House Painter Forum
Professional Painters => Professional Painters and associated Trades Forum => Painter's Tales Short & Tall => Topic started by: Joshmays1976 on March 26, 2013, 09:57:03 AM
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Many paint manufactures claim their paint will cover in one coat, particularly the paint and primer in one products. I used to think this was a joke until I started checking my mills during application and trying to put it on at the recommended thickness. It really will cover in one! I just finished a big interior job where the existing wall paint was dark red enamel. We put one 4mill coat of a light beigh colored ValsparUltra and it covered perfectly! Since I have started applying paint at the recommended thickness the results I'm seeing are amazing! I painted for 15 years and never really thought about how thick I was putting it on. Proper film thickness is essential. This realization has been a huge boon to my business. After all, we pro painters are selling coatings and the application of coatings, not knowing how thick these coatings are supposed to be seems ludicrous.
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Advertisement of paint companies usually found void. use your own mind and senses to take decision.
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I find that Benjamin Moore Aura typically covers in one coat.
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One coat coverage is achievable with proper mill application. I still recommend two coat estimate, because i it does cover in 1 coat the customer is not going to want t hear that the price of the job is going to up. www.1stcoastpainting.com
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Only Benjamin Moore will cover only in one single coat.For others you need to do this with proper method.
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