I’m looking for any specific Sherwin Williams duration recommendations. Recommendations for duration specially. I get the wet edge, cut in, back roll and such. I’ve painted before but this is the first time with duration. I’m used to before latex. I’ve prepped walls and primed new drywall. But for those who use duration specific recommendations. I’ve painted my closet but I used Benjamin Moore Ultra Spec 500 in sonnet and all went well. Not a walk in closet so I just did ultra spec 500. Then my BM store said they do not scan colors and I’m at Sherwin Williams Duration.

Details: Since there’s an open vanity and bath with a wall I picked duration. It’s a level 4 Color with eggshell/satin sheen (it’s my room and I’m a wall toucher as far as not going flat). I’m doing split colors. An L of the room will be custom version of Velvet Cloak (Dark purple magenta) lrv 5 and a dark blue with a touch of green lrv 7.

I bought all new trim. It’s painted and waiting. I’m on subfloor. Wall is prepped. Most of it was skimmed but not skimmed is sanded and prepped. Any unskimmed is a matte water based paint and I sanded that too. It has no issues taking the paint. I used drywall primer on anything new. Basically my idea was just painting and can’t destroy flooring, windows are paper covered with no trim. No trim on walls. Trim all done in lvr 6 black bean soup in another room and waiting. But I’m painting then letting walls cure some and I’ll install trim last. Plan was I work on floor installation after but after painting walls are not touched for a good week (probably two). Trim will go at the top of the wall and bottom but last.

I am new to painting and am going to be painting pretty much every room. I bought a really nice spray painted - other than that any help or suggestions you wouldn't mind sharing would be great.

SW emerald is $80/gallon but will be 40% on Friday. Is the paint worth the high cost? I don't mind paying for quality.

The paint I would like to find would be the most durable, most cleanable and easiest to put on (multi dog home) and newbie painter. If the two durability and cleaning are first.

Please help, I have been avoiding doing this for 2 years, but I cannot stand to look at these beige walls any longer

If you have any videos to share that will help, that would be great

Thanks a million

I have painted before but never really paid attention to quality tools or paint and past DIY projects reflected it. Finally moved into our forever home early this year so I’ve been tackling one room at a time after watching lots of videos on proper technique and materials. That Canadian contractor guy has a great painting tutorial video on YouTube, by the way.

I used SW superpaint in one room and was pretty impressed with how it turned out. I still made a few very minor technical mistakes, but the paint itself was pretty great. I was planning on superpaint again for another room, but SW had a sale on duration specifically (40% off) so I went with the “upgrade”. Night and day difference… Duration is much thicker and I definitely feel like I have more control with it. I feel like this paint is idiot-proof. I haven’t worked with Emerald, but it’s hard to imagine it gets much better than this (seems like consensus online is that Emerald is still somehow better, too).

Anyway, hope this finds someone searching for duration vs superpaint (interiors). Duration is worth the price increase, IMO. Just wait until SW has it at least on a 30% discount; they have pretty routine sales throughout the year, occasionally 40% off.