SteveKuhn
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"...The paint I used was Sherwin William (Regal Select, high build exterior flat finish) it is acrylic..."
First, those pictures helped me a lot. Not to be argumentative, but Regal is a Ben Moore line as the label attests. 'River Rock' is a great color I know well from last week, hence all my questions. We tried to use it for the base of the formula I'm working on but even darkened it came out too light and too green under sunlight and at most angles. The result was really very good, but not what I wanted for restoration.
We tried again using only black, red oxide and yellow oxide and it's so close that I had say leave it there for now.
Regal happens to be a very good line of paint. I'm playing with their Ben housepaint, Patio/Deck, and SuperSpec (formerly 'IronClad') lines (alkyd and acrylic) for mine.
It's my considered opinion, after using both the HD and Lowes base brands, that the premium lines like BMoore and probably SWilliams are worth the extra $ per gallon due to faster curing, particularly in dark colors. Behr documents their slower dark color curing times. I used it for a dog training floor in a greenish-black and it took about 3 weeks to become truly usable without touchup after every class.
It would be fine in the drier southwest, but in humid areas like I'm in, curing is a big deal. BMoore is safe against light/moderate rain in about 4 - 6 hours.
As an aside, I'm also trying something I picked up from a hot rod forum - wiping down alkyd with Wilbond (liquid sandpaper) to dull the glossier finish. Jury is still out because I'm not sure how even I can get the result.
Thanks for the followup post.
First, those pictures helped me a lot. Not to be argumentative, but Regal is a Ben Moore line as the label attests. 'River Rock' is a great color I know well from last week, hence all my questions. We tried to use it for the base of the formula I'm working on but even darkened it came out too light and too green under sunlight and at most angles. The result was really very good, but not what I wanted for restoration.
We tried again using only black, red oxide and yellow oxide and it's so close that I had say leave it there for now.
Regal happens to be a very good line of paint. I'm playing with their Ben housepaint, Patio/Deck, and SuperSpec (formerly 'IronClad') lines (alkyd and acrylic) for mine.
It's my considered opinion, after using both the HD and Lowes base brands, that the premium lines like BMoore and probably SWilliams are worth the extra $ per gallon due to faster curing, particularly in dark colors. Behr documents their slower dark color curing times. I used it for a dog training floor in a greenish-black and it took about 3 weeks to become truly usable without touchup after every class.
It would be fine in the drier southwest, but in humid areas like I'm in, curing is a big deal. BMoore is safe against light/moderate rain in about 4 - 6 hours.
As an aside, I'm also trying something I picked up from a hot rod forum - wiping down alkyd with Wilbond (liquid sandpaper) to dull the glossier finish. Jury is still out because I'm not sure how even I can get the result.
Thanks for the followup post.