Category: Interior Products
Oil Finishes on Cherry
This stair finishing project has been in the works for a couple of weeks (in the context of an entire new home paint job), and today I had the pleasure of applying clear oil finish to the very curvacious cherry rail system that has been installed. Cherry continues to be my favorite interior wood species [...]
Products of Interest: Fine Paints of Europe “Eco” Series
New! Products of Interestcategory on www.topcoatreview.com! Would you believe me if I told you it was possible to have ultra high quality oil modified waterborne primers and paints that were rated for both interior and exterior applications? I’m not kidding. Read on! Friends, colleagues and readers of my writing know pretty well at this point [...]
Sherwin Williams Latex Wall & Wood Primer on Poplar
Poplar is a challenging wood species for interior trim priming and painting because it has a rather pronounced grain pattern, both in visual and tactile ways, as well as having odd color variations in the grain patterns at times. For paint contractors who work in new construction, it is a very common and at times [...]
Architectural Pergolas that Challenge Painters
One of the things I enjoy the most about working with architects, designers and construction estimators on projects is the opportunity to be involved in specification of finish systems early in the design phase of custom architectural features. Pergolas are one of those design elements that often look great on paper, but require products that [...]
Eco-Friendly Paints: The Green Elephant in the Room
The Green Elephant (2009) I wrote this article in June of 2009 for The Paint Dealer magazine in their Green Voices series, where experts from different aspects of the paint trade weighed in on the impact of eco friendly paint technologies. My piece called a spade pretty much a spade. Its refreshing to note that [...]
Sprayed Cabinet Finishes
Sprayed cabinet finishes are one of the most fun types of testing that we do because everything involved in the prep, product and material delivery system has to come together in harmony. And, the hands being laid on all of the above have to be, well, having a good day. Cabinet projects like this make [...]
Waterborne Trim Paints: The Future is Certain
I’ve been asked by alot of builders, on my day job and through online communities, about the new waterborne trim paint technologies. There is a lingering misperception that oil is the only good trim paint. This was fed for many years, in fact up until about the past five years, by the reality that latex [...]
Sherwin Williams ArmorSeal Epoxy Coating
Just over a year ago, my paint contracting company prepped and finished a 4500 sf concrete floor in a warehouse for a bread distribution company. Recently, at the one year mark, I went back to inspect the floor to see how it was holding up to fork lift, hand trucks, foot traffic and the hundreds [...]
Benjamin Moore Natura Review (2009)
Our review of Benjamin Moore’s Natura interior line in APC mid-2009 came after many months of pre-launch testing. The introduction of this waterborne product seemed to be met with some confusion from paint contractors. It quickly became one of our favorites, and, we suspect that many contractors ended up feeling the same. Since then Natura [...]
Mythic Non-Toxic Paint Review (2009)
In 2009, we tested Mythic Paint on several projects over the course of many months in the process of compiling a review. At the time, Mythic represented a new product technology in the low voc direction that the industry was moving in.
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