Best Exterior Paint under $20-$25/gallon - DIY Home …
May 19, 2011 · I'm looking for the best bang for my buck for $20-$25 per gallon. If that was my budget then I would go with Pittsburgh Speedhide. It's in the low to mid $20 a gallon and has pretty decent perfomance. Latex Primer: Good for Drywall, that's about it. Behr Paint: The plastic buckets are good, that's about it.
best exterior paint? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
May 19, 2009 · Best Exterior Paint Ill ad a little here I have been in the business for over 30 years and have lived in SW florida for over 20 and the best product I have used is Porter's Acryshield I have houses I painted down here 7-8 years ago and still look great!
Costco Paint any good?? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
May 11, 2011 · viking80 said: Costco paint is made by DuPont and is 100% acrylic. That already puts it in a top quality spot. Secondly it has a very high pigment count, so the white will be very white, even with a thin coat. I had used the expensive Benjamin Moore white, but the costco paint was a lot whiter. Now the old Benjamin Moore looked gray compared.
Kilz vs Sherwin Williams Paint - DIY Home Improvement Forum
May 16, 2009 · KILZ 2 or 3 are easily the best for sealing and priming old, raw or dry-rotted exterior wood ... but it is NOT a paint. Did exactly that 2 1/2 years ago on my sister's ancient old fence, severely dri-rotted. It took me about 1/3rd of a gallon of the KILZ-2 ... and I finished it with the best-quality and longest-lasting exterior paint, a Sherwin ...
MAB Seashore exterior paint - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Sep 18, 2017 · mark sr. 18346 posts · Joined 2017. #2 · Sep 18, 2017. Probably best to go to a SWP store and ask. While I've used MAB coatings in the past [as an employee] most of it was limited to their cheapest paints. Reply Like. This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread.
Home Depot discontinues FLAT paint - DIY Home Improvement …
Mar 26, 2021 · Box stores do NOT have the cheapest paint, contrary to popular belief. All paint stores have different grades, including production line, cheap garbage paint. Sherwin has several of lines of super cheap paints for new construction, apartments and rentals. Even super-hide from BM is pretty cheap. Another myth is that eggshell doesnt touch up.
Behr Premium Plus or S/W Super Paint? - DIY Home Improvement …
Jun 22, 2010 · hennyh. 295 posts · Joined 2006. #2 · Jun 22, 2010. Behr has a terrible reputation relative to SW and BM. I'd feel much better with SW Superpaint. Maybe Behr finally produced a decent paint but there's no way I'd risk it given their tainted reputation.
Primer for exterior trim - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Jun 4, 2020 · So my approach will be: 1) Primer for any bare wood 2) 2 coats latex exterior paint. Unless someone talks me out of oil primer, I will probably use the SWP All-Purpose Enamel oil primer (if my store has quarts) or the SWP Fast Drying Oil primer. For topcoat, SWP A100 Exterior Acrylic Latex in satin. Reply Like. C.
Fungicide or microban paints to inhibit exterior mold?
Dec 25, 2009 · housepaintingny. 1053 posts · Joined 2009. #5 · Dec 25, 2009. Bleach and water will remove the mold/mildew spores, but there are some natural remedies such as using baking soda or vinegar. I would use simple green paint prep, mold, mildew remover its biodegradable, green, won't harm you, pets, or plants.
Straight answer please - Benjamin Moore vs Behr
Jan 10, 2021 · Their premium paint. Great stuff. Even where I inadvertently sprayed way too much paint in the eaves, it sagged but didn’t run. With as much time invested in prepping a house for paint, a few hundred dollars difference is a no brainer. Ironically, ameteur DIYers often choose the cheapest products, which are the hardest to use.