How many people out there think that paint is just paint, and all it takes to select a paint is to run to the store and pick up a can in the color you need? Truth be told, if you feel this way, you're probably in the majority. If you're not one of those people, you should be congratulated.
Beyond the obvious choice of color selection, you need to know various details like your preferred finish (flat, eggshell, semi gloss, high gloss, etc.), necessary chemical makeup (latex, oil/alkyd, low VOC, no VOC, organic, etc.), substrate you are painting over (wood, metal, plastic, etc.), and the brand you prefer to use that will enable you to achieve the look you are shooting for.
As you probably know, we've been working on the final steps of our new front door project for what seems like an eternity. After many, many hours of work preparing our salvaged door for its new home, we've finally arrived at the extremely difficult process of paint selection.
You might be wondering why this step is so difficult? Because we have very specific desires with this project, have invested a ton of time into the prep work up to the point, and we're terrified of making a mistake in the very final step of the project.
Wendy and I have been inspired by the extremely high gloss and mirror like finish on the front door of London's 10 Downing Street, the primary residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister.
Though it would be quite difficult to achieve a finish even close to this level of polish without a sprayer and specialized paint, we decided to try to get as close as we can with one of our favorite brands of paint, Benjamin Moore.
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