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ModernStyle

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#21 · Sep 12, 2013

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On new production houses I like CHB for the ceilings, its dead flat. Usually go with Sherscrub flat for the walls.
Higher end homes I will still use the CHB on the ceilings but upgrade the walls to 200 eggshell.

 

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#22 · Sep 14, 2013

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Why don't you use a quality paint? work out a deal with your SW rep. I pay 2 dollars more for Cashmere than pro mar 200, and the extra coverage makes up for that 2 dollars easily.

 

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#23 · Sep 14, 2013

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mark DRP said:

Why don't you use a quality paint? work out a deal with your SW rep. I pay 2 dollars more for Cashmere than pro mar 200, and the extra coverage makes up for that 2 dollars easily.

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I've never tried the cashmere. What are the advantages? Do you like it?

 

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#24 · Sep 14, 2013

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I wonder as well. Why would you want to use crap paint. Spec a couple of levels and stick to it. I never pick a product on price alone. You always end up spending more time than cost to make it work.

 

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#25 · Sep 15, 2013

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I don't like Cashmere. I will use it in a repaint but not new construction, have had too many touch up issues with it.

 

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#26 · Sep 15, 2013

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Trim paint I use whatever is spec'd. One builder likes Pro Classic acrylic, one likes the alkyd/acrylic, and one likes the Porter Advantage 900.
I sometimes handles the service calls for another builder, his guys use BM satin Impervo. I used it when I did a few houses for him, for the money I wasn't impressed.
The builders here all spec one type of paint or another and that's what we have to use. Sometimes if a decorator is involved I get a little more of a voice in the matter. I have one decorator I work for who loves Sherwin's Emerald and will gladly pay the extra cost of me using it.

 

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#27 · Sep 15, 2013

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I have used the PPG paints more than any other brand of paint ( my supply carries) and have had great results.

 

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#28 · Sep 16, 2013

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Everyone here kept telling me how bad Glyptex oil is, I actually like it better then the Satin Impervo everyone here raves about.
There are products I have used and liked from all the major paint stores, and they all have products I hate.
All the builders here spec what they want used so we are kinda at their mercy. I did manage to get our 2 main builders to switch to CHB for ceilings, I get better results with it then I did with the SherScrub and Builder Craft they used to make us use.