Recent content by goboso

Thanks so much. Your information is very appreciated, especially since this isn't what I was told by the Sherwin Williams expert and everyone else I talked with. Experience is the best teacher. Checking what you said here--"I've done houses where I had to keep coming back "playing catch-up"...

Update: I received second opinions from a very seasoned Sherwin connection and a second paint contractor. It was determined that the substrate included oil paint, and this incompatibility of paint created the main issue, which was alligatoring. The proposed solution is to scrape where paint is...

Nobes, thank you very much! I did seek more information from a very seasoned Sherwin connection and a second paint contractor. It was determined that the substrate included oil paint, and this incompatibility of paint created the main issue, which was alligatoring. The proposed solution is to...

My sincere apologies for letting this thread dangle with no reply from me! I simply got very bogged down in this process, but I do know that this is no excuse. I think I assumed that the attached pics could be enlarged and viewers could see the alligatoring and cracking paint, so I was...

I am looking to understand why this exterior paint failed, and whether the contractor's proposed solution (scrape and repaint only where paint is coming off) will be adequate. This professional paint contractor used Sherwin Williams Duration on my house and garage. A year later, the paint is...