What kind of paint have you found good.

[farminghandyman]

What brand and type, (oil or latex) have you found to exelent paint, for farmsted buildings? Cost?

Did you use Primer kind and or types?

What did you paint over, and how long has it been on?

How was the building prepaired before painting?

Have a job and the estmate is at 100 gallons of paint ,

thank you,

[stanb999]

Need more info on what you are going to paint......House,barn,fence?

[sullen]

I used Martha Stewart (from Sears) on half of my inside house, and I would never reccomend it. Each of the 3 colors were not what they were supposed to be. The white is thin, the off white was grey, and the forest green is lime. So, martha stewart sux.
On the other hand, I bought 3 gallons of Behr "sunporch" and it is the most fabulous well covering paint that I have ever used. Plus the color rocks! If you are ever doing a dark room, "sunporch" is perfect. Not too yellow, not too bright, not too dark.

[Rick]

It is best to use primer from the manufacturer of the top coat paint that you are using.

Rick

Originally Posted by Gary in ohio

Most people who say they have problems with paint usually dont prepare the surface correctly for the paint they are using.

PRIME it when it say prime first... NOTE. Primer is not just another coat of paint.

[Oggie]

Originally Posted by sullen

I used Martha Stewart (from Sears) on half of my inside house, and I would never reccomend it.

I wouldn't recommend it either. You can only use it inside the house. If you use it on the outside of the house. A parole officer will come over and make it get back inside.

[Jolly]

I've had good luck with Walmart paint, back when it was made by Valspar.

For the absolute cheapest way to go though.....have a friend who has 52 rent houses. He has a deal with the local HD and Lowes, whereby he buys all of their returned paint for $2/gal. He then stores this stuff in his shop, parceled out as to the predominant color. Every so often he mixes up 10 or 20 gallons, and then stores it in 5 gallon containers. What you get is what you get.

Most often it's ok. I still wonder about the family's reaction to one particular purple house....

[DAVID In Wisconsin]

There are many good, reasonably priced paints on the market. I have used a lot of them. Consumer Reports rated Wal-Mart paint very highly. I used it on the exterior of a large home last summer at the customers' request. I found it to be a nice paint.

If you have a Menard's near you, try their CONCO brand. It's made by Sherwin-Williams. And it's about 1/2 the price.

Any building that's down to bare wood should be al least spot primed for best results.

[Jolly]

I know of one government contract price for S-W paint, where interior paint is just a little over $8/gal. One of our maintenance guys asked the local store manager one day how S-W could sell it that cheap.

"Well", came the reply. "We sell y'all the paint at just about cost. But all them brushes, rollers, calking and dropcloths y'all are buyin' is full list."

[MaKettle]

That wood that has been exposed and without paint for a long time will probably need to be sanded down to "good" wood. The soft outer wood will not hold well.

Type of paint you use also depends on the look you want when you finish. I used a semi-opaque stain--oil-based-- on my garden shed 15 years ago. It held beautifully for 10 years, then needed a recoat. I don't recall the brand.

[Cabin Fever]

Have you ever thought of using homemade whitewash paint?

[farminghandyman]

thankyou all for your replys

I have chouse to use Sherwin Williams oil base white barn paint,

[FarmerJeff]

What about spraying outbuildings...anyone have experience with this. I need to paint a barn at the farm next year. I would like to spray the paint on with a sprayer and compressor. Anyone have experience with this? Does the paint need to be thinned? What about oil based paint? Can that be sprayed? I figure even if I need to use a roller to insure good contact, I will still come out way ahead in the time department.

[sullen]

Originally Posted by Oggie

I wouldn't recommend it either. You can only use it inside the house. If you use it on the outside of the house. A parole officer will come over and make it get back inside.

OH man, u are so funny. Where are you appearing next?

[mtman]

i like behr paint allways was good for me