Sherwin-Williams Duration

Building professionals posting on Internet forums name Sherwin-Williams Duration as the best exterior house paint more often than any other paint. Reviews say Duration hides pre-existing paint well and applies better than other exterior paints. Some professional painters do warn that Sherwin-Williams Duration's thickness requires a bit of a learning curve. Duration house paint is guaranteed for as long as you own your house and comes in flat, satin and gloss finishes. The major drawback is the high price. Before Sherwin-Williams created Duration, its top of the line was Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint (*est. $42 per gallon or $205 for five gallons). SuperPaint is still available as a less expensive option to Duration, and is recommended by reviewers as a high-quality paint with long endurance.

Comments by professionals and serious do-it-yourselfers indicate a preference for Sherwin-Williams Duration on message boards such as ContractorTalk.com and DITChatroom.com. We also found helpful information from About.com's Guide to Home Repair, Bob Formisano. Consumer Reports has the only expert ranking of exterior house paints at this writing. However, there are no Sherwin-Williams paints in the 2008 ratings although Sherwin-Williams Duration flat and satin finishes were each listed in the 2006 ratings.