| House Paint - which ones are the best to use? Are | | | | name brand, you also want to use the best quality |
| you starting your own painting or home improvement | | | | paints that each paint manufacturer offers. After all, |
| business and you need to decide which type of | | | | your customers deserve the best. When painting |
| house paint to use? Here are 4 important tips about | | | | rental properties, new construction, etc. you can use |
| choosing paints you might want to know more about. | | | | mid-grades. These paints are usually pretty good |
| These Tips Will Help As A Guideline For Which Paints | | | | performance wise. |
| To Use... | | | | If you are painting a fancy restaurant type of |
| 1. A Good Brand Name - Using a name brand paint | | | | commercial property for example you may want to |
| that is welcomed in any of the finer homes is | | | | use the premium grades because of the type of |
| important. If you think that people don't care about | | | | business it is. You will just have to judge each |
| what kind of paint you use in or on their home, think | | | | commercial job by who they are and what type of |
| again. Customers do notice brands. | | | | operation it is. |
| And since the customer that you are painting for is | | | | 4. Know Your Coatings - industrial and commercial |
| paying for all that labor and materials they will want | | | | contractors spend a lot of time studying and keeping |
| you to use the best paint available on the market. In | | | | up with coatings because of the unusual applications |
| my area Benjamin Moore is a trusted name that is | | | | they are using them for. |
| welcome in any home. | | | | While the residential/commercial painter does not |
| Now Benjamin Moore has different levels of quality | | | | have to learn specialized coatings as much we still |
| just as all the other paint manufacturers do, so I am | | | | need to know which paints are best for walls, |
| talking about using their premium grade of interior and | | | | ceilings, trim and for exterior use. Some products |
| exterior paints when doing custom painting in peoples | | | | save time and money and some make our work look |
| homes. | | | | its best as well. |
| 2. Supply and Convenience - I like to save my gas as | | | | Getting to know your paints, primers and enamels is |
| well as my time by not having to drive way across | | | | important. For example, now days with oil base |
| town every time I need paint. Sherwin Williams is a | | | | coatings being as they are V.O.C. wise, I know which |
| very convenient choice for a paint supplier because | | | | enamels are the best and easiest to use when I |
| they have stores at several locations around town | | | | need a solvent-based paint. |
| (at least in my town they do). | | | | I also know which enamels I like or that perform |
| I also favor them because they have a wide | | | | best for me when it comes to latex coatings. The |
| selection of paints, primers and professional painting | | | | same thing goes for wall and ceiling paint. I know |
| tools at affordable prices. If you need a paint sprayer | | | | what I like best to use and which products give me |
| they carry the best ones on the market as well as | | | | the least trouble or which ones make the job the |
| the accessories to go along with it. | | | | easiest. |
| 3. Commercial Vs. Premium Grades - if you are doing | | | | This all comes through using various products on our |
| commercial jobs there are some great mid-grade | | | | jobs. For example, once I find a flat ceiling or wall |
| paints and primers that both work well and save | | | | paint that I like best I tend to stay with it as much |
| painters money per gallon. | | | | as possible. If it cuts in good and leaves a nice, |
| Again though, if you are doing custom residential | | | | smooth, even surface appearance I will use it a lot. |
| work you are going to not only want to use a good | | | | |