i will using a deep rich red with white chair rails. i am looking at a satin finish. what is the best quality paint to use for this application?
thanks
i will using a deep rich red with white chair rails. i am looking at a satin finish. what is the best quality paint to use for this application?
thanks
If you choose a red color - my advice would be to use Ralph Lauren Satin Latex. It is a top quality product. I have used it many times - and its dark colors are beautiful, and work very well........
HOWEVER - YOU MUST USE THE RL DEEPTONE PRIMER UNDER IT - OR YOU WILL BE DOING 4-5 COATS!!!!!! WITH DEEPTONE PRIMER YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO COVER IN TWO FINISH COATS.
If you choose to go with another company's product - buy the best they have - and use whatever primer they recommend to help that color hide. Do not use a red tinted paint over a white or pink primer - it won't work.
Best of luck!
Mr. Paint
For the paint, avoid discount houses and big box stores.
Buy top quality brushes and roller sleeves.
Finally - keep a wet edge and do not over brush nor over roll. Its best if there are two of you. One to cut in around the woodwork and ceiling and the other to do the rolling right behind the cutting in.
A grey primer only works if it is the correct shade of grey. The light wavelength reflected back from the grey has to be very similar to the wavelength of the topcoat color.
Remember that accent tint bases are clear - the idea with the grey primer is that it tricks your eye.
If you don't believe me, try it. I have done this many times - and can easily prove that unless you use the correct color grey - it isn't much better than white.
For RL and Glidden products anyway - the RL Deeptone Primer is the way to go for these colors.
As for the big box slam........you all on this site need to get over that one........there is room for everyone in the paint business - and believe me, I have seen many horrendous "specialty" paint stores!
Mr. Paint
Sherwin Williams is the best I have used. Benjamin Moore has a very good reputation, too, and has even been described to me as "smooth as butter," but the selection at my local BM outlets in Austin is poor, so I stick with Sherwin Williams.
Behr and Glidden are discount paints and give you discount results. You also will usually need two coats to adequately cover the old paint if you are changing colors, so the discount goes away. Most people who are satisfied with them are satisfied because a new coat of paint simply will always look better than an old, dirty, faded, discolored coat of paint. They are better than nothing, but not the best.
I have also used Ralph Lauren with great results and great coverage. Rumor has it that Glidden now manufactures it: perhaps the Cadillac or Buick to Glidden's Chevy line, but still an American car. :-D
Glidden makes a huge range of products - from Speed-Cote to RL (no rumor there - Glidden has been making RL better than SW ever did since Jan 2001!)
SW makes a huge range of products too. Some of them are very very good - Super Paint and Duration - that I am familiar with. Some are horrible - Try Pro-Mar 700 sometime.
Making blanket statement that all Glidden is discount paint - isn't fair - but most importantly - it isn't correct!
Mr. Paint
Tha said, the Behr I have used so far, egshell excluded has been pretty good, one coat coverage of a dark semi gloss over kilz primed walls that came out great. One coat coverage on the ceiling with a slightly darker than white flat paint. The only one I had problems with was the eggshell with a deep base, dummy me didnt tint the primer first and it took 5 coats, grrr. The last two were flat and covered much better than 3 coats of the eggshell, never again will I use eggshell, it didnt even come out like I expected.
Glidden got to be so popular through good marketing and by pricing their product at a price-point that most people want to pay. (Or does McDonald's serve the best, healthiest food because its the most popular? :-) SW is more expensive, and you get what you pay for. Also, SW can often cover in one coat, so, again, the added expense ends up being worth it.
By the way - I know Duron is huge in Mid-Atlantic and parts south.
Duron is the 29th largest paint company in the world. (Source - Coatingsworld.com - July 2003)
Mr. Paint