Comments on: Home Depot Paint Secrets

By: daemondust

daemondust — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:06:08 +0000

A properly calibrated color scanner should be able to get as close as any two batches of a color will. The problem is nobody calibrates them.

By: Silentsniper

Silentsniper — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:30:06 +0000

Actually, the paint tint machine that home depot uses now can get sherwin williams color on it. Home Depot has all the major paint companys on the computer.

By: 2Cents

2Cents — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:21:21 +0000

“Real Paint contractors” are truly wasting their own profits by purchasing from factory paint locations. The paints are more expensive and not open long hours and most weekends. Factory paint store paints are carried at Home Depot locations. ICI Paint is Glidden Paint. Marketing and brand names sometimes mis-lead consumers unintentionally.

By: 2Cents

2Cents — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:18:00 +0000

Most of the paints sold in Europe are manufactured bt ICI Paints, now known as Akzo Nobel Paints. These paints can be sold at any Home Depot location under the Glidden Premium Brand.

By: 2Cents

2Cents — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:14:24 +0000

Behr may not be owned by the Home Depot but it is their brand of choice dating back to the early store beginnings. Behr is great paint but the new Glidden line which is $2 cheaper will cover just as well as Behr Paint and has just as much TiO2 for whiteness. The purer the white the better chance the colors will match properly. Also, Behr paint is not exclusive to Home Depot only the Behr Premium Plus Brand. They do produce and market a product called Behr Expressions sold in other areas. It would not make since for any manufacturer to place all of their eggs in one basket.

By: Sigel

Sigel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:26:21 +0000

I went to the other home depot with a “regular” paint person instead of a “really sharp” person and she mixed the paint, double pigment, PERFECTLY!

Worked like a charm just like every other time I’ve asked for this to be done for the past 30+ years.

By: Kathy A.

Kathy A. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:07:55 +0000

Actually, the pigment will affect the dry time. Pigment that goes into paint is designed not to dry — otherwise it would dry in the tint machine. A base designed to take 12 ounces of colorant will also be designed to DRY with 12 ounces of colorant. A base designed to take 1 ounce of colorant will NOT be designed to dry with 12 ounces.

Room in the can, however, makes no difference. If it did, you could always remove some paint before tinting or throw it all into a bigger can.

By: Kathy A.

Kathy A. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:05:18 +0000

Each tint base of paint is made to take a certain amount of pigment and still perform well. The pigment itself is made to NOT dry in any reasonable amount of time (otherwise it would dry in the tint dispensers), but instead relies on the paint drying “around” the pigment particles. So if you’re using a tint base that can take 5 ounces of pigment, and your double formula totals 4 ounces, you’re fine. If your double formula totals 8 ounces, you’re playing with fire.

If your color is an off white, doubling the pigment is only producing a placebo effect. In 128 ounces of paint, you’ve gone from perhaps 1/12th of an ounce of pigment added to 1/6 of an ounce. If it’s taking 3+ coats to cover a similar color, I’d be looking at the quality of the paint, the quality of the tools you’re using, the weather (too hot, too cold or too humid will make you put on a much thinner coat) or some other variable.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:35:03 +0000

to sigel:

the associate that mixed your paint may or may not have known what he was talking about. it depends on the color, was it very dark or rich? because paint CAN be ruined by too much tint, and there is only so much room in a can of paint to add tint. since darker colors require more tint, a double tint would either not fit in the can, or ruin the quality of your paint. if its a lighter color that has a smaller amount of tint, then no problem, double tint would work great!

oh and p.s. you were right, the ammount of tint in paint has nothing to do with the dry time, or very little anyways, his arguement was invalid.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:28:57 +0000

some people make me sick. in my books, whoever posted this is a theif, no better than the lowly criminals who steal from home depot. to go into a store as a consumer/do it yourselfer and “fake” information to set up an account to gain a discount that you do not deserve and did not earn. downright pathetic. i feel sorry for those working at home depot whos bonus checks get a little smaller because of criminals like you.

By: PAT

PAT — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:03:54 +0000

WHAT MAKES A PAINT GUY A “PROFESIONAL?” YOU FELLOWS HAVE DEGREES IN PAINTING? DO YOU ACTUALLY GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN THE TRADE? OR HAVE YOU SIMPLY BEEN PAINTING “ALL YOUR LIFE”…I HIRED A “PROFESSIONAL” AND HE REFUSED TO PUT MY CHOICE OF COLOR ON MY WALLS…SO I FIRED HIM! HIS IDEA OF WHAT BELONGS IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD IS SIMPLY HIS OPINION SO I PAINTED IT MYSELF.

By: Sigel

Sigel — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:27:58 +0000

I bought some Behr paint at one HomeDepot store three days ago and asked them to “double pigment” it, like I’ve done at numerous stores for the past three decades. It covered amazingly well in one single coat.

I went today to another HomeDepot store and asked for “double pigment” paint and he said that he couldn’t do that because “there would be so much tin in it that it would never dry”. It seemed strange to me and I asked why I’d been doing it all these years, including from Home Depot and he shrugged & mumbled something about being “lucky” or something like that. I have now painted the trim and a door three times and I’m waiting for it to dry so I can paint it the fourth time.

I called the “acting store manager” and when I explained it to her, she said she didn’t know anything about mixing paints but that the paint guy is “pretty sharp”.

So, I’m sitting here typing this message while my paint is drying and the “sharp guy” and the “sharp manager” don’t seem all that sharp to me at the moment. I had intended to do about 5 other projects, not the same project 5 times.

So, anyone know why the sharp guy at HomeDepot can’t double pigment my paint?

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Time saving tip: if using tape, make sure it doesn’t pull the paint off that is underneath it. I learned the hard way. I taped the ceiling of my room and when I went to pull it up, but chunks of paint and plaster was coming off with it. The house is old and who knows when the ceiling was done last, but it left me with big chunks all the way around the room. I LUCKILY was able to match the paint on the ceiling and did not have to paint the whole thing. What a mission.

By: BlueSteam

BlueSteam — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:30:19 +0000

I paid a pretty penny for the top of the line Valspar semi-gloss paint. For whatever reason all five gallons (3 differant colors) bubbled when rolled onto my walls. I have painted many many gallons of paint on job sites–using cheaper paints and have never had this happen. Does anyone know what causes these bubbles? And the main reason I used Valspar was because they have an awesome website where you can paint virtual rooms and come up with great color combos.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:37:43 +0000

Mr. Anonymous – where can you buy the Microblend paint?