Jeri is indeed a gifted artist. I've seen her work at exhibitions, and it is beautiful. So when we saw the results she and Dick obtained in their TM, we had to try it.
In our case, we decided to try a slightly different sheen - satin instead of semi-gloss. As Dick's pictures show, they used a top-of-the-line tint base called Behr Marquee. Our local Home Depot guy told us that Behr doesn't make Marquee in satin, but he could use Behr Ultra, which is similar. We agreed to try it. Not surprisingly, a different base meant that the color code had to be adjusted slightly, and the computer modified it automatically.
Our results were just like those experienced by Dick and Jeri. Once the paint had dried, it was difficult to find the places where it had been applied. The lighting in my picture makes it appear that the color on the far end of the ceiling was different from the color near the camera. Not so - we spot painted, but did not cover an area. The picture also shows a horizontal stripe across the ceiling - this is the UHMW tape we applied long ago to prevent a rub mark. We elected not to pull it off, since we weren't sure the results would be as good as Dick and Jeri experienced. If we were going to do it again, we would probably remove the tape, and then apply a new strip over the new paint after it dries and cures. But no matter what, the results were amazing.
Incidentally, when the Home Depot paint guy told us that Behr doesn't make Marquee in Satin, what he meant was "We don't have any in stock at the moment." The Behr website clearly shows Marquee Satin. But it is nice to know that the specific tint base is not critical to the results.
Thanks for some wonderful work, Jeri.
Bill
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