SHERWIN WILLIAMS DURATION HOME INTERIOR ACRYLIC PAINT: MATTE, SATIN, SEMI-GLOSS – Sherwin Williams claims “Duration Home paint and primer in one features exclusive cross linking technology that actually repels stains.”. I have no idea what that even means. But I DO know that this is a product people tend to either love or hate. That […]
Interior
paint
Paint and Primer in One
Sherwin Williams
PPG (PITTSBURGH) BREAK-THROUGH! ULTRA-DURABLE WATER-BOURNE ACRYLIC, INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINT IN GLOSS: We have been wanting to get our hands on this “breakthrough” product from the day our PPG rep told us it existed. Excellent adhesion to difficult surfaces? Harder than most any comparable product in it’s class? 20-minute dry time? 2 hour re-coat time? Virtually no […]
BREAK-THROUGH
Exterior
GLOSS
Interior
paint
PITTSBURGH
PPG
WOOSTER ULTRA/PRO FIRM- We call this the “Wooster Red,” and it is our most frequently used brush for several reasons. First, we find that the bristles are just firm enough to rides smoothly when cutting even over flat paint or other difficult to cut surfaces. Second, and perhaps even more important, these brushes last FOREVER […]
Brush
sundries
wooster
3M PATCH PLUS PRIMER SPACKLE- This is a cool new product, aimed at saving a step when using small amounts of spackle to repair nail holes and small areas of wall damage before painting. The advantage of this product is that it is supposed to show less “flashing” when painted over directly with a higher […]
3M
Patch Plus Primer
Spackle
SHERWIN WILLIAMS SYNTHETIC SHELLAC ALTERNATIVE- Writing this review from the walk in clinic where I am being treated for a migraine, I would have to call this the very best performing priming product we have ever worked with. This primer actually shares nothing in common with shellac, (it is incredibly thick, and not alcohol based,) […]
primer
Shellac Alternative
Sherwin Williams
PURDY ULTRAFINISH MICROFIBER ROLLER COVERS– We tend to use microfiber roller covers anytime possible. They tend to hold an AMAZING amount of paint for their thickenss, and roll paint with great smoothness and minimal spritz. The common complaint we hear about the use of this type of roller is that the finish is not as […]
Microfiber
purdy
roller cover
sundries
VALSPAR RESERVE- Valspar Reserve is the newest addition to Valspar’s paint product line, and is their flagship product. We have recently begun using this paint after several customers requested it. We have been very impressed with it based on two fantastic qualities. First, it is a thick paint which yields excellent coverage. Second, it lives […]
Paint and Primer in One
stain blocking
valspar
Promar 400 0-VOC Latex Primer Note to Sherwin Williams – when you make an AMAZING primer, TELL PEOPLE. Give it a cool name, and make the can look exciting. Yes, this is a 0-VOC paint product, which makes it safer to use, and the low odor is loved by our staff and our clients […]
0-VOC
LEED Compliant
primer
Sherwin Williams
Sherwin Williams Super Paint – We recently had a chance to revisit this old favorite in its newest formulation. We had moved away from Superpaint over the past few years, as clients have been regularly asking for zero voc products. (These products have been fine tuned over the past few years and provide excellent, consistent […]
Zinsser Dif Wallpaper Remover Concentrate – Removing wallpaper sucks. Badly. Always. Wallpaper removal is truly one of life’s great mysteries- you simply never know what you are going up against. Did the paperhanger use superglue as a prank? Did anyone consider sizing/priming the drywall before slathering the adhesive on and sticking paper to it? These […]
Concentrate
Dif
Remover
Wallpaper
Zinsser
