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Leeners
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Eileen
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Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
BM came out with a new type of paint called Aura. It's self priming paint and you can get it in Aura-specific colors or any of the BM colors.
DH and I used it to repaint our bedroom on Saturday and OMG this paint is amazing!! We were painting a medium gray (cobblestone path) over 1 navy blue wall (hale navy) and 3 medium blue walls (van courtland blue). The medium blue walls took 1 coat, no primer, and look amazing; the navy wall took 2 coats (really 1.5 - DH just briskly went back over it for the 2nd coat) and also looks amazing.
The guy figured out for me how much I'd spend to buy primer + 2 gallons of paint vs. just 2 gallons of the aura - it was only a $9 difference. No primer is DEFINITELY worth $9 IMO.
Highly Recommended! 
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Posted 4/23/07 9:26 AM  |
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MsSissy
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Thanks for the info! I've been wanting to repaint our living room, but have been putting if off because I didn't want to prime it.
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| Posted 4/23/07 9:29 AM |
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LA723
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Leslie
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Do you remember how much per gallon it was? I have to repaint our ENTIRE new house and am dreading the cost.
Thanks
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| Posted 4/23/07 9:58 AM |
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greenfreak
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greenfreak
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
I saw those commercials and the colors seemed so bold. Nice to know that they come in more subtle tones!
Thanks for the product recco!
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| Posted 4/23/07 10:12 AM |
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~Colleen~
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guess
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Thanks for the info! May have to try this in our LR.
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| Posted 4/23/07 11:06 AM |
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Leeners
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Posted by LA723
Do you remember how much per gallon it was? I have to repaint our ENTIRE new house and am dreading the cost.
Thanks
It is pretty pricey, but you get what you pay for re: paint IMO. I think the list price is $54.99/gallon, I paid $46.99. They always give me a discount - DH says it's because I'm a girl  but the discount is greater the more paint I buy. They have a 'trade' discount that they applied to my order when I bought paint for my entire place last year - definitely push for it if they don't offer it off the bat.
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| Posted 4/23/07 11:31 AM |
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MrsA
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Thanks for posting! That actually isnt a bad price..We paid $40+ for most of paint colors we chose from BM anyway.
I saw the commerical for this yesterday and was wondering how it would work out.
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| Posted 4/23/07 11:42 AM |
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btrflygrl
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Shana
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
OOOhhh...thank you. I wonder how it would be on new, unpainted walls that soak up primer normally!
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| Posted 4/23/07 12:00 PM |
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LA723
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Leslie
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
I agree, you do get what you pay for!!! Thanks for the info!!!
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| Posted 4/23/07 2:49 PM |
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2girlsforme
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Great information!!! I only use BM and can't wait to try this paint.
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| Posted 4/23/07 4:25 PM |
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MrsPowers
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
I totally agree. We painted out bedroom last week Saybrook Sage with the Benjamin Moore Aura paint. It was pale pink but still we painted with just the paint and no primer. We didn't need 2 full coats either. Basically we needed 1.5 coats too!
It is awesome!!!
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| Posted 4/23/07 4:54 PM |
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lucyloo
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
Pics!
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| Posted 4/23/07 8:24 PM |
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Ronkonkomonga
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Re: Product RAVE! Benjamin Moore Aura Paint
I wish I knew about this when we painted over "cookie monster room."
The last owners of the house painted the entire room - ceiling, inside the closet, all the doors this shiny cookie monster color. It took 3 coats of primer to get rid of it.
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| Posted 4/23/07 9:23 PM |
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