Swp is still the best I'll drink the koolaid too they treat me well and I don't buy in to all the "vanity" names that they create for the homeowner market ,super paint and pro Mar are all I use
A WaWa is a convenience store/gas station with awesome coffee and great sandwiches/hot food. They're big in eastern PA and southern NJ and expanded down the eastern seaboard to around North Carolina. They then skip over Georgia and South Carolina then pick up again in Florida.
It's one of the places I miss most from living in PA.
What do I think is going to happen you ask? Why of course you are all waiting with great anticipation for my answer so here it is! In a nutshell, more over-priced, over hyped, over marketed, average quality paint available in even more convenient locations! How is that?
A-100, Promar, Kwal Liquid Vinyl (which a rep told me is the main reason Sherwin bought out Kwal)
And Sherwin takes good care of me too. So I stick with them.
While I was casually perusing my local Lowe's this morning, a couple of things stood out. In fact 7-8 people stood out. Why? Because they were in a big rush to tear down the Olympic/Valspar color gallery. I overheard one of them say the reason they were in such a big rush is because they had to have the "transition" done at all the stores by the end of the month, for the "season".
The other thing that stood out, and having been in retail my whole life i would notice this, was that 4 of the 6 endcaps in the paint department were devoted to SW/Hgtv paints and Purdy products. 2/3 of the prime selling locations are now dedicated to SW products. That tells me quite a lot.
Another thing. The Purdy "uniform flow" brush line, which I was told by my Purdy rep was a huge dud and was not going to be restocked by Lowe's, was back in the store and on 2 of those endcaps. (these brushes flat out suck btw).
So, "nalgas" is a term my father used to use in the phrase 'Tus nalgas prietas" which I think meant "tight ass" like in "cheap ass". Nalgitas is probably little ass.
Actually, prieta means brown. So the translation would have been "your brown butt" which I have no idea what that meant?:blink:
I had a close family friend from North Carolina tell me over the weekend that there are several Lowe's stores in eastern North Carolina that have "complete" Sherwin Williams stores set up in them. Any one in that area seen that yet? I asked her if it was just SW color racks and the HGTV/SW/Lowe's paints and she said it was set up like a complete SW store with new counters and everything. I haven't heard this from anywhere else so I think she is either full of it or just pulling my leg. Anybody see this yet?
It might seem so. All that they did was install a 30'-40' color bar and repaint the desk area in a gray color provided by SW and by company policy have the same display area as Valspar and Olympic behind the desk (gallons on the rack) It does look different from the Lowe's beige that's everywhere else in the store.
The desk was painted with the new Infinity over satin Valspar no prep and you can peel it off with your fingernail even after full cure. It caused quite a stir with the employees no one wanted to sell it. $50.00 gal.
so they sent regional managers to sand and repaint.
That little oversight cost them millions of dollars in lost sales :yes:
I still dont trust it.
Despite never having been in a SW store, my wife just bought me a pair of painter's white shorts from some store I've never heard of. They were on sale. They've got the SW logo on them.
I'm not sure if I should feel dirty or not. PAC, please advise.
Despite never having been in a SW store, my wife just bought me a pair of painter's white shorts from some store I've never heard of. They were on sale. They've got the SW logo on them.
I'm not sure if I should feel dirty or not. PAC, please advise.
Was at Lowes yesterday and thought while I'm here I'll pick up a quart of exterior gloss to finish a small job. Was told they don't have anything in gloss just semi. Lady wants high gloss, his suggestion was to go to a SW store and see if they had anything. I looked around and said I thought you were a SW store.
Pretty sad............next time your in there ask the same guy who helped you. What this ovation int/exterior gloss you have on the shelf used for? :whistling2:
So....Gardz is now labeled "all prime"? And it's a rustoleum product? I didn't realize rustoleum owned zinsser? Doesn't sw own rustoleum, and therefore zinsser?
RPM is the parent company for Rustoleum, Zinnser, and a host of other brands.
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