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I'm going to be painting my bedroom this weekend and I need ideas on which paint brand to buy.
I've used Glidden and Behr before. Glidden was way too thin and I had to use three coats to paint several cream colored walls. It did dry very fast, though, so I was able to get those coats on in one day.
Behr has beautiful and vibrant colors, and it covered in just two coats, but it took FOREVER to dry. Weeks later, it still felt damp to the touch.
I will more than likely have to prime at least one wall (it's red), so are primer + paint types worth buying?
I don't want to spend more than $30-$40/gal.
If you're interested, here's the color scheme I'm looking at
I only use Benjamin Moore paint. I recently covered a red wall. I was set to buy primer and the employee at Ace told me that Benjamin Moore paints have primer in them. I never knew that. I think it is the best paint but never tried to cover a red wall without using primer first. Sure enough the beige paint I purchased covered the red in one coat. I had to add a second coat in the corners but I always have to when I paint.
My second choice is Sherwin Williams. I have painted a lot over the years and have tried pretty much every single brand. Sears paint used to be really decent at one time. Behr I thought was horrible. I like the color swatches but every time I used it, the colors never came out like the swatch.
Benjamin Moore sound great. Do you have any idea how much a gallon costs?
Depending on the finish. Aura I believe is the best. I have used Pearl quite a bit, it is moderate in pricing among the different kinds. I bought a gallon of Pearl, eggshell finish (looks like flat but washable) for 40 dollars. There are many finishes. I always bought satin in other brands but found I like the eggshell finish with Ben Moore best.
I recently bought a quart of Aura when I painted some chairs. I wanted the most durable paint for those. I went with satin finish for that. A quart cost me 20 dollars. I think a gallon of that is 50. For a bedroom, I would go with Pearl.
I paint a LOT (three complete home interiors in the past five years) and have used many brands. I had my first experience with Behr recently (their new you-don't-need-a-primer kind) and I wasn't a happy camper. The paint was so thick the stirrer practically stood upright in the can. That might be preferable for drywall, but I was painting a highly textured wall. Despite the fact that I had the right high-quality roller, the paint wouldn't sink into the crevices of the texturing. Even after three coats (of a taupe shade over an off-white wall) I am still finding zillions of white dots on the wall. Maddening. And even though it was a bathroom, the amount of paint I was applying per coat made me have to use two gallons -- double my anticipated expenditure. I wouldn't use that paint in this house again. A thinner paint actually works much better on a textured wall.
I've painted many smooth plaster walls and on them I had my best-quality results -- and good color experiences -- with Benjamin Moore and Dunn Edwards. If you're price conscious and not looking for high-fashion colors, Sears-brand paint is OK. My experiences with Sherwin-Williams were fine. Not the very best paint from my experiences, but if you need advice with your painting, my trips to their stores have been first rate in terms of the service and support I received. I worked with a good contractor once and he insisted on S-W. He painted a home exterior for me and the results were excellent.
The best color results I've had (meaning the color looked like what I expected from the samples and I was happy with my choices) came from Martha Stewart-endorsed paints. I had no problems with the quality of those either -- the MS paint Lowe's was selling was Valspar. I recently did some of the common spaces in my house (entry, halls, etc.) with her color called Mercury Glass. I understand Home Depot is now selling a paint they're calling Martha Stewart Living, but I used the Valspar from Lowe's. I guess Martha sells her color palette to the highest bidder. For years I happily used her paints manufactured by Sears.
BTW, almost everyone claims they can match "ANY color" with their computers, but I've had less than satisfactory results with that.
I don't even use a drop cloth when I paint with Aura from Ben Moore,however,it can't be re-rolled,put it up and leave it,brush out any drips immediately as it will be tacky within a minute or two.
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