On Feb 17, 9:40*pm, RF wrote:
rollo wrote:
rollo had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...in-Behr-Semi-T...
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Another 2 cents:

Here is a rule of thumb "You see a Bear in the woods, you stay still until
it
heads off, then run. You see a Behr in Home Depot, you just run..."

As a contractor, 99 out of 100 contractors will tell you the same thing
about
Behr, in particular their deck stains/finishes. It really doesn't matter
what
kind of Behr it is, paint, stain, cleaner... just leave it alone and go to
another store.

Each project has different consideration. I usually use Penofin or Cabot
and
have reasonable success and the expectations are not unrealistic as will
some
other products.

Roland Decks

This is a load of propaganda.

First, semi transparent stains are a total waste
of time and money, no matter what company makes
them.

The only stains that are durable are the opaque
stains.

If you want to see what paints and stains can do,
I suggest visiting your local library and looking
up Consumer reports for March 2008 page 34 and 35
- this is on interior paints.

Next, in Consumer Reports June 2008 *page 40 and
41 - this is on external paints and stains.

You will see that BEHR paints and stains are, on
average, as good as any other paints.



Well RF, I am not sure what you are calling a load of propaganda. I
never said any semi-transparent was any good, so it looks like you
agree with me on that point. All acrylic exterior deck products are
horrible. I have been doing decks for decades. I can always tell Behr
from other products, it is the worst of the bad bunch.

Anyone who has been in the business for any length of time will tell
you that CR is not consistent with their paint/stain reports. You
should check the upgraded report online, they changed it a month after
that report in print. Consumer Report places more emphasis on price
and ease of purchase overall than if product actually performs well,
any cheeky little monkey knows that. If you think Behr is ''as good
as any other paint" why even go to the CR report. I will run down to
Big Lot's and buy some $5 a gallon paint and pour it a Behr can for
you, if you will pay me $30 to do it. Believe what you want, it really
doesn't matter. Any pro painter will tell you that Behr is not just
bad but the bottom of the barrel, despite CR and the Home Depot
marketing machine.

You can try Cabot, TWF, Woolman's, SW- Woodscape, Penofin, Valspar
even.... use marine varnish, wood wax, oils, resins, whatever.... You
should never use Behr. Period..... Have fun with your CR reports, the
rest of us actually USE the products to assess them.

Roland Decks.......