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Cpt2007
A new love!
Member since 1/08 5946 total posts
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Liz
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In your opinion...
What is the best type/brand/make of paint out there? I'm not talking finishes or colors, but what are the good quality paints?
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Posted 8/6/09 3:42 PM  |
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legallyblonde
LIF Adolescent
Member since 8/08 850 total posts
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K
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Re: In your opinion...
Benjamin Moore. My DH formerly had a high end paint contracting business and he would only use those products, unless his client wanted something specific. He also said the Ralph Lauren paints worked well but he definitely prefers BM.
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| Posted 8/6/09 3:51 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: In your opinion...
My uncle's friend is a painter and will only use Benjamin Moore
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| Posted 8/6/09 3:53 PM |
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Ophelia
she's baaccckkkk ;)
Member since 5/06 23378 total posts
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remember, when Gulliver traveled....
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Re: In your opinion...
I have used both Behr and Benjamin Moore and would use both again.
I am using BM to paint my new bedroom b/c I like the color selection of the Natura (no VOC) paint better than Behr's (or Home Depots) Fresh Aire. but we used Behr to paint most rooms in our house last year and they look great (picking the wrong color notwithstanding  )
ETA: there are other really high end paints that I would LOVE to use but can't afford Farrow and Ball is a prime example of that.
Message edited 8/6/2009 3:55:53 PM.
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| Posted 8/6/09 3:54 PM |
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mandasue
LIF Adolescent
Member since 3/09 772 total posts
Name:
Amanda
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Re: In your opinion...
i only use BM
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| Posted 8/6/09 3:56 PM |
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Jenn627
Laaaaaaaambert!
Member since 5/08 9818 total posts
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Jenn
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Re: In your opinion...
Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams Cashmere.
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| Posted 8/6/09 4:19 PM |
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JldDolphin
Member since 1/07 6929 total posts
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Jen
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Re: In your opinion...
BM & I kind of like Valspar. Both BM & Valspar have great colors. Recently I choice a Valspar color, but bought BM Natura paint. BM color matched it. 
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| Posted 8/6/09 4:54 PM |
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CaMacho
Sisters :)
Member since 7/06 15112 total posts
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Jess
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Re: In your opinion...
I agree with Jen... BM and Valspar.
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| Posted 8/6/09 5:11 PM |
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SnickNNick
In our new house!!
Member since 8/08 2119 total posts
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Nicole
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Re: In your opinion...
We have only used Behr and Valspar and HATED the Valspar. It didn't cover well at all and was really thick. The Behr was ok.
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| Posted 8/6/09 7:49 PM |
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dawnygirl25
Growing up soo fast..
Member since 1/06 14917 total posts
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Dawn
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Re: In your opinion...
Definately BM
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| Posted 8/6/09 8:03 PM |
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BaroqueMama
Chase is one!
Member since 5/05 27530 total posts
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me
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Re: In your opinion...
I really actually like Behr. We've used it all my life and have never had a single problem with it. I just painted a whole entire house with it a year ago and love it. I used Sherwin Williams in one room and it's chipping already
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| Posted 8/6/09 8:57 PM |
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mcd01
Life is good : )
Member since 3/09 1932 total posts
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Melissa
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Re: In your opinion...
we used behr in our new home, we are very happy with it. bm is very good, my parents use that.
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| Posted 8/7/09 7:34 AM |
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MommaG
Yay Spring!
Member since 5/05 5133 total posts
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Gloria
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Re: In your opinion...
We have not had any luck at all with BM and would never use it again. DS's room is blue, and I used a baby wipe - A BABY WIPE - to clean something off the wall and the whole wipe was blue. The paint came right off! It also comes off wherever anything rubs against or hits the wall. It covers well but doesn't seem to last.
A few years ago we used Glidden in DS's bedroom (now play room) and that room gets lots of abuse - still looks freshly painted. Don't know how good the new Glidden is.
We also tried Valspar and didn't like that.
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| Posted 8/7/09 8:04 PM |
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Tah-wee-ZAH
Kisses
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Re: In your opinion...
Only BM.
Just painted two rooms using the Natura line and it was great
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| Posted 8/7/09 8:43 PM |
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ChrisDee
My Girls
Member since 11/06 9543 total posts
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Christine
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Re: In your opinion...
BM and Sherwinn Williams, I used Behr and had to repaint over it, it was so crappy.
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| Posted 8/7/09 9:38 PM |
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lcherian
He is the reason!
Member since 2/06 2512 total posts
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Re: In your opinion...
farrow and ball, pratt and lambert and benjamin moore.
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| Posted 8/8/09 10:18 PM |
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laurabora
LIF Adult
Member since 4/07 2712 total posts
Name:
Laura
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Re: In your opinion...
Benjamin Moore
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| Posted 8/8/09 10:21 PM |
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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
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Re: In your opinion...
http://mythicpaint.com/index.aspx
Mythic Paint. Quality is just as good as BM, but it's 100% VOC free. Even the "claimed" zeroVOC paint from BM isn't VOC free, but the government allows them to claim that it is.
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| Posted 8/9/09 11:32 AM |
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babymakes3
Almost there!
Member since 7/06 7376 total posts
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Re: In your opinion...
Out of the three we've used:
BM is the best
Behr is second, would use again
Glidden is worst, never will use again
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| Posted 8/9/09 1:25 PM |
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Megs4
LIF Adult
Member since 11/08 1619 total posts
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Megan
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Re: In your opinion...
We've used almost exclusively Sherwin Williams at our house and are very happy with it.
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| Posted 8/9/09 1:48 PM |
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Nifheim
allo
Member since 1/09 5476 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: In your opinion...
My parents just used BM and if you wash the wall you can see it has been washed. Not very happy with that (my parents used to make us wash the walls once a year, had wash the cabinets and all trim work and I expect to do the same in my house yearly.)
I am really wondering what to use myself since I always thought BM. BUT i am going to see what type of BM paint they used (think it was the low toxic natural one) and maybe go to the normal type since we do not have young children to worry about smelling paint. Otherwise Behr.
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| Posted 8/9/09 2:14 PM |
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Faithx2
All good things in 2016!!
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Re: In your opinion...
BM
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| Posted 8/9/09 10:35 PM |
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INhiding4now
LIF Zygote
Member since 11/08 37 total posts
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Re: In your opinion...
BM is the best
and ralph lauren is rated as the worst paint in the industry.
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| Posted 8/10/09 10:19 AM |
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