Paint on new home

[indianavette]

How can I find out the brand of paint that was used in our home?

[outahere]

How can I find out the brand of paint that was used in our home?

If you purchased the house new, check all the paperwork you received when you signed the contract. They gave us an extensive list of everything used in construction - plumbing fixtures, towel rods, carpeting, paint (inside and out), etc.

[OBXNana]

In addition to the list, we had a box of paint cans of every color used in the interior and exterior of the house.

[indianavette]

I have all of that but don't know what brand it is so I can purchase additional paint to match exactly.

[sharoni]

I am still wondering if it is actually paint in our new home, or primer. It is such a thin coat on the walls, cannot be washed...We finally decided to hire a painter to put some "real" paint on the walls. Has anyone else had this issue with their new home?

[lovinganimals]

If you go to The Color Wheel paint store in one of the plazas on 466, they have access to information about which paint color and type was used in every house in the Villages, as long as its original. Our house was built in 2008 and we had no problem getting an exact match. Bring your villages id so they can get the lot number of your house

[justjim]

We have purchased three homes in TV in the last eight and half years and never encounter this problem. Maybe we were just lucky? Did you "press" Warranty on this issue?

[mulligan]

If you call the warranty dep't. they will tell you exactly what was used for any and all homes in the villages.

[OBXNana]

I have all of that but don't know what brand it is so I can purchase additional paint to match exactly.


If you have the paint and take it to Lowe's, they can match it exactly with whatever brand you want. All you need is a sample the size of a dime. We've had a lot of luck matching paint this way.

[applesoffh]

Our house was built in 2011 and the interior was a primer coat from Color Wheel and could not be washed. We had the entire house painted with Benjamin Moore paint a few months later.

[CFrance]

If you call the warranty dep't. they will tell you exactly what was used for any and all homes in the villages.
We called the warranty department last fall (house bought Nov. 2011), and they just told us to go to Color Wheel. We went to color wheel, and they told us the interior wall color had been changed slightly, and which type did we have, the original or the new? We didn't know, that's why we went to them! So much for having your color on file. It appeared they only had the model colors on file, not the specific house.

We also didn't have the paint can with us. If you have the paint can that is marked with whatever wall you're dealing with, be sure to take it up there.

[justjim]

Our house was built in 2011 and the interior was a primer coat from Color Wheel and could not be washed. We had the entire house painted with Benjamin Moore paint a few months later.

Whoa, that doesnt seem right to me----warranty should have made it good. Surely, they aren't doing just a prime coat on new homes on the interior of the house?

I'm not doubting your word on this----just doesn't seem right to me. :grumpy:

[travlin50]

We bought our house in fall of 2012. It was painted in a flat paint from Sun Color. You can not clean anything off the walls, you have to paint over every mark. Sun Color opened a location by the new Winn Dixie next to the library. The Villages uses two colors, villages white and brownwood bisque. These are colors specific to The Villages. You can paint a small card with the paint and take it someplace else to match or just go to Sun Color and they will tell you every color you have in your house by your lot and unit number. If you don't know this number they will call and find out for you. You can then purchase a better paint, eggshell or semi-gloss and repaint so you can actually wash the walls. Or you can buy more of the flat paint and do the "walk around your house and paint over your wall marks".

[CFrance]

Whoa, that doesnt seem right to me----warranty should have made it good. Surely, they aren't doing just a prime coat on new homes on the interior of the house?

I'm not doubting your word on this----just doesn't seem right to me. :grumpy:

Most builders paint cannot be washed! It's a well-known fact that we've experienced in several new homes. Maybe it's not "primer" paint per se, but it acts like it. It's thin and poor quality.

We can't wash anything off of our walls either. It either doesn't come off, or the whole paint job comes off with the spot. I just went around with touch-up paint last week, for the umpteenth time.

We'll have the interior painted with decent paint, if we can ever decide on colors. And new living room furniture.

[HMLRHT1]

If you contact Community Standards at 352-751-3912 they will tell you what color and what BRAND of paint. I found out that we had 3 different contractors in our area building homes and each one used a different brand. At that time it was Sherwin Williams, Benjamin Moore or Color Wheel.

[EnglishJW]

Most builders paint cannot be washed! It's a well-known fact that we've experienced in several new homes. Maybe it's not "primer" paint per se, but it acts like it. It's thin and poor quality.

I apologize but I must strongly disagree with you. My father and grandfather were painters and the vast majority of their work was with new construction. It was in the best interest of the builders, the painters, the other contractors and the home owners to use good quality paint that could be touched up and washed. Anything less simply led to more problems for everyone. Brands like Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore have been staples for decades. This was especially true when the number of houses being constructed was large since the builder would still be working in the area long after the first buyers had settled in.

[CFrance]

I apologize but I must strongly disagree with you. My father and grandfather were painters and the vast majority of their work was with new construction. It was in the best interest of the builders, the painters, the other contractors and the home owners to use good quality paint that could be touched up and washed. Anything less simply led to more problems for everyone. Brands like Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore have been staples for decades. This was especially true when the number of houses being constructed was large since the builder would still be working in the area long after the first buyers had settled in.

EnglishJW, please understand... I'm sure your father and grandfather were excellent painters. I am not saying anything negative about the quality of the paint jobs on our houses; I am commenting on the quality of paint used by the builders of those houses. It simply wasn't the case with our two new houses in Columbus, one in Pittsburgh, one house and a condo in Michigan, and the one here that the builder's paint was a decent quality. I knew what brand of paint it was in three of the houses before we came here, and it definitely wasn't Ben Moore or Sherwin Williams.

Perhaps they didn't prime; perhaps they didn't put a second coat on. Builders cut corners. The paint jobs were very good. The difference was in the paint quality.

[MoeVonB61]

EASY ANSWER!!...Call the warranty department at 352-753-6222 ask for Karen...she can give you the color name / number of any house paint and or siding in the Villages.