats. You'll have to weigh what your time is worth VS the savings on cheap paint.
We did our house with Behr, looks good but it pulled off in a couple spots from GOOD painters tape. We'll see how it wears with ankle biters but I'm not hopefull...
My parents neighbor is a painter from England (painting is a licensed trade there)and he uses nothing but oil based paints, indoors or outdoors. I don't know the details why but you might want to research the differences.
Ian
My parents neighbor is a painter from England (painting is a licensed trade there)and he uses nothing but oil based paints, indoors or outdoors. I don't know the details why but you might want to research the differences.
Ian
Sherwin Williams is all I use.
We used Duron and Pittsburgh with good results. The Duron was recommended by our decorator. I think she just worked with that particular dealer.
My wife's sister-in-law is an executive for Sherwin Williams in Dallas, so I'm sure she would say use Sherwin Williams.
I know the painters who painted our home said it was a good quality paint. They should know, they have a lot of experience.
I know the painters who painted our home said it was a good quality paint. They should know, they have a lot of experience.
Originally Posted By: TooManyWheels
My problem with using the paint with the best durability is that it may not be mixable to the shade that you want, especially for the interior. My understanding is that different manufacturers use different tints (and numbers of tints), so one brand's color matching system may not be able to match the colors of another.
Also, although I don't have much experience with Benjamin Moore, I have noticed that Sherwin Williams and Pratt and Lambert have more elegant and more varied colors than the other manufacturers. I also believe they have more tints in their mixing system.
What is your experience?
I never had a problem having a color mixed in Benjamin Moore Paints from a competitors color chart. With the new mixing system they have formulas for many of the other manufactuers colors. If you deal with a good paint store they can pretty much mix anything you want.
I tried customer supplied Behr ceiling paint on a job and wasn't happy with it, but that was about 3 years ago and its possible it could have been a low end Behr paint. Sherwin Williams paint is good but their top of the line paint is costing me more than the BM paints.
I've had BM paint mixed to Behr, Valspar, Sherwin Williams, P&L, Kyanize colors, and a host of others for some of the most picky decorators and had no problems. Most good paint stores can easliy do it. BM dealers hate lost sales.
Frank D
My problem with using the paint with the best durability is that it may not be mixable to the shade that you want, especially for the interior. My understanding is that different manufacturers use different tints (and numbers of tints), so one brand's color matching system may not be able to match the colors of another.
Also, although I don't have much experience with Benjamin Moore, I have noticed that Sherwin Williams and Pratt and Lambert have more elegant and more varied colors than the other manufacturers. I also believe they have more tints in their mixing system.
What is your experience?
I never had a problem having a color mixed in Benjamin Moore Paints from a competitors color chart. With the new mixing system they have formulas for many of the other manufactuers colors. If you deal with a good paint store they can pretty much mix anything you want.
I tried customer supplied Behr ceiling paint on a job and wasn't happy with it, but that was about 3 years ago and its possible it could have been a low end Behr paint. Sherwin Williams paint is good but their top of the line paint is costing me more than the BM paints.
I've had BM paint mixed to Behr, Valspar, Sherwin Williams, P&L, Kyanize colors, and a host of others for some of the most picky decorators and had no problems. Most good paint stores can easliy do it. BM dealers hate lost sales.
Frank D
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