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Perferred Paint?
Organic Jerk:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 11, 2007, 02:32:23 pm ---When people say spray, they usually mean with a paint sprayer, and a decent paint sprayer isn't cheap.
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Arrghh.. so what would you suggest for someone on a budget? Or should my budget just go out the door?
Are the smooth rollers a better idea for me?
shardian:
If you are on a budget, go to walmart, buy a gallon of Enterprise,a small foam roller, and some extrafine grit sandpaper. If your budget can't fit that, then yeah you better throw it out the window. ;D
ChadTower:
Depends on how picky you're going to be about the finish. You can get a decent finish from a low end paint sprayer if you use the tool well. It will never be mirror perfect, but then again, most people can't get that from a pro setup.
Many here have gotten quite good results from foam rollers. I wouldn't toss that out as a method.
Zakk:
--- Quote from: shardian on May 11, 2007, 02:32:34 pm ---The Behr argument has popped up on here multiple times, and there is always 50/50 people who like/dislike it. All I can figure is that their quality control is sucky for that kind of polarizing opinion.
Personally, I decided to try Behr in the baby room because their white is much brighter than any other brand. After 2 gallons of semi-gloss on a twice primed, 10'x12' room, I said screw it and bought some cheap Enterprise paint and covered it up. The stuff just does not cover very well at all, even though it uses more than twice the amount of paint other brands require for the same area. I definitely would not recommend it.
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It has nothing to do with quality control, it's a simple fact that behr only sticks well to certain surfaces (like unprimed drywall). For anything else, it smears, runs and requires multiple coats. The people that say they like behr paint honestly just don't know any better, or lucked out and painted an unprimed, unpainted surface.
ChadTower:
It seems odd to me that a mass production consumer paint would have trouble sticking to quality primer. I use Kilz on everything.
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