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I purchased paint to paint the exterior of my house. I bought the best one with primer $37.00 a gallon.

It took me all summer to do. I am a single 65 yr old woman. After 6 months it started to crack and peel. It was awful.

I wrote a complaint on the Behr page and someone contacted me. wanted me to send the origional receipt for the paint. Who keeps receipts on paint ? The man finally said he was going to send me 2 cans of the same paint.

Why the heck would I want to take the time to put the same faulty paint on again. My house looks awful.

It is cracking and peeling something terrible. I would never buy Behr paint again.

Reason of review: Bad quality.

Monetary Loss: $4000.

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution.

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to the lady that went to home depot to buy the behr paint. All paint is a water base paint, which means water will take it off your home....since 1978 paint is a joke.

this is why the wood falls apart and stucco starts cracking and other bad thinks happen.

I have 25 years in construction and I would be honored to try and help you.. I have different options that you will like.

steve 916 224 **** if you are within 40 miles of sacramento

Ioannis Pha
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Water based acrylic ( latex) paint are NOT water soluble after they are dried and cured. The poor woman lives in Sacramento, which means hot and dry in the summertime.

Not knowing, I suspected she was painting when the conditions were too hot and or windy. Also, never paint in the direct sunshine. Drying too fast is extremely bad for the paints performance. Acrylic paints were a quantum leap over the old oil paints.

Oil paints form a brittle film on the house surface and get more brittle with age. Unfortunately, exterior wood wants to expand and contract with the seasons and temperature/humidity changes. The result is cracks in the film and eventual peeling. Further, oil paint does not breathe.

Moisture generated in the home is trying to get to the exterior. Oil paint, especially several coats applied over the years, forms a vapor barrier which prevents the moisture from exiting. It gets stuck in the wooden siding.

Summer sun heats the siding, forming vapor pressure and that pressure pops the paint film. Acrylic paints allow it to reach the exterior right through the paint film without the film peeling!

Guest

My neighbor bought a 5 gallon pail of Behr Deckover paint. He is in his 70s.

He painted his front porch (pressure treated) with it. Less than 1 year has gone by and it is peeling in sheets. He still has 4+ gallons left as he was planning on doing his rear deck with it. Obviously he is not going to use it again.

I called Home Depot and was told to contact Behr using the 800# listed on the can. At the very least he should be refunded for the cost of the paint.

Guest

there is NO primer in ANY paint! All that means is you can apply it to a PROPERLY PREPARED SOUND SURFACE without having to put an additional primer on.

That means either a previously painted surface (two coats) or a surface that has been primed with the correct primer! Read the data sheet and you will see what a scam this is! The BIGGEST problem is that all they have to do by their "warranty" is replace the paint. Big deal!

They already charged you 5 times what it cost to make? They aren't losing anything by giving you more! If you take that replacement paint you no longer have a warranty on it!

The warranty only applies to the paint you purchased, not the paint you were given. The whole paint industry has become as much as a scam as a used car dealer!

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