Shee & Co., Sorry it took me a while to get back to this.... Skewing: I shouldn't have mentioned this goofy little point, but now it's out there! It's only relevant in a few "Real-life" scenarios. It mainly pertains (to ME anyway...) paint applied too thinly, therefore revealing a hint of the primer color. * Example: If someone uses a "pink" primer under Burgundy, the whole paintjob can appear too light, 'cuz the primer is too white. * To ME...Gray is more appropriate, 'cuz it alters deep colors the "least", if paint is applied too thin. * Gray primer has its limits though! If you're painting a vivid "Lemon Yellow" or "Basketball Orange", THEN you'd need a primer that's almost the final paint color! A medium-gray primer COULD give a grayish-cast to bright, vivid tones. Curing/Bathroom use: * Sorry Shee.....you'll have to smell for a month.........;-) * JUST KIDDING! * After 2nd paint coat has dried for a day, use bathroom as normal. It needs that 24hrs. to get the initial surface-dry so steam doesn't re-soften the paint slightly. * "Full Cure-Out" mainly refers to the complete dry-thru/hardening of the applied film...SO IT'S WASHABLE. "Sweeping": * If you're working L-to-R, the RIGHT edge of a "swept" section will be the wettest. * Therefore, you're OK to slightly work into this section. When sweeping your 2nd column, start from its left edge, overlapping into 1st column slightly. * Ease-off the pressure on your rollers left side just a hair when overlapping a previous sections' final sweep. Faron

Richard First let me say that Aura paint is far and away the most durable paint in the industry but if you want to look at it in terms of only savings which is kind silly since the labor is by far the most expensive part of the job I will show you how Aura s better. Example: Aura paint any color any finish: around $50 per gallon Regular paint varies on color between $30 to $40 a gallon depending on depth of color high quality Primer around $30 if you prime with a light color you can get away with 1 coat over primer, but always best to use 2 coats of paint since paint looks lke swiss cheese under a microspoe and the second coat of paint gives you a more durable finish. Therefore you should use 1 coat primer and 2 coats finish coat. cost for this roughly gallon per coat gallon primer $30 2 Gallons medium tan color $70 (35 each) This job would be a good 3 coat job for $100, not to mention if you dont wash rollers out and the time it takes you to do the other coat the price would rise. IF THIS WERE A DARK RED you would need a tinted primer and 3 coats on top of that costing around $150 since the darker colors are around $40 a gallon and you would need an extra gallon Cost of job with Aura 2 coats guaranteed $50 or $55 each gallon TOTAL $100 or $110 every time with either a white or the deepest red. The paint itself as I show in the link is durable enough to wash off black sharpie magic marker and cover it in 1 coat. Popular science rated it as one of the best new products of 2007 and if you were to use any other paint it would end up costing you more in time, paint, environment, supplies and in short you paint wont hold up nearly as well. Now I proved how Aura is not more expensive in fact is can be less money to use. I would think if you are going through the effort to to paint you might as well be prepared to pay a few more dollars if you had too to ensure the best job with the longest lasting finish. Richard watch the video below. The reason why Aura is better is the re-invented the pigment process. traditional paint with all companies use universal pigments to work with oil and water base paints. The is a problem y with dark colors that require more pigment. The universal pigment does not have good hiding and durable properties to it. the old universal pigments are great for manufacturers since they only need 1 expensive mixing machine to do all paints and the pigment does not clog the machines up since it does not dry. AURA PAINT partnered with the machine makers to have water injection mixers to keep wet to enable to create a water-born acrylic resin pigment only made for AURA. The result is you can actually use the pigment to paint with it's the same durable and coverage as the paint it self. Therefore, it covers 3 to 4 times better and holds onto the surface way better since it's formula is 100% bonding. it is even stronger then primer. Also the pigments allow it to be a true LOW VOC "green" paint. I hope this help richard Here is a link that might be useful: AURA NO PRIMER DEMONSTRATION *SUPERIOR

I really don't think there is such a thing as a mildew resistant primer and this makes sense to me as being something that is not needed because mildew will not grow on primer. The primer is under the paint that you use as a topcoat so when will primer ever be exposed to moisture? In order for mildew to grow, moisture is required. I think the recipe for getting your paint to hold up nice in a high moisture environment is using high quality products like a top line primer and a top line paint. You can add a packet of mildewcide to whatever paint you choose to use as a topcoat which should make it resistant to mildew or you can buy Zinnsers Bathroom Paint which already has that added. I'm sure other paints have mildewcide in it already too. I like hot showers too and I have a shower in a very old house with a painted ceiling in it. It's holding up great for 7 years now and I never even used mildewcide. I guess if you can have a bathroom where moisture doesn't sit around for long periods (it dries completely after each shower) then you will be good.

Best case they emboss an outline in the finish. Worst case they stick and peel off paint when you remove them. If you're never going to take them off, no big deal. Make sure they're not tight, just sit them on the paint film. Can always tighten them later. Because if you screw them in too tight the base of the pull pushes into the undercured paint film and you get a slight, mushy 'puddle' around the base of the pull. That puddle can create a weak spot for it to start chipping.