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Bruce Brickman
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I know there are a lot of people are using Sherwin Williams but has anyone used water-based Ace Hardware paints for exterior signs?

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Bruce Brickman
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Preston McCall
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I stick to Sherwin Williams Metal Latex or One Shot oil with hardener for anything I want to last. Whay take a chance?

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Preston McCall
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I think, Bruce, if you ask someone honest there, they will tell you that someone like Sherwin-Williams, Glidden or one of the big boys makes their paint for them.

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As I recall...consumer reports gave that Ace paint a high rating...I remember being surprised to read that. But I have no personal experience with it.

I use Ben Moore or American Tradition by Valspar...The latter being the better as far Is I can see.

I'm going to look into the Nova paints soon though...I have heard nothing but positive things about that acrylic.

[ October 16, 2009, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: Jeff Ogden ]

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Jeff Ogden
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Thanks you guys!
Preston I want to use water-based to lower the toxins. This body seems to be getting more sensitive to them, maybe it's age but I need to start changing. I am fine with the small amounts for portraits but large areas are just to much even though I like the way they handle.
I would like to use Ace as they are a stones throw away.

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I can't speak for their latex but Their Industrial enamel (Rust Stop) is very nice. We have a used a fair amount of in the past on Poles and frames.

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Billie DeBekker
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I'm fairly confident that Ace uses Benjamin Moore repackaged as their store brand, since (at least ours) carries BM branded paints.

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Thanks!

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In 2001 painted a wall sign 200' long and 20' tall using SW Metal-latex. The lettering was fairly large scale, so it was easy to do with latex. The blues, grays and greens held up the best, but the reds required two or three coats, but were easy to do with little red used. OK. The sign advertised Plymouth-Chrysler and they are now Nissan, but the same sur name. They coated out the lower lettering in the wrong shade of white and then the large pentastar with another shade of white. They wanted the new Nissan logo up there, so I went to inspect it carefully, a month ago. The metal-latex held up very well with no lifting, but the new white areas are already coming loose.

I had a former Buick store that needed a blue stripe painted around the top of the building. 16" tall and down a couple blocks for the top. I used metal-latex and even improvised an angled roller with long nap on it, so I could roll it from above for most of it. The store sold and it is now a finance operation. They wanted to paint the building a light gray and used some commercial company. I drove by there last week and inspected it as one of their windows that I lettered was broken. The area where the blue stripe was, is holding up better under the gray than the rest of the place, a year later.

I have used metal-latex for years and even though it is more expensive, it has always come through for me in terms of quality. If you are going to use a water based product, try it. You can't eliminate brush marks or roller lines, but the stuff is stable and sticks well.

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Preston McCall
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
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