kansascats wrote:
On Dec 1, 2:51 pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:00 pm, kansascats wrote:





Looking for recommendations on primers and paints for:
home interior
home exterior
garage/shop
Now then.. for my shop/garage/office..
I bought a couple of gals of Kilz general purpose at WalMart. I also
have 3-4 gals of some Behr flat enamel leftover from another project
and a couple other leftovers I'm thinking to use (maybe paint a couple
different colors on the shop office walls).
CR recommends Behr mostly, but there is noise out there that BM or SW
is really a better paint.
I'm beginning to think that flat is the way to go. By the time it
really needs cleaned it can either be spot painted or is in need of a
full repaint.
Without mentioning any particular brand, I'll offer this:

Shop at a *real* paint store, not a Walmart or big box store.

The professional, project-specific advice, as well as the quality of
products, from tape to brushes to the paint itself, is well worth the
extra money.

SWMBO bought shutters at Lowes and informed me that the trim and doors
should match. I took them back to Lowes and asked them to custom match
the color.

Three failed attempts later and the guy said "Our machine isn't very
good with dark colors. I can't match it."

I went down the road to a local family-owned "chain" (5 stores) and
they matched the color almost immediately. I just had them match the
years-old paint in my kitchen so I could touch up around the new
window and they hit it perfect the first time. When I built my shed,
they suggested the correct primer and final coat combination which
should get me years of service before it needs a touch-up.

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Thanks for the personal experience. I've been through similar but
with opposite results.

I don't recall which -- either SW or BM, but I opted for their paint
on an exterior window trim job (for my own house). The paint was
about gone 2 years after I painted. I scraped and sanded and removed

I have favorite brands, but not inclined to fight over them. I am
intriqued by your comment that the paint "was gone 2 years after" you
painted. Can you elaborate? Type of paint? All peeled, faded, or just
"disappeared" or degraded badly? How many coats? Prep?

as much of the orginal paint as I could. I then primed and painted
with their recommended paint. Needless to say, after only 2 years, I
was not happy. I used Behr the 2nd time around with better results.
The 3rd time I used Valspar.

Maybe the answer is variable -- and depends on which formulation, temp
and humidity condtions, etc. I cannot say that I've been thrilled
with any particular brand of paint. None seem to come anywhere close
to their advertized 15-20 years warranties.

I'm just looking for some thoughts form the group..

I used SW on my daughter's house because SW was the nearest paint store
and I considered it a good brand. I painted exterior trim with alkyd
semi-gloss after extensive prep...torching off old, alligatored paint,
sanding, priming, caulking. Just applying the first brush-full was an
experience...it just went on so easily and smoothly. There were a
couple of places that, after 2-3 years, began to peel because I hadn't
caulked the end grain well enough at the base of the vertical trim
boards where they met the sill.

I've never had a paint job, with cheap or expensive paint, that
"failed". The differences I have seen have been with: 1. coverage; 2.
ease of cleaning. Cheap interior latex stains easily from any oily type
stuff like handprints, ballpoint ink, lipstick, etc. Don't ask how it
all got on the wall )

My parents built a home in 1983, concrete block/stucco, Florida.
Painted with BM best...can't remember name. Repainted 10 years later,
just for the hell of it....there was no sign at all that it NEEDED to be
repainted ) There was no chalking, peeling, mildew, etc.