Interior Paints - It is not just colour that matters There are thousands of paints and hundreds of manufactures available. Follow these "best practice tips" to get the right paint at the right price from your local suppliers. The best bang for the buck is not in the designer series but then you knew that.
Think the designer or most expensive paint is better? Think again. Once you establish that all rooms are flawed in some way whether it be flawed walls, tired trim, or too much sun or mildew you can make better choices in paint.
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How you pick and what you pick is as integral as the color choice. We will share with the best choices based on type of paint in gloss, flat, semi and where to get it...
Rule of thumb
Flat paints are best for low traffic areas
Semigloss paints have a more durable finish but make sure that "shine" on trim, shelving and baseboards is what you really want
Choose your paint based on a family of colors - It doesn't need to match exactly with the sofa or the drapes
You get what you pay for in paint - Save the lower grades for the garage.
The Best buys in Gloss Levels is
Home Depot
Behr Premium Plus Enamel
Behr Satin -
Behr Premium Plus
Walmart
Kilz Casual Colors
Dutch Boy Home
Lowes
Valspar American Tradition
For walls that take a beating
Valspar (low luster
Kilz
Dutch Boy
True Value
For Rooms that get a lot of sun
Valspar
Dunn Edwards semigloss
If your walls have flaws stick with the flat paints on irregular surfaces. A number of these paints now come in the new containers which if you have ever done any real painting you know what a blessing it is.
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