Exterior paint question
Sherwin Williams has an exterior "primer/finish coat" combo. Called Infinity, a 100% acrylic product. I'm a little leary of a "combo" paint but, anyone have any input of this? Thanks
0
-
Consumer reports did a pretty in depth review of commercially available paints.
Believe it or not, the highest rating went to Ace Hardware brand paint.
I've had good luck with Dutch Boy brand of primer/paint all in one offering.
I think it's called "Dura Weather" for the exterior, and "Dura Clean" for the interior.
Good coverage, depending on colors.0 -
Ace hardware got me 1 time. They could not match the paint they sold me.
I bought a gallon to paint my shudders and trim. I thought 1 gallon was enough. I needed about a quart more so i bought another gallon and the difference was really really bad.
I went back and they mixed another gallon and then mixed the 2 in a five gallon bucket.
The paint was free but labor was not. I had to repaint everything.[:(]0 -
quote:Originally posted by dav1965
Ace hardware got me 1 time. They could not match the paint they sold me.
I bought a gallon to paint my shudders and trim. I thought 1 gallon was enough. I needed about a quart more so i bought another gallon and the difference was really really bad.
I went back and they mixed another gallon and then mixed the 2 in a five gallon bucket.
The paint was free but labor was not. I had to repaint everything.[:(]
That was not the paint.
That was an employee who should not have been in that department.
It takes very little brain power to use their color-match computer, but it DOES take some brains...0 -
I don't have any experience with that. However, we had our house painted a couple of years ago and the painter recommended that we go with a semi gloss or satin, rather than the standard egg shell finish. He said that it will shine for a few months until it gets weathered a bit, but won't dull nearly as fast as the egg shell, and look better longer. It still looks new 3 years later, and our neighbors had theirs painted at the same time, by the same company and they used the egg shell and there is definitely a difference. Glad we went with his advice. It was Sherwin Williams product. 0 -
BIL was a contractor and built our house.
Got a box of gallons of SW paint that was "premixed" in color LOML picked.
His "wall painter" grabbed a gallon and went to the front of the house and started doing walls.
His "trim painter" grabbed a gallon and started cutting in trim at back of house.
OOps
they had to swap paint gallons when they met in the middle. We had to keep a "front" and a "back" bucket of touch up paint for years.[:D]0 -
It depends on what you are painting over.
Stucco and brick I like elastomeric paint, pressure wash good, dig out and prep cracks with compatible compounds, and paint 2 coats. No primer or built in primer.
Wood, pressure was and wire brush. Seal any problem areas with proper sealant. Thin out some paint and lay that down first so it soaks into the wood. Then come back over with regular consistency paint.
If you are painting metal priming is a very good Idea, iron oxide, then a couple coats. Glass, chrome, aluminum, plastic, you have to use etching or special primers and sealers.
To summarize---prep work is 90% of a good paint job. But don't cheap out on the paint either, because the prep work still needs protecting.0
Please sign in to leave a comment.
Comments
6 comments