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We like Sherwin Williams' Ovation. Interestingly, we've bought this paint from both the local SW store and from Lowes; whenever we've bought this paint from Lowes it seems to be inferior even though it's got the same name.
We like Sherwin Williams' Ovation. Interestingly, we've bought this paint from both the local SW store and from Lowes; whenever we've bought this paint from Lowes it seems to be inferior even though it's got the same name.
I have never confirmed but have heard this multiple times that the big box stores have slightly inferior products even when they have the same name and brand. I know it is true for the Dewalt tools. They make a contractor grade and a homeowner grade but they don't specify the difference.
I know it is true for the Dewalt tools.
They make a contractor grade and a homeowner grade...
Nope. Not true there either. Or Delta faucets.
The accessories and trims and such that are included (or not) are the main variable.
These 'packs' get different 'numbers' on the boxes which will also vary by retailer too.
But the actual INTERNALS of a tool or faucet or paint aren't what is different.
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The topic has been exhausted a few times before.
Feel free to look up some old threads here or anywhere else.
The accessories and trims and such that are included (or not) are the main variable.
These 'packs' get different 'numbers' on the boxes which will also vary by retailer too.
But the actual INTERNALS of a tool or faucet or paint aren't what is different.
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The topic has been exhausted a few times before.
Feel free to look up some old threads here or anywhere else.
Maybe so but don't mention Delta faucets to me. We just bought one and not the cheapest one from Lowes. It is truly a piece of cra*.
Well, I'll be a dissenter, but my favorite paint is Behr paint and primer in one that I buy at Home Depot. I get the satin and it almost always only needs one coat. Really great stuff. I'm old and have used a lot of paint in my day, and I really think it's the best one out there. I mainly use it to paint furniture now and it even stands up on furniture. I even used some to paint the top of my workbench and it has really held up.
The top of the workbench was just raw plywood. I would pay top dollar for it and would choose it over any other paint now, based on my experience with it, even if it cost the most. FWIW.
^THIS^
Behr paint & primer in one is absolutely the best IMO. I've painted the interior of my house several times over the past 28 years and I wouldn't use anything else.
In the past I've tried Behr (ok), Valspar (the original cheap version which they quit making), Benjamin Moore, and some paint from Menards (forgot name) My overall favorite was Olympic paint at Lowe's(the cheapest one for $18 a gallon) and it covered beautifully.
Of course, they got rid of the cheap version and now call everything "paint and primer" which is ridiculous. If you really need to prime something, you would use a good primer like Zinsser or Glidden Gripper. I would never have been able to use just a "paint and primer" when painting my mom's fake 1970s wood walls.
I have to paint soon and will try Clark and Kensington from Ace Hardware.
Designers generally use Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams.
The only time they vary from those two brands, if if they are using a more expensive paint like Farrow & Ball.
Both paint brands have different levels of quality with corresponding prices. As you go to higher levels, you get greater longevity, less fading, better coverage, and they are more washable.
There's a very nice builder in my area that uses Sherwin Williams SuperPaint, and that's a middle level I think. I recently watched a video where they tested several paints, and the SW SuperPaint was one of the top two. It had fantastic coverage.
Designers generally use Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams.
The only time they vary from those two brands, if if they are using a more expensive paint like Farrow & Ball.
Both paint brands have different levels of quality with corresponding prices. As you go to higher levels, you get greater longevity, less fading, better coverage, and they are more washable.
There's a very nice builder in my area that uses Sherwin Williams SuperPaint, and that's a middle level I think. I recently watched a video where they tested several paints, and the SW SuperPaint was one of the top two. It had fantastic coverage.
I'm not saying that I disagree with you, but I'm not sure that a designer would be the first person that I would ask about paint quality. They are into trends and color and placement of furniture, not paint coverage or splatter. The painters care about that, not the designers.
Designers generally use Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams.
Most designers don't pickup a brush on a job/project- so that statement doesn't really hold "paint".
They do however, have sub's that they depend on and contract with on projects. Those paint companies/contractors have accounts with the major paint suppliers- so, whatever paint they're using is usually the color palate a designer will pick from. And even if they used "ABC" fan book for a color- the painter can have the color matched in "XYZ's" paint.
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