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While we grew up with the oil based formulation, Benjamin Moore Waterborne Satin Impervo has become like a favorite old comfortable pair of sneakers to us. We use many trim paints for different situations, but when a customer specifies Ben Moore paints for their project, 314 is the trim paint we use. User Friendly It […]

More Robust than Standard Trim Paint Pro painters run into all sorts of cabinet finishing situations. It’s a broad category, ranging from refurbishing outdated existing cabinets to putting custom finishes on new ones. Product selection for cabinets can be challenging. Not everyone wants to get into lacquers or solvent based coatings. Insl-x Cabinet Coat is […]

To be a painter these days, one has to be able to create many types of finishes in a variety of situations. Knowing which products and tools to use is a big part of that. Producing a trim or cabinet grade finish that looks sprayed without needing to set up a sprayer (and clean it […]

Oil-Based Primer: Still Necessary Sometimes Over the past decade, we have shifted heavily from oil based paints and primers to latex technologies. We’ve tested and used many of the current generation of latex primers, always looking for one that can meet our interior and exterior priming needs. However, there are still times when oil is […]

Earlier this year we partnered with Journal of Light Construction magazine to create a feature article on proper prep and finishing steps for paint grade trim.  Folks in the trades argue in jest all the time about which trade is the most important. We, of course, argue that it’s the painters because we get the […]