The new Ace Sensation paint?
That’s before you spend a weekend scraping window sills, lugging gallon cans, dragging a roller across the ceiling and dabbing drips, only to find that what looked appealing on a tiny paint chip looks appalling on four walls. But manufacturers, eager to encourage do-it-yourselfers, are trying to take the pain out of painting.”It’s a matter of competition,” says John Stauffer, technical director of the Paint Quality Institute. “As companies are trying to keep up with the Joneses, paint performance has been increasing for several years. Now it seems every manufacturer and retailer has added new top-quality paints to their lines because people expect them and are willing to pay.”Along with improved paint has come an array of products — from high-tech color selectors to easy-to-use roller pans. Consider some of the recent innovations (REF URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33746-20
