Video: Choosing Quality Painting Materials

CONCORD — Host, Sarah Rutan: When repainting your home, it’s wise to invest in materials that will maximize the paint job’s longevity. Today we’re in Concord with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Joe Sabel of J & J’s Final Coat Painting to learn more.

Joe Sabel: When choosing a painting contractor, or doing the job yourself, it’s always important that the materials, the paints, the primers, the caulking that you use, are all a premium grade. Kelly-Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore all make excellent products, but they also manufacture their starter-grade paints which is a track-grade paint. You never want to use that. It’s not going to last. The premium paints they offer are a much better call, especially when the average material cost of a paint job is under 20 percent – generally 10 to 15 percent.

Host, Sarah Rutan: To learn more from local, top rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified Expert Reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.