Never, never, never buy this paint. I used this product today (the interior version) and as a professional painter with 35 years of expereince, my assessment of it is highly critical.
On a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the best paint can be, and 1 being the worst paint can be, here is the verdict, after using up 4 gallons of this so called 'paint' on various surfaces.
Coverage (sq. ft. per gallon) 2
Masking ability (how well does it cover up existing colour) 1
Flow (how well does it release from the brush and the roller) 1
Odour 2
Drying time 4
Re-coat time 3
Clean-up 3
Adhesion 1
Appearance 4
Durability n/a
Wash ability n/a
Touch up ability 2
Price: When you consider that rolling whole milk onto the wall would work better than applying this product, it is expensive at any price. It is 1/2 the price of what we ordinarily use, but requires three times as many coats and 'mileage' is only 1/2 as good.
We had a room with bare drywall and it took 4 coats. A room with a very light off white took two coats of a similar white and it was borderline covering. We had several rooms with a medium to dark green and we are still applying paint after 5 coats.
I inspected two jobs just this Fall where this product was used over an enamel paint, and it was peeling like skin after a bad sunburn. How do you solve that problem?
The big mystery is that this product gets rave reviews in consumer reports. Could it be that Consumer reports are funded by the products they test and Behr gives the biggest donations? Just wondering.
6 comments:
As a painter's daughter I wouldn't touch the stuff :)
Is that because you respect your dad's advice or because your dad does all the painting for you? Haha. I will have to give you lessons soon because I will eventually retire and you may not always get along with your brother. :)
What brand of paint do you recommend?
Benjamin Moore. But they have many different quality and price ranges. You always get what you pay for. We only use their top line products.
Interesting since we used the exterior version this summer and loved it! Found it to be very thick and covered extremely well.
I looked on line for reviews and found lots of them. They were all over the map. The impression I got was that if you have never used another brand, this was OK. Also, there is much more to paint than ease of use. Durability is a big one especially for exterior. The ingredients of paint will dictate the characteristics and the high end paints have the most rare and expensive ingredients.
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