Sherwin-Williams Paint Store

Spent almost 2 hours at Home Depot yesterday trying to match paint. Walked into Sherwin Williams and got a perfect color match in 5 minutes. This place has definitely earned all of my paint business from now on. A+

Much better than any other paint store I have been in. Like the tips and suggestion they bring to the table.

For some reason a 4^th of July tradition has been to paint something in the house, this year is no different. I am painting and remodeling our fireplace all by myself. Normally I would not Unilocal the paint store but I had a great experience at Sherwin William after visiting their competitor across the street.
Quick background: I walked into the empty competitor with a vase I am using as a color inspiration. After looking at the color chips for a bit, both sales people followed me around picking out unbelievably bad matches. When I asked if I could match the vase exactly, I thought I had been transported into Day of the Dead. So I rushed out of the store and across the street.
I walked into Sherwin Williams and had to wait just a bit as this store was busy. With vase in hand and an inspiration for my fireplace, I was professionally guided into primer and paint choices for a brick and plaster fireplace and when it came time for color, my vase was color scanned and the most perfect shade of cobalt blue was created for my mantle.
Don’t waste your time on Colfax choosing between paint stores, just start your next paint project at Sherwin Williams. Oh yes, if you like to paint and change things around, get their frequent painter card for a 30% discount on all your projects.

We are getting ready to move out of our apartment and we have some nail holes to fill and paint, as well as a few baseboards to go over. After finally tracking down the paint codes, I find that they were original from Sherwin Williams.
Now mind you, I am not overly handy, and am truly don’t enjoy the painting process in general, so I was not really looking forward to this experience at all. I started by calling this S.W. location and asking if they could mix up the paint before I arrived. Not a problem! They wanted to know the paint #, sheen, and how much paint i needed, and it would be ready within 30 minutes! NICE!
About an hour later we show up, pick up some paint brushes, some masking tape, and our paint. Easy, painless, and the guy that was working there was exceptionally friendly and helpful.
Thank you, Sherwin Williams, for making something dreadful go a little easier.

Painting sucks. It’s one of life’s necessary evils like moving. And I’ve done my share of painting having owned three places in the last two years. If you were wondering, it doesn’t get any easier, sucks worse the more you do it. Which is why I really don’t want to dick around.
I don’t know how they find these people, but the sales reps at Sherwin Williams know their stuff. My favorite is Austin, who doesn’t know that I know who he is. Anyway, Austin and his buddies are extremely knowledgeable re: paint finishes, how to remove wallpaper, what brush to use for what… all the crap you need to know if you’re painting.
If you can, pay someone to get the job done, see my painter’s review
If you have to do it yourself, go here. It will suck ever so slightly less.

I’ve learned a thing or two about painting your home. #1 is buy the most expensive supplies you can afford, because even though you can’t tell the difference in the store, once you start using it, the cheap roller starts to leave fuzz, that cheap brush leaves bristles, and that cheap drop cloth rips, defeating the whole purpose. Usually, you get what you pay for.
The same applies to paint. Cheap paint won’t cover well, it seperates easily, and you end up having to apply twice or thrice as many coats, and end up spending more time and money than if you had just gotten the quality stuff to begin with.
Sherwin-​Williams paint is great to work with. Awesome coverage.
And the employees here usually know something about paint. I really appreciated it when I told them I was painting a gray wall red, and they told me that I didn’t need a primer. If they had recommended one, I would have bought it, so they actually missed out on a sale. But they were totally right, the existing gray made an ideal tinted primer and they saved me a huge amount of time and a bit of cash, too. Very cool.
Only downsides: their hours, which seem to be meant for professionals, not homeowners, and we bought a few gallons there before anyone told us about their preferred card, which saves you something like 10% on every purchase. So if they don’t mention it to you, ask for it! Especially if, like me, you have a whole house to paint.