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You will get back your small investment 100 fold.

Glad you are going with SW. We have painted our house with Sherwin Williams for years. I have seen comparisons of SW vs. other paints as far as coverage and nothing covers like SW. We use Eggshell for the walls and have been very pleased. Also, the Sherwin Williams store we use in Beaumont, TX, has very helpful and knowledgeable sales people. It's nice to go where they not only know your name but your projects and you can trust their advice. They even let us know when they are going ...»

It's the excellent paint, the variety of paints and the personal kind of service that keeps us going back. Their Purdy brushes are the best too.

I have used both and found that both are excellent. I use SW Cottage Cream on the outside of my house and it holds up beautifully in the hot GA weather! I am one of those folks that paints the outside a fresh coat about every 7 years. We have NEVER had one sopt peel! For the inside, I always use Behr because HD is so close and it has always been great paint. As for cleaning, it depends on your finish. The last time I bought interior paint at HD, there was a display showing the 5 ...»

SW holds up really well here in FL.

Sherwin-Williams for paint, in my professional/personal opinion. But for glaze (for decorative finishes) nothing beats Behr's because its consistency allows for longer working time and spread-ability. (That's actually one of my little trade secrets.)

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I haven't done exterior painting on my house, but for interior painting, it's Sherwin Williams all the way for me. I end up with 3 coats of the Behr or Valspar brands, even with primer, where 2 coats will cover with Sherwin Williams. As someone else mentioned, ask for a discount, or if you have a friend who is a painter and has an account with them, just have it run through their account and pay cash when you buy for the discount. My painting sub lets me use his account all the time for ...»

We've done the same thing, run it thru our builder. The people at SW will work with you. Again, the 30 - 40% off sales happen quite often and you can still get the discount. I've also used the XIM Latex X-Tender that is flow leveling and it allows for longer working time. It's good to use all the time but especially when you have older paint that has been sitting for awhile. I get it at SW and a little bit goes a very long way. @Leslie, I've seen a demonstration of SW coverage vs ...»

Both are good quality, but I will not use that paint and primer in one. Nope, just does not do the same job as two coats of paint over a single primer base!

Its really all about the prep that matters. While SW may tolerate less then perfect prep then Behr brand would. If both are prepped properly they should last about the same.

Funny, we too had trouble with that EXPENSIVE one coat mess! And we have used water based kilz as a primer for years and then just one good coat of paint...using Behr! I have no idea how anyone could have trouble with it? But then prep is the thing. We always make sure we wash down the walls, put a good coat of primer on any unremovable spots before we try to prime and paint. No paint is going to cover some stains unless primed...and certain ones can bleed through unless you seal it ...»

SW all the way...as far as primer goes stick with the "problock" the newer stuff is not nearly as nice. With a good primer base I have found I can get by with one good coat of the duration.

All of them give you what you pay for.

Basically, big box store paint is marketed for the homeowner to buy, which I would be afraid to let my brush touch (-;

As KMS wrote, you can get by with one coat, especially with Duration. The HGTV paint they sell is not that great but we have used it on ceilings. I guess you could put it like this: If you had a disease, would you want to go to a doctor who treated everything or would you want to go to a doctor who specialized in your particular disease. A paint store is a paint store, they aren't selling plumbing, garden plants, curtains, etc. They know paint.

Clearly Donna, go to paint store for paint, that's all they do.

One reason Behr has been successful with homeowners is because of its claim of being #1 in Consumer Reports. But, CR has their own quality ranking and does not use industry wide acceptable standards. Hmmm.

Typically 75% of our job cost is labor, why not use the material that will last longer giving ...»

Charles....think back about 10 years or more when HD featured "Atlanta's Finest" private label made for them by Gliddens. I was like watered down milk, and their claim of "one coat coverage" required about 3 coats. Behr, as I remember was a decent product until they became exclusive to HD.

Another fascinating area of the big box paint (HD, Sears, etc) is the constant push and change of names such as Ralph Lauren or Martha Stewart......is that product better the Ben Moore or Duron ...»

'Atlanta's Finest' and 'Sear's Best' paint must have been cousins.