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I think I can debunk this: red paint for some reason needs more coats than any other color (house painter speaking, step back!) At least with modern paint. Bef
by edwardunknown 13y ago
I think I can debunk this: red paint for some reason needs more coats than any other color (house painter speaking, step back!) At least with modern paint. Before Behr Ultra a deep red wall would almost always need three or four coats, don't ask me why.
Maybe they went with red paint because it was cheaper and they didn't know they would need three times as much to paint it. But more likely it was because red barns just look better against a green field.
- loupeabody 13y agoBut more likely it was because red barns just look better against a green field. I feel similarly. This discussion of dying stars and heavy metals is interesting, and it certainly could explain why barns are often painted red, but I tend to believe that color theory has more to do with the tradition of red barns than the physical state of the entire universe.
- edwardunknown 13y agoIf you want your barn to stand out against a green field you paint it red because that's the complimentary color of green. If the field were yellow you'd paint it blue. Pretty simple explanation when you think about it, no need for astrophysics.
- icki 13y ago*violet
- stevewillows 13y agoCould it also be that the red paint lasts longer since there are so many coats?
- edwardunknown 13y agoEh, maybe but I doubt it, they could have used multiple coats of whatever color they liked. But farmers might want to draw attention to their barn and the best way to do that is paint it red so it clashes with the green all around it because they're polar opposites on a color wheel. Half mile away you'd see the red barn but if it were yellow or blue, maybe not.
- dfc 13y agoA house painter that is pumping Behr Ultra? Definitely stand back. Yuck. I am a benjamin moore guy. Benjamin Moore's Aura line will do reds with two coats of paint and one coat of the tinted primer.
- edwardunknown 13y agoBenjamin Moore is great but I get 25% off Behr and Home Depot is open on Sundays! haha
- anigbrowl 13y agoTry painting your bedroom (B Moore) Admiral blue. I'm not sure 4 coats is enough, even with the dark primer.
- edwardunknown 13y agoWith any deep color get that paint & primer in one stuff at Home Depot. I'm no pitchman but it's saved me a lot of time & money.