I painted my front door with a 'one coat' paint and it took three tries

I wanted a quick weekend job, so I bought a can of that new 'one coat guarantee' exterior paint in a deep blue. The label said it would cover in a single pass. Well, after the first coat dried, you could still see every single brush mark and the old red color peeking through. I gave it a second coat, and it looked patchy and uneven. I finally had to sand it down a bit and do a third, very careful coat with a foam roller to get it smooth. I learned that 'one coat' really means 'on a perfect, prepped surface in a lab,' not on my 50-year-old wooden door. It added two extra days to what should have been a simple job. Has anyone else had this happen with a paint that promised too much?

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quinn_kim4519d ago

What did you expect from a fifty year old door? The paint did its job, you just didn't do yours. A one coat paint is for a perfect, smooth surface, which you admit yours wasn't. You skipped the real work of sanding and priming first. The paint can't fix a bad foundation. That's on you, not the product.

tyler50619d ago

You say the paint did its job, but a guarantee is a guarantee. If it says one coat on the label, that's the promise. Calling it user error for not having a lab-perfect door feels like letting the company off the hook. It's just paint, not a foundation for a house.