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Benjamin Moore still the only paint to buy? Mike Hartigan 05-21-2008
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Posted by Mike Hartigan on May 21, 2008, 9:34 pm
I'm planning to repaint my exterior wood trim this year, ten years
after the last paint job. No scraping or priming this time around -
it's just a little weathered on the south side of the house. Ten
years ago, Benjamin Moore seemed to be the only paint that the pros
would use on their own houses. Is that still the case, or has
something better come along in the last ten years?

Posted by Steve on May 21, 2008, 11:20 pm

> I'm planning to repaint my exterior wood trim this year, ten years
> after the last paint job. No scraping or priming this time around -
> it's just a little weathered on the south side of the house. Ten
> years ago, Benjamin Moore seemed to be the only paint that the pros
> would use on their own houses. Is that still the case, or has
> something better come along in the last ten years?

Boy, are you opening up a can of worms!

Consumer Reports does regular paint evaluations. The results invariably
come out that all brands are OK, but that some brands are slightly
better than others. The brand on top changes every time they run the
tests, because the manufacturers are always tweaking their formulas. All
the brands are usually acceptable. None are found to be garbage. These
are accelerated tests, because they obviously can't wait 15 years to
report on 15-year paint. It won't even be sold any more. In fact, many
of the particular types of paint in the test are no longer available
when the report comes out.

Every painter has his preferences. I like Sherwin-Williams because the
paint is pretty good, the store is conveniently located, I get a good
discount there, the people treat me right, and they have free coffee. I
don't use SW's contractor-quality paint, because it doesn't cover as
well as their other grades. I'd rather spend more on the paint and not
have to sometimes do three coats. If a client wants to use another
brand, that's OK with me--they just wind up paying more.

A wise painter once told me that with good paint, you'll pay a little
more, then repaint in 5-7 years. With cheap paint, you'll pay a little
less, then repaint in 5-7 years.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on May 21, 2008, 11:45 pm
On 05/21/08 11:20 pm Steve wrote:

>> I'm planning to repaint my exterior wood trim this year, ten years
>> after the last paint job. No scraping or priming this time around -
>> it's just a little weathered on the south side of the house. Ten
>> years ago, Benjamin Moore seemed to be the only paint that the pros
>> would use on their own houses. Is that still the case, or has
>> something better come along in the last ten years?

> Boy, are you opening up a can of worms!
>
> Consumer Reports does regular paint evaluations. The results invariably
> come out that all brands are OK, but that some brands are slightly
> better than others. The brand on top changes every time they run the
> tests, because the manufacturers are always tweaking their formulas. All
> the brands are usually acceptable. None are found to be garbage. These
> are accelerated tests, because they obviously can't wait 15 years to
> report on 15-year paint. It won't even be sold any more. In fact, many
> of the particular types of paint in the test are no longer available
> when the report comes out.


It does appear that CR tries to cover this situation by discarding the
results of tests on a formulation that is no longer available. It is of
course possible that a tested formulation is still available when that
issue of CR goes to press but no longer available by the time you buy
that issue.

Perce

Posted by ransley on May 21, 2008, 11:36 pm
> I'm planning to repaint my exterior wood trim this year, ten years
> after the last paint job. =A0No scraping or priming this time around -
> it's just a little weathered on the south side of the house. =A0Ten
> years ago, Benjamin Moore seemed to be the only paint that the pros
> would use on their own houses. =A0Is that still the case, or has
> something better come along in the last ten years?

You cant go wrong, all companies redo formulas to get better B.M does
it too. I wouldnt trust consumer reports on "accelerated " tests since
you know Bmoore is good.

Posted by The Ranger on May 22, 2008, 12:52 am
> I'm planning to repaint my exterior wood trim this
> year, ten years after the last paint job. No scraping
> or priming this time around - it's just a little weathered
> on the south side of the house. Ten years ago,
> Benjamin Moore seemed to be the only paint that
> the pros would use on their own houses. Is that
> still the case, or has something better come along
> in the last ten years?

I used Benjamin Moore on my exterior 8 year ago and Sherwin
Williams on the interior five years ago. I found the BM to be
adequate for exterior, the service to suck but their numbers
were spot-on. The SW paint was superior for my interiors, the
cost was good, and service OUTSTANDING. I will go back to SW
because of convenience, cost, and service for future painting
jobs.

The Ranger



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