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Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin Enamel (Home Depot)
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Approximate retail price:
$33
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Type: Satin & Eggshell
About - Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin Enamel (Home Depot)

The Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin Enamel (Home Depot) is part of the paint test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, interior paint models like the Premium Plus Ultra Satin Enamel (Home Depot) are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.


Hiding:
Hiding reflects how well a paint covers a contrasting color with one coat and with two coats. (The one-coat results are weighted more heavily.)

Staining:
Staining shows how well a paint resists a greasy stain.

Gloss change:
Gloss change notes the change in appearance when a paint is cleaned with a hard-surface cleaner.
About This Brand

Behr is a leading brand of interior paints and is available exclusively at The Home Depot. Along with water and oil-based interior paints, Behr offers primers, specialty finishes such as Venetian plaster, masonry waterproofers, wood-flooring coatings, and cleaners. Behr is a part of Masterchem, which also makes the Kilz brand of primers and paints.

User Reviews - Behr Premium Plus Ultra Satin Enamel (Home Depot)
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(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
 
3.0
Easy to use, but you will use more.
3/6/2012
Pros
Excellent cleanup
Cons
Best Uses
Comment:
This product was a breeze to use. It didn't drip or splatter. It flowed out and rolled out easily. Brush clean-up was easier than any paint I have ever used. However, it didn't cover over a very similar colors. We had both a medium color and light color and neither could provide acceptable coverage with very little color change. When the paint is at this price point, you might as well get a cheaper one if you are going to do it twice.
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Bottom Line
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
By from
(3 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
 
5.0
great product,others need to read label
2/7/2012
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Comment:
covers great, If you read the label and follow recomendation from behr, no where does it say 1 coat from behr. The label states 2 and possibly 3 with real dark colors. it saves the priming step. All other brands state 1 coat primer 2 coats paint or 3 coats with darker color. It is a 1 step paint. the use of good rollers and paint the recommended method of every paint company and you will have excellent results like I have.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
By from
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
 
2.0
Disappointed with CU recommendation
2/4/2012
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Cons
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Comment:
Experienced painter. Purchased several gallons of light gray and dark gray with primer added to cover existing walls based on Consumers Reports recommendation. Part of the wall was dark green so I put on two coats of primer even though the paint was supposed to cover without primer.The light gray did a fair job over the primed walls. Still left spots that had to be recoated. The dark gray did a very poor job of covering a white wall. The paint was syrupy and took two complete coats OVER WHITE. Certainly not what I expected.Disappointed in paint and also with Consumer Reports recommendation.
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Bottom Line
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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