Jcb Painting is a professional interior house painting contractor. This blog is about the work we do as house painters and the products we use to achieve quality results.
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I can't say this enough. Use the bathroom exhaust fan. Let it run for at least 15 minutes after taking a hot steamy shower or bath. If the fan is old, replace it. It's a lot less money to spend than a complete restoration painting job. Mold remediation adds to the cost of painting a bathroom significantly such as this one. And it can be unhealthy.
It's a nice change in routine when doing an interior painting job in Norton, MA. from baseboard to ceiling and the carpet is being replaced. Which allows me to spray the doors, saving me a lot of time and effort. Resulting in making more money by the hour. Yes.
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| Prepping living room for painting. |
This job was a pleasure to do as the room was in great shape. All I had to do was paint. It is very rare that this happens.
There is usually some wall repair and trim caulking to do.
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| The finished living room paint job. |
It's a mystery why they would do something like that but they did.
Thankfully this Corotech semi-gloss is as good as the Regal Classic. Doesn't dry too quickly like their other semi-gloss products and levels out nicely.
None of their other semi's comes close IMHO.
I tested 6 other semi's and none of them came close to the quality of the Regal Classic. Then I tried this product. It is just about as good as the Regal Classic. Maybe better.
I'm glad that I can continue to do quality work on my customer's trim, doors, and windows.
Good stuff!
Another interior staircase painting job for Jcb Painting in Norton, MA.
Staircase painting jobs are sometimes a bit of a challenge. This one has an accent color.
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I have been using the "Regal Classic" semi-gloss (333), which used to be called "Aqua Glo", for about 40 years. Every time I used it I marveled at how good it covered. It went on by brush like butter. Flowed and leveled out beautifully. And my doors, windows, and trim really did "Glo". Over the years I received many compliments on my finished paint jobs because of this paint.
Benjamin Moore has replaced it with "Regal Select" semi-gloss paint and primer. This paint has none of the characteristics that the "Regal Classic" had.
This new and "improved" semi-gloss is a thinned-down, quick-drying, just awful replacement for the Regal Classic. And it costs more too. If you can't brush fast, you will have nothing but problems applying it, especially on a warm day. It dries so fast it leaves brush marks. This stuff doesn't have a chance to level out because it starts to set up almost immediately.
What I used to get done in 2 coats with the Regal Classic is now 3 or 4 coats with the "new and improved" Regal Select and it still doesn't look as good.
I never, ever, had brush marks using the Regal Classic because of its leveling out characteristic and more open time. The Regal Select does not have these attributes which makes it a poor replacement.
If your spraying, this Regal Select product would work because it dries so fast. But Jcb Painting does mostly re-paints in occupied homes so spraying is usually not an option.
This reminds me of when Coca-Cola changed its formula in 1985. That went over well.:>)
And as for the do-it-yourselfers, good luck trying to do good work with this semi-gloss paint.
Bring back the Regal Classic Benjamin Moore!
Stay Away. Too much money for an inferior product.
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| Jcb Painting just finished re-painting the ceiling in this pandemic movie room in Attleboro, MA. The ceiling was peeling everywhere between the joists and it was painted white which made the movie viewing experience a not-so-good one. We scraped all loose peeling paint chips away and sprayed it out 2 coats with "Tricorn Black" by Sherwin- Williams.
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