re: Paint: Valspar and Behr vs. Higher End Benjamin Moore and SW -- Opinions?

I had very good results with the Ace hardware house brand, Clark and Kensington, when I painted my house last year. Of course, that was exterior paint but it went on very nicely with good coverage. I would expect the same from the interior paint.

Did you randomly search "paint LSU message board" on Google?

I just painted interior of my new house with the top end Behr from home depot. It was a bad decision. Terrible coverage. Some rooms took several coats.

Valspar was better than Behr. We did most of our house with Valspar and the guest bathroom in Behr. The coverage in that guest bathroom was terrible. I think the Behr paint is watered down or something.

Our deck was finished with Sherwin Williams stain. That shite is awesome. I would seriously consider Sherwin Williams products if you can.

BM is best hands down, but as others have indicated - it is pricey. The high end Valspar, Behr, and even Glidden (box store brands) can give you good finish and coverage if you use quality rollers/brushes (Purdy or Wooster IMHO) and prep properly.
Many factors to consider regarding coverage (smoker in house, dirty walls, light over dark color change, etc).
Clean the walls even if it doesn't look like they need it.
Don't be afraid to use frog tape or an edge guard if you can't cut-in well. Have fun.

Yeah we painted our entire house interior last year. Did it 10 years ago with Behr. It took two SOLID coats. Used BM for most, and SW on a room or two, this time around. Still used two coats (always looks nicer) but could have gotten away with one coat with the rooms we used the BM. It covered so much better than Behr and still noticeably better than the SW.

ETA Behr has likely made improvements to their formulations in the past 10 years.

How does the paint with primer pre-mixed in do? I had high hopes for when I setup my game room

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I used Valspar signature from Lowe's last weekend and it was great. Got to return a lot of it because it covered way more than they said it would.

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So you were painting with an untinted base white??? fricking gross...

I've had two trees hit my house and do considerable damage In the last 8 years. I bring that up because the contractors both times used Benjamin Moore paint. I have all the cans and codes. Plus I get a discount for the paint by using their account.

Anyway, I can definitely tell a difference. And the price is only about $8 difference per gallon from the standard Lowe's and HD paint.

So the question is: How much is your time worth? Because it completely covers in 1 coat.

I've found the pure performance ppg for interior has been fricking awesome. Last room I didn't put down floor protection and had one drip which cleaned up easily. It covers great. Walls are easy to clean with my 3 little kids running around.

Exterior I went with Timeless by ppg and my exterior looks great 6 years later.