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I have had great results with Resilence, will give Emerald a try when I run out of what is already mixed.
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I am a Sherwin Williams guy. There is a Sherwin Williams store just down the road from my house. Wondering if anyone has had any experiences with the new "Emerald" exterior paint line. Looking at this stuff over the "Resilience" line.
I too have had great results with the Resilience line. I don't know how the Emerald could get much better. I got reminded the other day why I hate Behr. I had to paint a ceiling that I'd rebuilt to repair some damage. I primed it with white Kilz even though the homeowner already had bought a white Behr product that was "primer and topcoat in one". It still had shadows after the first coat of the Behr and I had to paint it a third time to get a decent finish.
Home Depot has the Federal Standard paint codes in their computer, perfect match every time. Just bought 33446 tan.Stupid behr, well I went to get some of the green and brown but forgot they changed the paint. So looking at the green someone already matched up it looks like all they did was add a L to the colorants they use. So I got some samples made up and the brown was close enough to the brown I had made up last year I couldn't really see a difference. I didn't have any black made up so I can't really say if it matches the original code but it looks pretty good yet. I'll get some pics of the Home Depot mix sticker when I go back and get the gallons made up.
Emerald is their new "No VOC" line. It is not better paint, just less VOCs.Wondering if anyone has had any experiences with the new "Emerald" exterior paint line. Looking at this stuff over the "Resilience" line.
Resilience is still top of the line. The results I have had are stellar. See pics to soon be here.
That's all pretty interesting and could very well be true, but can you explain then why you don't get the same streaking on a house paintied with those paints? We are residential/commercial painters and I've never experienced that.The answer to why water based paint will streak when first getting rained on.
It's pretty common, beautiful Sherwin Williams or Behr house paint job on your deuce and the first time it rains there's these weird streaks on it that eventually all wash off.
Turns out that the universal colorant most paint companies use contains surfactant, and the streaking phenomenon is called Surfactant Leaching or Surfactant Bleeding.
One of the downsides to the surfactant leaching out is that it is directly toxic to animals. Like fish.
The good news is that Sherwin Williams stopped using surfactant in their paint last April. I haven't tried the new formulation yet to see, but there should be no more leaching.
I don't know if Behr has changed their formulation yet. Does anyone know if Behr is still using universal colorant?
Sure, if we had stucco houses around here, but most of the homes here are wood or hardboard siding which is a pretty smooth surface. Maybe it's just not as noticable on the houses like it is on a vehicle like you said.Could it be you don't see the streaking on a house wall because a homes exterior surface is usually of the textured type? Whereas a deuce is like a giant flat bill board with no texture at all.
Yes, that could very well be true about the porosity difference. As for the aluminum, we always use a specialty metal paint. Since I've never seen it happen in 30+ yrs of painting, I 'm not gonna worry about that, but I am getting ready to paint my 1009 and have already purchased the Behr paint to do it with. Think I'll go with my gut on that and not be too concerned there either.Also possible that the house surfaces are more porous than the metal and absorb or wick the sufactants. Does the house observation hold true when painting over aluminum siding or perhaps vinyl?
Steve
The Surfactant Bleed does happen on houses, just not as much. I was told this by the manager of a Sherwin Williams store who did say that washing the structure or waiting for the rain to do it takes care of it, which is the same experience as others here have had. A lot depends on temperature and humidity.That's all pretty interesting and could very well be true, but can you explain then why you don't get the same streaking on a house paintied with those paints? We are residential/commercial painters and I've never experienced that.
#1. Well, the biggest reason there are less brush marks is because you're not using a brush, you're using sponge. That said, the product Floetrol is designed to help the paint "level" out as it cures, hence the fewer or less visible the brush marks. The same thing applies to rolling, less roller "dimple". Also, using "quality" brushes and rollers goes a long way toward the finished appearance. Purdy is one of the best brands of brushes/rollers, but you will pay for it.A few questions on using Behr
1 -- When using a brush (I found that a sponge brush leaves less brush marks) do you thin the paint, if so how much and with what ( I have heard of people using denatured alcohol ???
2 -- When sparying, how much pressure is used and how much do you THIN the paint and with what ?????
Sorry about the spelling, Google Spell Check does not seem to work with the non-upgrade CHANGE
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