Anyone using Ellen Kennon full spectrum paint?
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Comments (101)EK Stone on walls and cabinet fronts, EK Rainbow Fog on trim. Taken with artificial light and perhaps flash, minimal natural light. Looks very different in the daytime - the Rainbow Fog is beautifully creamy in the diffuse north light. The third picture isn't very true to the color but shows what I did to paint a shower surround in the trim color (since it was really just a bath surround). Not shown in these photos, I later painted another surround around the sink, which works very well to hide all the toothpaste splatter. > > >...See MoreHave you used Ellen Kennon paint?
Comments (42)Most of my house is painted with EK paints. The colors are gorgeous... 1/2 Mustard Seed in downstairs guestroom/bath; Cognac in LR/Den/Upstairs Public Rooms; Rust in DR; Honeysuckle in Kit; most of my ceilings are Dusk. No matter how lovely the colors are, I could never "see" the full spectrum magic that everyone talks about. I desperately wanted to, but can't really see it. I mean, the colors do have a tremendous depth to them. I thought maybe that was it, but that's not such a big deal. Then, my bf and her husband were visiting, and he saw it! He was just staring in disbelief at the walls, asking how I found paint that had so many colors in it. Then he went off on a long description about the colors of light at different times of day, and that he plants all white flowering plants, so he can enjoy the gorgeous color shift of light. He thought I was getting it, but I just said "oh yeah... I've heard of people like you. So, you can really see the colors?" Yes, he can see them. Nice, but it still doesn't make it worth the big price tag when you factor in the lousy quality of the ICI paint. It's garbage, if you ask me. Now, that I realize it's Glidden, no wonder... that's junk too. When I painted the Rust in the Dining Room, it was so bad with streaking and burnishing, yes, even after tinted primer and 3 coats, that I called them to complain. The folks at EK graciously gave me a free gallon of the next sheen up to paint over the Velvet, Eggshell, I think. That did the trick! Honeysuckle in Kit is the eggshell. No problems at all. The rest of my LR and Den is Cognac/Velvet. It is a disaster! I am disgusted with how ugly it looks. Cannot clean it, even with a very soft cloth with clear water. Cannot be touched up at all. I am going to contact them, since I am going to have to repaint the entire area. Will take 3 to 4 gallons, of one coat. I doubt they will do anything about it, but otherwise, they may have lost me. We are just 2 adults, 2 cats, and one little boy. We are not tough on walls. What a lovely, expensive mess!...See MoreAnyone using Ellen Kennon full spectrum paint?
Comments (1)There are a lot of EK aficionados over at the Home Decorating forum on Garden Web. I can't recall their handles right now, but if you post your question over there, I'm sure you'll get more responses. That forum gets a lot of traffic....See MoreEllen Kennon paint users
Comments (20)In my old condo I had several EK colors and had tested about a dozen others from sample pots. They all went on very easily with the one exception of a Ruby sample pot. So I agree that the pigment may be the problem. Also, how do you like the Dusk on your ceiling? Now that my life will be settling down a bit (my third move in less than a year will be coming up next month but I hope to be there for a while) I was looking at paint chips again and was strongly considering Dusk for the walls in my bedroom. I fell in love with the paint chip but as we all know a paint chip doesn't necessarily give a good idea of what it will look like on a wall... Thanks, Jay...See MoreHappyladi
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