Has anyone had Sherwin Williams match Benjamin Moore's White Dove?
riverlivin Nunley
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Anyone Colored matched BM White Dove with Sherwin Williams paint?
Comments (4)I just got a gallon of paint from SW which was color matched to a BM color. The paint manager said they had most of the BM formulas and were an excellent match. Hope that helps your concern...the 40% off sale ends today....See MoreBenjamin Moore vs. Sherwin Williams?
Comments (60)My husband and I painted our whole house with Home Depot Behr Ultra Scuff Defense Stain Blocking paint and primer; flat for walls and ceilings, and satin for doors and moldings. We used fine quality paint brushes and rollers. The paint handled beautifully and is quite durable and looks great. We took our time, lightly sanded all doors and moldings first, washed and rinsed all walls and ceilings prior to painting. We did all the correct prep work. I even got a 10% military discount ( I am a retired Air Force Captain). Our house looks great! I have used BM and SW in past homes I lived in. BEHR is just as good. I painted my front door about 10 years ago, also with BEHR and it looks as good as the day I painted it. We since replaced our front door with a high end fiberglass door, and plan to paint it with BEHR when the pollen dies down in the air. I can also assure you that there is no professional painter that would have ever taken the time to do all the prep work my husband and I did prior to painting. We are semi retired and have the luxury to take the time to do a great paint job! I have read countless Houzz threads on botched professional paint jobs in expensive homes. As my Dad always says: if you want the job done right, do it yourself....See MoreEver color-matched BM White Dove with Sherwin Williams paint?
Comments (5)My BM Bone White color came out very well in SW Pro Classic Enamel. We used that in our kitchen (the painter's preference) and I know it is a good match because everything else in the house is the actual BM Bone White. Just about to do what you are asking about for our MB cabs--BM White Dove, but using SW. I am not worried, at all. Since White Dove is such a popular color, I'll bet SW mixes it frequently. Maybe they already have a formula in the mixing computer so they don't have to "read" it. I would make sure to have a bit more than you need mixed up, then combine cans, just to be sure.......See MoreBen Moore White Dove in Sherwin Williams Cashmere?
Comments (9)All paint colors have a CIELAB value. It's like color DNA. Those values are used to figure out how to make paint colors. There is more than one way to mix the same color. In other words, there are several combinations of colorants that will result in the same color. That's how crossing brands works. Everybody is using the same (essentially) CIELAB value and paint chip as the target. Sometimes it's easy to hit that target using another brand's bases and colorants and sometimes it's not. Which is why some paint colors cross brands easily and some do not. How well the store's equipment is maintained and calibrated is a factor as well. Comparing formulas - even within the same brand - isn't going to tell you anything. The list of colorants is completely meaningless because the formula is not the genesis of the paint color. The CIELAB value is. The only way to know how good or bad a color match is, is to measure it with a device. Like a spectrophotometer at the paint store or a hand-held colorimeter like a Color Muse that you can buy in some SW stores, The Home Depot, or order it off Amazon. A color measurement device captures CIELAB values from dried samples and the apps that go with them tells you in terms of Delta E how much the two colors, original and the match, differs....See More
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