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Originally Posted by aklim
I can't afford contractor grade paint though. I bought "America's Best" from Home Depot thinking it was ok paint. Made by Glidden. Boy, was I wrong. Guy who was painting it for me called me in to look at it. He painted one coat in front of me and the wall seemed to suck in the paint. Same with coat 2 and 3. We brought the rest back to HD and got Behr and the first coat took.
Actually, that is the wife's job. She gets the colors and I simply get the material. Once I settle on the type of paint, she goes to work picking out the colors. If it were up to me, everything would be white and high gloss.
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I was probably unclear. By "contractor grade" I was referring to the original paint and wall texture put on by many home builders, not a professional paint job by dedicated painters. As you described, with the flat paint that wipes off with a damp cloth.
I don't know if it's the knockdown "orange peel" texture that gets sprayed on, or the lack of primer or base coat, but re-painting from the original stuff seems to be a lot harder than expected with the surfaces sucking in the paint and exposing other flaws in the finish.
Benjamin Moore ranks highly including by Popular Mechanics with a sandpaper test, but high priced:
http://www.consumersearch.com/interior-paint/benjamin-moore-aura#1
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/4248478
$20/ gallon difference between low and high cost paints. I'd pay $20 just to avoid one more trip to the store.