Shed paint

[CraigStu]

I bought a shed kit from Little Cottage Co and they recommend painting the LP SmartSide w/ acrylic enamel so I looked at L yesterday and found 3 possibles. Sherwin Williams Everlast $82/gal. SW Weathershield $64. Valspar Storm Coat $41. What surprised me is the price range. Do any of you have experience w/ these or suggest any others? 2nd Q is the floor. I have the framing done and need some sheets of 3/4" something. I was originally thinking treated plywood but wonder if standard t&g subflooring also painted w/ the above would be a better idea.

 

[txvwnut]

Sherwin Williams gets my vote.

 

[CraigStu]

I am with you in general. Do you have any thoughts on SW Everlast vs SW Weathershield?

 

[nadogail]

I have never been happy with the results from using the cheapest paint. Good paint bought cheaply has served me well; look for remnants and "OOPS Paint"

 

[engineer2]

I used Dutch Boy Maxbond Plus for my shed and it still looks great 10 years later. $55 per gallon.
I would definitely consider S-W products too. Similar price.
You get what you pay for.

 

[Shiftless]

I have never been happy with the results from using the cheapest paint. Good paint bought cheaply has served me well; look for remnants and "OOPS Paint"

I’m with nadogail on that. I get a small discount off retail at my local Benjamin Moore dealer. Knowledgeable advice and lightning fast service whenever I walk in.
Good advice about the “opps” or mismatched paint. If you only need a couple of gallons for your project, and aren’t too fussy about color, you can buy 2 or three gallons of top quality paint that got mixed wrong and blend them together. You’ll save at least $100.

 

[jack stand]

More than once "Oops" paint settled a disagreement between me and my lovely wife!

 

[kaehlin]

As others have said, quality paint is worth it. Oops is a good suggestion to save money if you can find a good color. Surface prep is more important than anything else.

 

[wolfhawk73]

I've found that the good stuff is always worth it. It holds up to the weather better, maintaining gloss and color retention as well as adhesion. Wash it down once a year, and it should last a decade.

Of course, my cousin has been in sales with PPG for 30 years, so I get his discount.

 

[MovingAlong]

More than once "Oops" paint settled a disagreement between me and my lovely wife!

Disagreements with the wife is often what leads to "oops" paint being available for others!

 

[caleb383]

I bought a shed kit from Little Cottage Co and they recommend painting the LP SmartSide w/ acrylic enamel so I looked at L yesterday and found 3 possibles. Sherwin Williams Everlast $82/gal. SW Weathershield $64. Valspar Storm Coat $41. What surprised me is the price range. Do any of you have experience w/ these or suggest any others? 2nd Q is the floor. I have the framing done and need some sheets of 3/4" something. I was originally thinking treated plywood but wonder if standard t&g subflooring also painted w/ the above would be a better idea.

The price differences for exterior paint usually come down to the solids content and how long they resist fading. For the floor, using standard tongue and groove subflooring is a solid choice if you seal it thoroughly, but treated plywood gives better peace of mind against moisture.

 

[Skooterj]

More than once "Oops" paint settled a disagreement between me and my lovely wife!

Yeah, I bought a gallon of "Oops" paint from Lowes to cover some possible lead paint in a cellar of a house I was selling and the buyers FHA loan required all lead paint to be covered or scraped off, even in my cellar and even without knowing for sure it contained lead. So I just wanted the cheapest, did not care about color at all. I did care that once I got home, the can was 90% water. Someone had obviously used the entire gallon and refilled it with water before returning it to Lowes. Now I always make sure to have someone open the paint before I buy it. I ended up painting the cellar 4 different colors, and it was not pretty. But the possible lead paint was covered.

 

[67King]

I used the same stuff the builder used on the Hardi on the house. SW Superpaint exterior acrylic latex. I bought the T1-11 siding already primed. Took about 4 gallons to do a 12x12 shed

 

[nadogail]

I used the same stuff the builder used on the Hardi on the house. SW Superpaint exterior acrylic latex. I bought the T1-11 siding already primed. Took about 4 gallons to do a 12x12 shed

That is about what I would have estimated.

 

[CraigStu]

I looked at the standard subflooring and just couldn't get moisture damage out of my mind so I bought the treated 3/4 plywood yesterday and painted the edges. Today I am going to buy a $179 Ridgid framing nailer and $95 of 2 and 3 inch nails. I priced doing the shed w/ construction screws vs nails and nails are way cheaper. I have a brad nailer and love using it for trim so figure a framing nailer will be a great addition to my tools.

 

[engineer2]

An alternative to a treated plywood floor is treated deck boards or 2x6's tightly butted together. I put mine down after the walls were up.
Advantages:
Minor water spills (snow melting off the snowblower) seep between the joints and go into the gravel underneath. No puddles.
If a board gets damaged it can easily be replaced.
The building inspector thought it was a good idea.

 

[readhead]

My shed builder would always have left over paint from every building. They would dump into a clean 30 gallon drum and use it to paint sheds for lot stock. What was amazing is that no matter what was poured into the drum, after it was mixed it always came out as some shade of tan.

 

[BurtEggley]

Sherwin Williams is a great paint, and what I use and would use. Usually their techs will steer you to the right paint based on your need. However, if low price is the goal, and having many color tints does not matter, often counties have cheap remix paint that come in thru HHW that is inexpensive. Might check with Habitat for Humanity to see if they sell it there. Christianburg is supposed to have "recolor" paints. https://recolorpaints.com/pages/shop-our-paints

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I sold paint for 7+ years way back in the day when Sears was THE place to go for paint. Yeah, for you younger guys that may sound unthinkable but it was absolutely true back then (1970's).

Paint is just chemicals. Better chemicals cost more money, hence better paints cost more money. I know we all say things/products are not as good anymore. And that is true to a degree. But relatively speaking I think more expensive paints are made with the better stuff.