Hrm… Honeydo’s… Nice when you first get a house…a novelty. Check back with me in a year or so… 🙂
Picked up the paint last night, so I could touch up the places where the PO spackled the nail holes in the loft (…with white spackle…before the PO’s husband informed her that they had no more Ralph Lauren Hunter Green paint…*lololol*), so all the white spots on the wall are gone. I’m a little disappointed, because it’s not *quite* a color match (but it is very close…) and I’m not convinced it’s a finish match… I didn’t look close enough to see if RL has Matte, and Flat finishes, because the walls in the Loft are definitely FLAT. :/
Also on the list, sealing the washing machine tub liner (plastic thing that goes under the washing machine in case it leaks) with silicone sealer. It’s cracked in 2 places. 🙁
*shudders* RL paint is terrible.
The problem could just be the number of coats you used. When I used RL paint, a dark color, it took 4 coats to get the color even and right.. and then when we had to do touchups in some spots later, the color wasn’t right.. simply because there wasn’t enough paint.
Be careful, if its a dark color and they had to use more than two coats.. that paint DENTS and it scratches really, really easily.
I absolutely agree. I will never ever use RL paint again as long as I live! Which wouldn’t be long after I found out it was the only type available cuz I’d kill myself first!
(It took me 6 coats of a dark rosewood color – AFTER a tinted primer to get an approximate eveness. And I’m still not happy with it)
Well, it’s what the PO used… 🙂
What paint might you recommend instead? (since after 6 hours, the color is *definitely* different.)
6 coats? Oh wow. It only took us 4… It was a dark maroon/burgundy/wine red and I think if it was going to take more than that, my dad would have flipped.
We didn’t use the primer, though.. so it might have taken less. But, still. Yeash. 6 coats? I still can’t get over that.
I wish they didn’t have such pretty colors!
That’s their secret. They lure you in with those spectacular colors!
Jonathon – we use Behr. The plain old Home Depot brand. Covers beautifully, colors are the same from gallon to gallon. Any color you want (will color match if asked). And the color stays true. The bedroom was painted about 4 years ago, and is still the same color (hasn’t faded or yellowed – it’s still sage green).
My dad tends to use Sherman Williams (I have no idea if that’s a regional/local thing) and quite honestly, if you walk into a place like Home Depot or Menards and ask the people what they recommend… they usually give good advice. At least they have in my experiance (Which is more than you would think!).
They told me to avoid RL like the plague. I was in love with the color and wouldn’t listen. They said I told you so later. 😛
Behr is also one that we’ve used with good success.