When I lived in BC I used Cloverdale all the time. They have some great products, although it's been years since I've used them. Depends what you are painting obviously..

 

My painting requests run the gamut of crayon and marker coated walls to anything a homeowner feels like they can't do themselves. It's rarely a simple paint job. The platform I use doesn't do quotes so I'm usually going in with surprises and that means last minute research. Was hoping a to have a better forewarned and forearmed situation for future.

 

Theres always surprises in painting. 🙂

 

I've been using Cloverdale for years. The only place where they're a little light is on the industrial side of things. For residential and commercial they have you covered. Premium classic or Super 2 is all you need for wall paints. Good hide and great sheen. I use a lot of Ecologic, but I do commercial/institutional work. I'd still use it on residential trim though.

 

Thank you! What do you use for painting dark to light?

 

Slightly darker then chocolate brown to a whipped cream colour. I primed it with the provided Cloverdale primer but I'm now retuning for coat number 3.... I think it's either the paint or primer. I will edit with exact products later

 

Yeah the light colours (whites/off whites) have not been so great lately. I think they cut back on the Ti02 to reduce costs after the coof. I have noticed some improvement lately, but its not like it used to be. I find this particularly annoying as its the primary colour in the largest institution I maintain. I haven't found a suitable cloverdale product that provides the kind of hide I used to get from Ecologic in white, so I just put up with it. They do have a version of Ecologic called ColourCoat, but that's more for yellows and reds. If your colour is yellowish, you might ask them about it.

I haven't used Aura in a long time, but that one always had incredible hide. Of course, they won't match anyone else's colours, so that rarely helps.

 

4 coats is the norm. We're doing simply white over medium blues. 2 coats Ultra Spec Flat, then 2 coats Aura Matt.

 

super 2 is now better than regal for the first time ever

 

In what sense?