Where To Buy Martha Stewart Paint 2017

Fred

martha-stewart-and-glidden-paint-cans I've been raving about Ralph Lauren Paint for give years — since I first used it to paint a beige dining room in "Dark Mocha" in our electric current home. It did that job in simply one coat, with one gallon of paint, and I was very impressed! We've since repainted that room (every bit office of a complete first floor remodel), and over again used Ralph Lauren (in a lighter shade) with great success.

Last year, Jocie (another author here at 1 Projection Closer) ran a comparison betwixt Ralph Lauren,Valspar, Duron, and Behr, and found that Ralph Lauren outperformed the others in everything except toll. She ended that Ralph Lauren was the best value when 1 considers that less Ralph Lauren pigment is required to embrace the same surface area.

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Despite our good findings, Home Depot saw fit to stop selling our favorite brand of paint and supervene upon it with Martha Stewart'southward new line of paint. Domicile Depot now likewise carries Glidden interior paints every bit an "upscale" culling to Behr. According to the paint desk-bound worker at our local Home Depot, both Glidden and Martha Stewart Living paints are manufactured past the same company; however, they clearly utilize differing formulas, based on our findings below.

Nosotros decided to give both brands a try before picking the best one to paint a loft at my friend's townhome over this past weekend. At our local Home Depot, Glidden costs $nineteen.95 / gallon, while Martha Stewart commands $4.00 more for $23.95 / gallon. So, based on price alone, we're expecting the performance of Martha Stewart Living to be about 20% better than Glidden. Ralph Lauren used to retail for around $28.00, and then both brands are less expensive than our old favorite.

Performance Comparison

Before committing to either, we bought a quart of each and tested both on sample areas of the walls. Nosotros used the aforementioned pigment brushes and rollers on both paints to get the all-time comparison of quality. Here'southward the pics:

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If yous look closely at the brush pic, y'all'll notice that the coverage of the Martha Stewart Living isn't nearly as skillful as the Glidden. Martha's make shows white streaks through the tan, while Glidden puts on a relatively fifty-fifty glaze.

The difference is less obvious with rollers, and we had trouble getting a picture that could actually bear witness yous the fine detail of the paint. But, in this example as well, Martha's paint didn't do every bit well roofing equally the Glidden. When we examined the wall closely, we could encounter tiny white spots on the Martha Stewart side while the Glidden maintained a very uniform look.

Our piffling not-scientific experiment led u.s. to choose Glidden for the chore. We purchased v gallons of Glidden Interior and were successful in painting the room. We notwithstanding cutting in twice in nearly places, but rolled the walls but once. The project turned out great. More pictures from the whole task are coming in a time to come article.

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All in all, though, we still miss Ralph Lauren. And the collective judgment of anybody with united states–all of whom were previously sold on RL equally the best paint for the price–didn't recollect Glidden was as impressive as RL. Just, it could just be our bias; nosotros've never done a side-by-side comparing.