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Getting ready to repaint my bathroom, any recommendations on a solid moisture resistant paint?
I just did my mine with sherwin Williams satin super paint. It's paint and primer in one. Little pricey but you might get an employee discount....check. I take it you don't have much ventilation or a fan for moisture ?
This is my living room. I did bathroom same though....went on real nice. Two coats dried well. Fiance likes it.
It's their mid level paint. Emerald is there premier but it's $60 a gallon. I think super around 48....my bathroom took 3/4 of a gallon. And that was 2 heavy coats.
The Shop
I believe that color is slate blue. Or grey slate...one of those names. I'm driving home from Florida today and work tomorrow so I'll give ya the actual 3 number spec when I get home to look at the can. The picture doesn't do it justice it looks awesome in person. Here's a before after reference of my laundry room from January when I started the remodel.
Buy cheap paint and you're getting colored water. Buy expensive and I'd be curious what you are gaining over mid grade paint. Exterior is different. It's going to take a lot of abuse.
I have a neighbor that works for PPG. He built me an account and set me up with the same pricing as his $1M account. The same $50 per gallon bucket is $15 for me. I get 5 gallon buckets for $75. Same bucket that would run $200 retail. My family and friends have just about all used my discount so it looks like I buy a lot of paint.
I know its not whats in fashion right now but my old eyes and sometimes melancholy nature like white walls.
Use the Promar 200.
It's 100% acrylic and mildew resistant.
First check to make sure the existing paint isn't oil based by sanding a spot.
If it powders up, it's oil; if it rolls up, it's water based.
If it's oil based, you'll need to sand it and put a coat of bonding primer on it before you paint. S.W. "Extreme Bond" will do it.
If it's not oil based, just clean it and paint right over it.
If it's currently oil based and you don't mind using oil based paint (if it's even available in your area), sand it, wipe it down, and paint right over it with more oil based paint.
Of course, you'll be high as a kite when you're done, unless you purchase a respirator.
Indeed.
Purdy "White Dove" rollers are best, but you should still wrap it in masking tape and pull it slowly off, to remove any loose nap that might have been left on it from the factory.
ESPECIALLY if you're going to use oil based paint.
I've had bad luck with Valspar, Behr seems to do a lot better. I'd suggest springing for the $4 Glade paint scent and have them mix it in. They claim it lasts a long time, but it only lasted a week or so in my experience. It does however mask that paint smell while you're working, which makes it worth the $4, IMO.
Ironic this thread came up, i'm just finishing it. Have to do some trim work yet and touch up some areas but for the most part it's finished.
Good Luck with your project, take your time deciding because it's more involved than you think
Pit Row
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At every price point, the paints are so comparable, that it would be silly to insist on one brand over another.
I've had this argument with many architects over the years, and the only reason I can see for them insisting on a certain brand, is because somebody's sales department is giving them a kickback.
Also, the BM Aura is very good and durable paint, but it doesn't touch-up for shit.
If you repair a ding, or try to touch up a holiday after it's dry, you're going to have to repaint the entire wall.
Just sayin'.
I paid $19 a gallon for this stuff after my employee discount. I wanna say retail was 52....
I've got a big project going right now using "Harmony", which is about the same price point retail ($52 and change), and I'm paying $25 for the deep base.
Post up a copy of the receipt, so I can show my Sherwin Williams rep.
Usually when I touch up, I mix the paint down a bit and have no problems with matching.
Started out doing high-end custom work, but have settled in to commercial / industrial for the past fifteen or twenty.
We got tired of dealing with home owners and designers. Not that dealing with shitty architects and general contractors is much better...
We still do custom homes by referral, but we don't go looking for them.
My comment on the BM paints, the Aura in particular, comes from a grocery chain that insisted on using it, simply because they wanted a zero VOC paint.
This was when the Aura line first came out, maybe it's gotten better.
The problem wasn't with matching color, it was that it built up sheen. Friggin' shiny spots everywhere!
Anyway, we got them to switch to zero VOC paint from a regional supplier (Vista Paint) and our touch-up issues were over.
Funny thing: Vista Paint is now partnered with Benjamin Moore as their West Coast retailer.
Like you said, when you find what works best for you, you stick to it.
As far as spray rigs, we went from Graco to Titan / Speeflo, and back to Graco.
We even use Graco pressure washers.
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