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Funny, I read the report and was shocked since I find Behr difficult to paint with. That is what makes horse races I guess.
Same here. Like many newer homes in the Southwest, the walls in my place are textured. I used several different brands when I repainted over the builder's off-white and Behr was my least favorite. Mostly because the paint was so difficult to apply. I used up two gallons in a bathroom where I was painting taupe over white. I bought the thickest roller I could find and still the paint would not go into the minute crevices of the texturing. I did not have that problem with Benjamin Moore, Sears, Sherwin-Williams, or Dunn-Edwards. I love the color now that it's finished, but I'd never use that brand again in this house.
Same here. Like many newer homes in the Southwest, the walls in my place are textured. I used several different brands when I repainted over the builder's off-white and Behr was my least favorite. Mostly because the paint was so difficult to apply. I used up two gallons in a bathroom where I was painting taupe over white. I bought the thickest roller I could find and still the paint would not go into the minute crevices of the texturing. I did not have that problem with Benjamin Moore, Sears, Sherwin-Williams, or Dunn-Edwards. I love the color now that it's finished, but I'd never use that brand again in this house.
My experience exactly, we didn't care for the coverage and it was sort of sticky and not free flowing. More like using maple syrup almost. US too never again.
I was always told to use Benjamin Moore, but a sales clerk at Home Depot was telling me that their Behr was the best-rated with Consumer Reports.
Wonder how this got the best rating? I have used both and Ben Moore wins hands down, especially in high-use areas like bathrooms and kitchens. I had a wooden front porch with a southern exposure. I used Behr paint and it didn't last one season. Cheap crap. I switched to Ben Moore which lasted much longer.
Behr is the best rate with Consumer reports. This is one of the reasons why I no longer look at Consumer reports. Behr does not even make the good paint level. Ask a professional painter.
Generally they recommended
Benjamin Moore
Dunn Edwards
The Sherwin Williams premium level paint.
Graham (or something like that).
There are a couple of others that I do not remember.
I bought a bunch of Behr paint for my house. I started painting but gave up and hired a painter. Painter's condition was that I throw away the Behr paint and buy some decent paint. I thought that was ridiculous, so I sought quotes from other painters. I got three quotes. All said that they would not paint with Behr.
I bought better paint and discovered one of the reasons that I had so much trouble getting good coverage and a nice looking result when I tried DIY. With Better paint, better rollers and brushes, and some lessons from a professional, I eventually was able to paint some rooms myself with results comparable, but not quite as good as the professionals.
Behr is runny thin paint. It does not cover well. It leaves swale and hollidays and other problem areas. It runs very easily. You need a lot more coats for the same result. According to the painters, it does not hold up well and often comes off when you wash the wall. Other than that, I am sure that it is absolutely the top pain available. Who am I to argue with CR (despite the fact that everything that we bought in reliance on them turned out to be a poor choice).
We did get some paint from H.D. with a designer brand name like Pierre Cardin or something that turned out the be pretty good paint. It was considerably more expensive than Behr though.
I still have about ten gallons of the Behr paint. I use it for things that I do not care about like the chicken coop. Mostly it sits until I get around to throwing it away. After 5 years I am not sure it is good anymore, even though it is unopened.
Last edited by Coldjensens; 11-15-2011 at 08:43 PM..
About 1/2 our house is painted in Ben Moore aura and the other half is in Valspar Signature - both thick and smooth - like putting velvet onto your wall. However, my husband and I both feel that Valspar covers better. There is absolutely no reason to pay top dollar for Ben Moore when you can use Valspar unless you like spending more money.
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