Olympic Brand paint

[caper150]

I was at Lowes yesterday and they had 5 Gal pails of Olympic brand primer on clerence for $17.00. I usually use Behr products and have never used Olympic, just wondering how good it is??

 

[usmc_noma]

i've got olympic paint on a couple rooms in my home. it's lasted two years so far with kids so i can't complain.

 

[Dolfan]

I used the egg shell finish on my entire basement build that was about 1800 sq ft of floor space and the stuff still looks good after 5 years, but it gets limited UV I guess in the basement.

 

[sharpshooter]

Used it for about 2000 sq ft .. holdin up decent

 

[loj]

Five gallons of primer for $17? Get it!

Have them tint it to whatever color you're using and do all but the top coat in primer. You've just saved a buttload on paint.

 

[mikeatrpi]

I guess I'm a sucker for painting my interior with benjamin moore!

I did some ceilings and a few closets with Olympic ceiling paint, and it is extremely thin going on. By the way is it PVA primer meant for bare drywall?

 

[caper150]

yes it was PVA Primer

 

[loj]

I picked up two 5 gallon pails for $6.24 a piece today.

 

[Michal]

I thought it went on thick. It get sticky/gooey fast a and it ripped the paper off my old drywall. If you're putting it on new drywall or paint it's great though.

 

[caper150]

Well I went back tonight to get it for $17 since it was such a great price and guess what ....they lowered the price to $9.99 so I bought 2