by Marla Hansen

Created on: June 07, 2010

You’ve decided to paint the exterior of your most valuable possession, your home. You’ve picked the perfect colors and purchased all the necessary equipment such as paintbrushes, rollers, drop cloths and ladders. All that’s left, before attacking this project head-on, is finding the best exterior paint brand. So, as you stand in the paint aisle of your local home improvement center feeling like a deer in headlights, how do you choose the right one for you?

Know The Basics

Paint is more about protecting your home from weather and the elements than about color and curb appeal. Choosing the brand that best meets the needs of the environment you live in will keep your home looking great while protecting it for years to come.

There are two basic types of paint, water based and oil based. Latex, vinyl and acrylic paints are water based while paints using Linn Seed and Tung oil are oil based paints. Is your weather extreme? Do you experience rapidly changing weather with severe highs and lows? If so, you will want to choose a 100% acrylic paint for it’s elasticity. However, if your climate tends to be mild year-round, your options are more varied. Your local paint store professionals are the ones to turn to in making the final decision based on your locale.

Worth The Price

Generally, the more expensive the paint, the better quality of the product. A better quality paint means an easier application equaling less labor. It also equates to lasting longer on your home many times by more than double the time of cheaper paints.

Highest Quality Exterior Paint Brands

There are many choices when it comes to choosing a high quality exterior paint. Of course, each company believes theirs to be superior to the rest, so it’s always best to do your homework, speak to a local professional and ask your friends and neighbors before making that final decision.

Sherwin Williams

Sherwin Williams offers a high quality variety of products guaranteed to improve and protect the exterior of your home. Offering paints, primers and stains, their website is easy to navigate and offers simple, direct answers to almost any paint related questions. Their website’s paint visualizer offers a unique online look at colors and Sher Color, their exclusive computerized color matching system, provides accurate and consistent color matching. Sherwin Williams will also store your paint formula in their system for six years.

Valspar

Valspar, another top quality contender,

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