MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Anybody ever tried this stuff? I’m curious how well it holds up over time. I am fed up and fired my contractors so now I’m considering coating the pool deck myself.
The Home Improvement Thread
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When it comes to paint, go to Sherwin Williams. Behr was sold out a decade or so ago and their paint sucks now.
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
I've been mostly pleased with the Behr paints and stains that I've purchased.
Then you'll be in love with Sherwin Williams paints. There's a reason why you only see homeowners at the paint aisle at Home Depot. All of the professional painters are at Sherwin Williams. They're also a lot better at matching existing paint colors too.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I like Sherman Williams. All the interior paint I’ve used is from there and I painted the exterior of my moms house with their paint as well. I hadn’t looked to see if they have a similar product. I don’t want just paint, I want a texture to put down to keep the concrete from being slippery and hot. Being able to cover up minor imperfections would be ideal as well.
They have concrete paint as well that you can add texture too. It'll be a better quality paint than Behr.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Cool. I will find time to go talk to them about what they can offer me soon! These contractors did such a poor job...If it's gonna be done wrong I might as well give it a shot and do it myself.
Oswego
n00b
Never tried it before. I used bear products in the past with good results.
That said now I'm using sherwin William's through my neihbors commercial account.
Somthing to consider if this is a project you can afford to "buy once cry once" but ive never seen any big box store products used on any of my commercial jobsites in all my career.
I see sika and Sherman w on everyone.
Key word being past. Behr paint used to be freaking awesome for the price. I painted a bunch of houses in High school using Behr paint. Then they got bought out and the paint formula changed. Switched over to Sherwin Williams and never looked back.
It also helps if you can use a painters discount at Sherwin Williams. I use my painters account #, put the account charge as my address and pay with a credit card. Then when he reviews his account, he'll see my house address and know it's me. But he doesn't care because the more gallons of paint you buy from Sherwin Williams, the higher discount you get. So my painter is helping me and I'm helping him as well.
Oswego
n00b
Same here with the discount. Not sure if I'd pay retail for it especially if I wasn't in the "know" of construction and wasn't paying wholesale
Guys at my local s&w are top notch veterans of the industry. Whenever I ask my neihbor "the pro painter" for 30+ years a ? he refers me to them by first name. I always deal with the same two guys he referred me to. I won't even go there unless one of them are working
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I’ve had good results from Sherwin Williams in the past, I will definitely talk to them before I get going on this. My mother gets a corporate discount there through her work. It’s not a big discount, but a little bit helps on a large job like this.
Oswego
n00b
If you have any trees that the spotted lanternfly will eat I'd strongly suggest you plan for its replacement sooner than later. My neihbors tree is fubar. Must be 60+ years old with a 6-8' trunk. Within one season they have pretty much killed it. He cant even park in his driveway because its literally raining sap 24/7/365.
They eat 70 species but their favorite is "tree of heaven". Sucks but that's what his tree is.
Those trees also grow in TX and within a few years the pests will supposedly be there
They eat 70 species but their favorite is "tree of heaven". Sucks but that's what his tree is.
Those trees also grow in TX and within a few years the pests will supposedly be there
TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
I am glad to here the good results! Ijust sold some SHW stock today at $310 as my first target (50%) of what I held. Now to see how high the rest of it does.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Picked up the HF electric pole saw, worked surprisingly well. My first battery powered lawn tool, I was hesitant to try it but it was $400 cheaper than a Stihl and for how often I use it I think it’ll do just fine. Still need to do some final trimming but got a big chunk of it knocked out today.
I have the DeWalt version and it paid for itself on the day I got it. Love that thing
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Same here. Used mine yesterday to trim some pecan limbs that got too heavy and were touching the roof.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I have the Echo one. It’s sweet! It sounds funny to hear the chain whirring with no 2-stroke BRAAAAAAA at the same time
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Got rid of the brush pile, burning live brush is always fun to send friends from the next town over smoke signals 
Came home today from work to watch my sick kiddo. While she's zoned out watching Bluey, I swapped out stoves.
Old one had a short circuit in the mother board after I spilled a tiny bit of water in the right spot. Not long after it short-circuited, it would leak a tiny bit of gas when you used the oven. Stove was a 2006 or earlier model IIRC so we got our money out of it (re-used it from my mom's house).
Went full Office Space on it to make sure noone else used it. I cut the electrical cord of it as well.
Installed this old gas stove from my new to me house since we're going to put in a Wolf stove. Also installed a gas valve as well.
Old one had a short circuit in the mother board after I spilled a tiny bit of water in the right spot. Not long after it short-circuited, it would leak a tiny bit of gas when you used the oven. Stove was a 2006 or earlier model IIRC so we got our money out of it (re-used it from my mom's house).
Went full Office Space on it to make sure noone else used it. I cut the electrical cord of it as well.
Installed this old gas stove from my new to me house since we're going to put in a Wolf stove. Also installed a gas valve as well.
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