We used an egg shell in the bedrooms. Covered in one coat.
Behr.
We used an egg shell in the bedrooms. Covered in one coat.
Behr.
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Do you guys save the rollers or do you throw them away as soon as you're done painting? be honest now.
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Benjamin Moore paint is amazing. It WILL do it as long as the surface is reasonable. Of course some shades not as well but neutral earth tones will work. Pinks, oranges etc not as well. If you've never used it you owe yourself a favor. It really is that good.
It depends. If you are just refreshing a similar color and sheen and you know how to lay it on, yes if you use a good paint, not a K-mart $10/gallon paint. Key is good paint and knowing how to carry a lot of paint to the wall with a good roller. My problem is I can roll fine, but my cutting in needs two coats. I can lay a lot more on with a roller than a brush. In fact I need to be careful I don't get runs (in the paint) when I roll. I know others will disagree, but I stick to Behr Premium for walls and have never been disappointed.
NOW you tell me...
The red we used on an accent wall on the second floor of our foyer and later on our front door took 4 coats in both SW interior and exterior paints. Looks awesome though.
The latte color (what we referred to as "the new white" based on seeing it in every new house we looked at) that we used throughout the common areas took 2 coats. as did all our bedroom colors. None of those colors are very light and our whole house was some shade of white before.
The garage and basement stairs were white and were painted with an almost white called swiss coffee that our contractor recommended to hide a little dirt he was able to do just one coat. Probably not as wear resistant like Jason said but there were were just trying to freshen things up.
Last edited by Matt Meiser; 06-20-2015 at 8:58 AM.
My brother and I used Valspar paint with primer and did one coat in the living room and hallway. I looks great. On the other hand we did a very light blue room eggshell with non primer paint and will have to two coat.
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No offense intended here, but there are a bunch of people here who are NOT professional painters (nothing wrong with that or against DIY) who are proclaiming a very subjective "looks great after one coat." I would submit that an inspection by those with experience in the field would render, at best, a "looks okay." Once you know what to look for, and how to look for it, it's difficult to not see the difference--and sooner or later, you may very well see those differences in passing.
Just like I ignore a compliment from someone who walks into a room I just painted, briefly glances around and proclaims, "Looks great!"