Valspar Ultra Premium

I have used Valspar Ceiling Color Changing Ceiling Paint with great success! It goes on a violet color and dries Ultra White leaving a great looking ceiling. The problem the other posts with negative… comments might have ran into is if you put it on to thick or in an area that does not have proper circulation for paint to dry all quickly, those areas might take a lot longer to dry thus "blue streaks" but they go away when completely dry. Also, when the paint is in it's first stage of drying, it appears "chalky" and not "ultra white" but again, when it dries it dries to a beautiful crisp white ceiling! Money well spent!

expand

collapse

This product was so thin it splattered a lot and left a ton of roller marks. After 6 hours of painting one small ceiling, being careful to go over every inch with a lot of paint, the next day I found I… could still see the pale beige color underneath! It will take at least another coat if not 2 more. Not to mention that the purple dried so fast that I didn't see any benefit to it. I would paint a section and 5 minutes later it was already white and I was struggling to make out missed spots again. Don't waste your money!

expand

collapse

I don't expect anyone is going to be ordering this item on Amazon, but I figured I'd write a review anyway just in case. Kind of like the reason you offered the Brooklyn Bridge to a mark; you just never… know.... Anyway, this is supposed to be color-changing paint, light purple to white. "Never miss a spot." Well, it goes on light purple and it...stays light purple (streaks). When I approached the knowledgable people at Lowe's regarding this problem, they suggested that the problem was my technique of stirring. My gosh, I used a stirring paint stick. When that wasn't good enough, I shook the gallon can. Good workout, but no improvement. Lowe's response? "You need a paint shaker." Rrrright. I am an average home DIY'er, I have no desire for a paint shaker...To which the gentleman replied that I could bring the gallon over and have it shaken every time I needed to lay a coat down. Clearly in this instance, i AM the mark. While I thank Lowe's for the courteous offer (albeit time consuming), I think this ceiling paint is apparently a great idea for someone who has a paint shaker. For the rest of us who prefer the usual method of stirring (or getting beefy biceps with a side of shoulder tendonitis), I think I'll stick with the standard goes-on-white, dries-white variety. Valspar's standard "Ultra Premium White Ceiling Paint" works very well...I recommend it over the above. This can be used for the undercoat. Two week update: Well, I decided to give it one more try on the closet ceiling. Most ceiling paint is not a thin coat; this paint is no exception and it will eventually dry white in 2 weeks time, not 1 week. No purple streaks after all. And it is an ultra white. So I'd raised my rating to 3 stars if I could, but this product does take patience.

expand

collapse