Need an excellent-looking, long-lasting premium finish for customers that require best-in-class performance? New Emerald® Rain Refresh™ Exterior Acrylic Latex with Self-Cleaning Technology is an innovative coating that will help you stand out from the competition. Continue reading Premium Product for Premium Customers: A New Exterior Paint with Self-Cleaning Technology
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Extend Your Painting Season with FlexTemp™ Exterior Acrylic Latex
Working in a hot climate? Now you can beat the heat as well as the cold with new FlexTemp™ Exterior Latex with Extreme Temp Technology™ that allows you to paint in temperature extremes from 35°F to 120°F without changing application techniques or adding extenders. Continue reading Extend Your Painting Season with FlexTemp™ Exterior Acrylic Latex
New Coatings Advances for Pro Painters for 2020
Feedback from professional painting contractors like you fuels coatings innovation. New advances like self-cleaning and temperature-adaptive paint technologies continue to raise the performance bar and make it easier than ever for you to help solve your customers’ coatings challenges. Here’s a look at the new coatings you’ll find this year at your Sherwin-Williams store. Continue reading New Coatings Advances for Pro Painters for 2020
The Next Generation: These Contractor Favorites Are Now Better Than Ever
If you’re like most professional painting contractors, you have your go-to products, those you rely on job after job after job. So it’s good to know that paint suppliers are continually looking for new ways to improve these coatings. This article is a roundup of contractor favorites that have recently been reformulated with “Next Generation” upgrades. Continue reading The Next Generation: These Contractor Favorites Are Now Better Than Ever
Better Than Ever: Introducing Next Generation ProClassic®
For years, ProClassic® has been the pro painter’s preferred choice for many interior trim paint applications. Its hard, durable finish makes it ideal for doors, windows, trim, furniture, and other interior residential and commercial applications. Now, Sherwin-Williams has launched Next Generation ProClassic Interior Waterbased Acrylic-Alkyd Enamel, available in the two most popular sheens for interior trim work – satin and semi-gloss. Continue reading Better Than Ever: Introducing Next Generation ProClassic®
The Best Coatings for Your Exterior Painting Projects
To ensure a quality, long-lasting paint job, you need to choose the right topcoat. For best performance, proper preparation is critical. Here are our recommendations for the best exterior coatings to use based on your project and environmental conditions.
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Sprayer Strategies: When to Buy, When to Upgrade
Increasing productivity drives higher profits, and equipment plays a key role. Is it time to purchase or upgrade your spray equipment? In this article, Graco’s Dan Johnson offers expert advice and shares the latest advances in spray technology. Continue reading Sprayer Strategies: When to Buy, When to Upgrade
SuperPaint®: The Next Generation of Interior Coatings
Available now, the next generation SuperPaint® Interior Acrylic Latex from Sherwin- Williams delivers excellent hide to help make color changes quickly and easily.
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Upgrade Alert: Tuff Surface™ Premium Texture Finish Hides Imperfections for Lasting Results
The next generation Tuff Surface™ Premium Texture Finish from Sherwin-Williams delivers an even more appealing knockdown, splatter or orange peel texture finish to hide imperfections, helping to create inviting spaces and save professionals time. Continue reading Upgrade Alert: Tuff Surface™ Premium Texture Finish Hides Imperfections for Lasting Results
Looking Up: Engage Your Customers in Ceiling Painting Plans
Ceilings are often the less-thought-about component of any paint job, but helping your customer think about not only their four walls but their fifth can yield benefits for both you and your customer, according to a Sherwin-Williams interior design specialist. Continue reading Looking Up: Engage Your Customers in Ceiling Painting Plans
A Win-Win: Improve Profitability and Maximize Customer Satisfaction with a Harmony® Upsell
Cooler weather, football games, apple picking — and an upsell to Harmony® Interior Acrylic Latex Paint? Indeed, the fall season is ripe for many opportunities, and it’s uniquely suited to help you improve project profitability and maximize customer satisfaction with the help of Sherwin-Williams’ odor-eliminating technology.* Continue reading A Win-Win: Improve Profitability and Maximize Customer Satisfaction with a Harmony® Upsell
Don’t Worry About the Weather: How to paint with confidence no matter what the forecast
Worried about the weather? With Resilience® Exterior Acrylic Latex, the threat of rain or dew will not slow down or delay your job because it is specially formulated with breakthrough MoistureGuard™ Technology. Continue reading Don’t Worry About the Weather: How to paint with confidence no matter what the forecast
Properly Preparing the Job Site
Prepping the job site properly means your customer’s home will be protected — and so will your reputation. Continue reading Properly Preparing the Job Site
Deck Finishes Selection Made Easy: The Top 6 Stains and Sealers for Your Job
Featuring premium Duckback® Technology, SuperDeck® stains and sealers create the impressive results your customers are looking for… and the easy application and fast drying time that helps you be more productive. These six coatings will help you tackle most deck jobs. Continue reading Deck Finishes Selection Made Easy: The Top 6 Stains and Sealers for Your Job
The Top New Tools for Painters in 2019
Want your crews to be more productive? Here’s a roundup of the latest advances in paint application, surface prep and cleanup tools. All are available at your Sherwin-Williams store. You can find more equipment info on your PRO app or at the Sherwin-Williams contractor website. Continue reading The Top New Tools for Painters in 2019
5 Steps to Perfect Taping
All painting projects aren’t the same, so the type of painter’s tape you should use as well as how you prep for painting will vary from job to job, room to room, and surface to surface. We sat down with the Application Engineering Team in 3M’s Construction & Home Improvement Markets Division to compile this pro painter’s guide to taping. Continue reading 5 Steps to Perfect Taping
Top 5 Taping Tips and Techniques
Here are five things to remember when taping your paint project, according to the surface prep experts at 3M. Continue reading Top 5 Taping Tips and Techniques
How to Choose the Right Tape for the Job
Tips for choosing the right tape for a specific job, from the experts at 3M: Continue reading How to Choose the Right Tape for the Job
SnapDry™ Door & Trim Paint: Outstanding Results, Without the Wait
Professional painting contractors are always looking for new products that increase their job site efficiency. SnapDry™ Door and Trim Paint is one coating that will help you turn jobs faster. And now, it’s available in more color options, including extra white and deep and ultradeep bases. Continue reading SnapDry™ Door & Trim Paint: Outstanding Results, Without the Wait
5 Tips for Selecting the Right Paint Brush for the Job
A high-quality brush means a better-looking job with less effort. A good-quality brush holds more paint and applies it more evenly, which can save you time and help you get the results you want. Here are five things to look for when choosing brushes for your jobs:
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