BM paints vs. any paint from HD or Lowes
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Anonymous
I am a little concerned about the smell since one of the rooms we are going to paint is our daughter's room (she's 1). Perhaps I will just split the difference and do BM for her room and Behr for our (the master) bedroom. I'm curious to see the difference. |
Anonymous
| Duron. The middle range. Get the color from BM first and use the computer. |
Anonymous
I didn't have that problem |
Anonymous
 do you tell your dinner guests it's BM not behr, please wtf
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Anonymous
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I like Behr. I have thrived all the brands and they work best for me. I really disliked the glidden at Home Depot.
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Anonymous
| I really like Behr. We have used it in most rooms in the house. It goes on very well. Restoration Hardware is also nice, but pricey. |
Anonymous
| I do think Behr has improved over the years from the watered down formula of the past. Still, BM has a thicker consistency, easier application, and while it may not require fewer coats, it goes on with a more consistent texture. I'm not sure most people would notice a difference, but we have used the same color from both BM and Behr in our house (common areas in our living room - BM, basement - Behr), and the BM has a richer look. Whether it's worth the price difference is a personal choice, IMO. |
Anonymous
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I am in the same boat as OP. DH really wants to use Behr based on price. I'd rather just pay for BM, since we've already selected all the colors in BM.
For those who liked Behr, did you all use the Behr Ultra? Is there more than one type of premium Behr paint? If I give in to my DH, I want to at least be sure I get the right Behr. I'm worried the colors won't match right, too. |
Anonymous
| Duron was bought by Sherwin Williams and quality went way down. shame. |
Anonymous
| Check professional painters' forums. The pros will uniformly say two things: A) get your paint from a paint store, not from a big box. B) in paint, price does indicate quality. BM and SW (the good lines,not the cheap ones) are superior to anything you can buy from Home Depot, lowes, ace, or places like that. |
Anonymous
| You might want to take a look at the Ace brand -- I think it's called Clark and Kensington. Consumer Reports rated it highly, and Ace stores often sell Benjamin Moore so you can get the BM pigments mixed into a less expensive base if you want (though Clark and Kensington has a lot of nice colors too) |
Anonymous
Of course they will say that because painters get a discount and charge you more for the paint if they buy it from a paint store. "Benjamin Moore beat Behr by a nose as the top-performing interior paint in two of three major categories in Consumer Reports' recent tests. But when it came to value, Behr remained several lengths ahead." |
Anonymous
If you go behr make sure you get this one, there is a standard "ultra" which isn't as good BEHR Premium Plus Ultra http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/Navigation?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&N=5yc1vZbbbgZ95s#/?c=1&95s=95s |
Anonymous
To each his own. We love SW paints. The Harmony no-VOC paints worked great for us and still look great 7 years later. No smell after about 48 hours. Plus the customer service is fantastic. They have a whole history of all the paints we've used and if we need more they can mix it again for us without.us lugging in the old can. We had one can go moldy and over a year after we bought it, they still replaced the whole can. The sales guys will stop me when I'm buying and let me know when the next sale is so I can save money. Most of the paint we've used in our house was purchased for about the same as what you'd pay for the premium.paint at HD or Lowes and is better quality and we get the customer service. |
Anonymous
Just as things can be a better deal and value for your money (maybe a Toyota Camry?), others are just plain better quality (top of the line Mercedes?) Same with paint. |