Thanks to a recommendation from my sister, Kathy, several years ago, I mostly use Wal-Mart’s Color Place paint. I have generally been very happy with this particular brand of paint. It covers fairly well and it is less than $15 per gallon. YEAH! I know it is not at all considered a high quality paint. I have used the more expensive brands that cost $40 per gallon and upward and I can honestly say I can’t tell the difference with how easily it applies or with how it wears. As often as I change may paint color (historically every 3-4 years) it has served me well.
I would probably recommend a higher quality paint for exterior use. This might be a good interior paint, but my labor is worth something. I can paint most rooms in a day or less depending on the size of the room, but the exterior of the house takes several days to paint. If it didn’t hold up well, that’s a lot of labor to repaint it. It might be just fine, but I’m personally not willing to take the risk.
The color I have been using a lot of lately is called Hot Cafe Au Lait. As I work my way from room to room, I test a little section and it seems to go with everything. It is a very good medium toned neutral and I haven’t been unhappy with my choice yet.
Hot Cafe Au Lait
But frustrating moments are bound to happen to any avid DIY’er. You all know that Tanner painted the laundry room for me a while back but didn’t get to cutting in. Even though the wood work and cabinets are not installed, I still wanted the room to look a little more completed by finishing the brush work next to the ceiling and in the corners. He had used almost an entire gallon of paint with just a little bit left in the bottom of the can. I finished the can and need just a tiny bit more to complete the job. I had another gallon sitting around ready for my next room. I opened the can and stirred it very well. After the paint dried, IT WAS NOT THE EXACT SAME COLOR.
The tile is done and I thought the paint was done. Now the only option I can think of is to repaint the whole room again. I’m not saying that it is the fault of the Wal-mart paint as this has happened with other brands as well. The experts all say to mix numerous gallons together in a 5 gallon bucket. This works great if you know exactly how much paint you will use, but what about when you think you will only need a gallon and you end up needing just a bit more? Not a practical suggestion in this situation. What are your painting mis-haps?
This happened to us. We had a light beige color we used in our living, hallway and ran out before we got to the bathroom. We got another gallon and it's a completely different color, much lighter! Since it was in the bathroom it worked fine...until we needed to touch up some spots. We're getting ready to repaint all these rooms and we plan to use a 5 gallon bucket this time! I'm glad to know you like Wal-Mart's Color Place because that's what we'd planned to get!
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting to get some more paint but Walmart has had a paint shortage as of late. Every time I go in they are out of the medium base satin paint. It seems to be a city wide shortage. I did notice that they had the 5 gallon buckets of it and am tempted to get that.
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