As a professional painter, I have found that when it comes to house paint, certain products perform best for certain tasks and can save you both time and money and look good when you’re done.
Take ceilings for an example. Many painters struggle with lap lines and sheen marks and messing with those things eat up hours. The best product I have ever used on ceilings was actually a primer made by Porter Paints called “Blanket” (PP 1129). It’s basically a high-hiding solid white ‘block out’ primer that looks like a pure white blanket on your ceiling.
Do two coats and you’re done. And it can be re-coated in just an hour – not 4 hours like regular paint (more time saved).
The downside is it is not readily available unless your paint store carries it. That’s what I love about Sherwin-Williams. Not only do they have a store on each side of town, they have everything under ‘one roof’ that painters need. Everything from brushes and rollers to commercial coatings and more.
Plus, their paints have gotten quite good over the years.
While nobody would even think of using a primer as a ceiling paint, this stuff works and looks great! It leaves a soft, pure white, flat, even finish with no streaks or lap lines. You can tint it to whatever color you want. It also makes a great block-out primer.
Now the benefits to using this ‘Porter Blanket’ solid white primer is that it grabs tight to any surface because it’s a primer. And it can be re-coated in only an hour and coverage is about 150 more square feet per gallon than regular paint and it’s cheaper per gallon too.
Also, you can tell where you have to roll on the second coat way easier because the first coat shows up like a primer but the second coat looks like a pure white solid blanket if you will.