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RobertMfromLI
Joined: 29 Jun 2009
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Location: West Islip, NY
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| emdawgz1 wrote: | I dont like SW paint. I only use Benjamin Moore. Covers better nicer finish lasts...
I painted dark colors over a white primer w/ no issues at all. Ben Moore paint. |
I have a preference for some of Behr's better paints... and if not those, Ben Moore...
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RobertMfromLI
Joined: 29 Jun 2009
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Location: West Islip, NY
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| Link Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| tri_joel wrote: | | First, spray vs. brush & roll - I NEVER allow the final coats to be sprayed. I have allowed primer and base coat spraying but I find that if the painter does brush & roll only, they see and correct more defects. If you have a painter without a piece of sandpaper in his back pocket, ask him to leave. |
All true... and besides, rolling the paint will get rid of various minor imperfections that spraying it does not. Of course, if you are using a latex based paint, expect that the walls should be as perfect as possible before painting... you dont want to paint it, sand that and repaint.
I generally used flat paints for a theater room - helps kill the ambient light reflections (created by whatever...).
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WanMan
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Finally found a BM store. The two I was aware of went out of business. Cheapest interior paint they have is like $24/gallon. I need 34 gallons. Cha-ching!  But, I do not think the wife will let me get their cheapest paint, and their products go up to $42/gallon. Wife used a mother-daughter pair to decide on the colors for the basement based on the acid stained concrete floors.
Now, this mother-daughter pair represent BM and they said a discount is expected. First they said 20%, but then the daughter retorted that it had dropped to 15%. Something about the economy I went up to the BM store yesterday, but they already had shut off their computers (2 minutes to Noon). I'll try to find out what the best and 2nd best pricing is on Monday.
Today, though, I'll be visiting Sherwin-Williams and getting their price on best and 2nd best interior paints, but I'll also be signing the contract to have the finish carpenter come in starting next week to do the entire basement. Now, he admitted the economy has affected his businesses as late last week he had to travel out of state for work.
Trim work includes 7.25" floor molding, 5" door and window molding. Doors (solid for HT, louver for mechanical, and hollow core for closet and bathroom. That trim woprk will far exceed what is in the rest of the house (its all 2.25" trim--if you can call it that). Once the trim guy is done the paint comes in and finally the electrician to do his finish work.
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WanMan
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Trim guy took 5.5 days to get it all done and yesterday the painters started surface prep work. Today they are primering the trim and painting the ceilings. By week's end they should have all walls, ceilings, and trim painted. In the end, we got 40 gallons of BM paints (in eight colors) for a cost of ~$1K (($25/gal). SW was more expensive.
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