This Paint Trick Will Make CHEAP WHITE PAINT Cover + Hide As Well As The Most Expensive Brands!

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How can you make your white paint products cover and hide surfaces even better? This short video from The Honest Carpenter and Oak City Coatings will show you a pro trick for making affordable white paints perform like top-quality brands!

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This Paint Trick Will Make CHEAP WHITE PAINT Cover + Hide As Well As The Most Expensive Brands!

There are a lot of white paint products on the market. Some are ready for use straight out of the can, and some need to be mixed with various tints and colorants.

To determine if a paint product needs to be mixed, just read the back or bottom of the label--there will often be a warning or notice. ("Base Paints," for instance, always need to be mixed with tints.)

For exterior repaint projects, Nick trusts Sherwin Williams Duration line--especially their "Super White" product, which has excellent coverage and hide qualities.

However, Duration is very expensive...often $80+ per gallon!

So, how can you get your basic, cheaper white paint products to function like a top-grade white paint? The key is adding a little more tint to the mixture, and in the white color/volume combination...

Nick recommends this mixture:

2 oz. White Tint + 1/32 oz. Black Tint per 1 Gallon White Paint

This extra tint combination will make cheaper white paint cover and hide as well as more superior white paint products. The additional colorants increase opacity and tone in the paint formula, meaning you can often cut out extra coats!

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The Honest Carpenter

[TheHandystanley]

Great tip. I do have a question though....what is the correct way of dealing with bubbles after paint has been applied? We had our house painted last year...shortly afterwards bubbles started appearing. Thanks.

[johnbell]

When I buy Behr paint and I just need white, I always get it tinted to Behr’s color White 52. It doesn’t change the color but improves coverage. Learned that from my old boss.

[brandygray]

I work in the paint department at Home Depot and we can absolutely add this to ANY paint... just getting the right employee is how to get it done. So if you are told that they can't, well I assure you that it is doable and very very easy.

[swaftbelic]

My dad was a painting contractor his whole life and would only use sherwin Williams paints. The difference between SW and Home Depot or other bargain paint is unimaginable. It seems more expensive but it’s really not when you fast forward 4-5 years later and the SW job still looks great and the bargain paint job is already fading, cracking and peeling.

[jameshuggins]

I would love to listen to a deeper dive into paint. My dad was an old school house painter who knew more about mixing colors than the guys at the local paint stores where we lived. Sadly he's been gone for over 30years and i wished I had paid more attention when I was growing up.

[tammymelvin]

I always have SW or HD add a few drops of black to my white paint. It also helps prevent the paint from yellowing. Learned this from my sister-in-law many years ago. Great video!

[budgetaudiophilelife-long]

🤗 THANKS ETHAN …a gentleman like Nick back in the 1970’s who was VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED IN PAINT who was in his 80’s back then and he told me that “THE BEST IS NONE TO GOOD…IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT “
So I bought the $80 equivalent and found out that it’s a savings in the long run and I also learned that it’s BETTER TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER 🧐😁😍😍😍

[skigglystars]

Always a well delivered video. Not once have I been disappointed.

[robinkelley]

I really enjoyed this video. It reminded me of the first time I went to get a specific paint color mixed. It was a Glidden color named "Soapstone" a very pale mushroom color. The paint guy put the first base white gallon in the tint carousel (old school) and started spinning, pulling almost every tint lever that circled by. I asked him if he knew what he was doing when he finished up with a squirt of ... lampblack ? .. mushroom .. really ?
Well, it was mushroom .. and that exterior paint showing off it's tint pedigree daily, as the house was literally a different color every day. Starting from every morning throughout changing evening sunset. Now that's how adding a little tint can cover better and stretch your paint.

[claudiamiller]

Great info! Always love when folks who have real knowledge of specific topics are willing to share them with the masses…it’s a kindness!

[littlejenny]

Sherwin Williams near me are the best! We actually have 3 with in 2 miles on the same main Rt. 2 have HOA colors but one has a bigger selection in store to buy or browse other products and equipment. The 3rd is for contractors and delivers to site etc...they will ship between them any product you need if one of them doesn't have the ability to mix what you need. I've been really happy with all of them and the sales people are knowledgeable and helpful. This came in when I was buying paint that had to be used on vinyl and asbestos siding. I even have my own paint color on file! Red brick barn :)

[jcagy]

I was a contractor for many years and added a defoamer to certain paints to prevent bubbles. I used white paint as a base and added tints for colors. The coverage was excellent. I found most paints can have poor coverage unless you pay thru the nose.

[jamodrummer]

This is a good example of why I subscribe to your channel. Thanks again.

[chrisgraham]

For any white, water based acrylic paint, the dollar store sells 4 oz. tubes of acrylic artist's acrylic paints in white and a variety of colours. Add 3 tubes of high pigment white acrylic and a few drops of black and coverage will be greatly improved. I've also heard of people adding and blending a full tube of acrylic caulking to a gallon of white acrylic paint to boost the pigment.

[bradleytuckwell]

I have gained so much knowledge from watching your channel. I love where your channel is heading and I’m so glade I’m along for the ride thanks

[danalaniz]

Experts always know the best products and way to accomplish things. So great that you have put together these videos using other discipline experts.

[anthonymotola]

Great info on this subject. I worked for Pantone for 35 years so I knew about the adding tricks like pigments and oils etc. but didn't know certain smaller stores can go the extra mile and whip you up a batch of super white paint on the down-low ! 🤔

[johnschreiber]

Keep on teaching us these things that we didn't know we did not know. I know I have used base white and wondered why it didn't cover well. Thanks 👍

[crawfb]

I worked at a Lowes paint desk for years. The machines will do manual dispenses like this of colorant, as long as you know exactly how much you want. I've not run HD machines, but I'd be very surprised if they couldn't do it as well. Of course you have to get someone who knows their machine reasonably well (not always a sure thing when management thinks that any warm body can be stuck just about anywhere and forgotten) and not sound like you want something crazy. 🙂

[samspade]

Very, very interesting information. I guess I never thought about adding pigment or actually needing to add as my shopping is grab and go. I now realize that reading labels on the paint can is very important. Thanks for the great video and education. I look forward to learning more.