Navajo white paint -- which brand do you use?

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Navajo white paint -- which brand do you use?

Andy Kaye
Investor · Long Beach, CA · Member since 2014 · 56 posts · 12 votes

I see that a lot of landlords like Navajo White, but every brand has their own color. Benjamin Moore is very light. Behr is kinda yellowish. Scherwin Williams is in between. Which one is the best for rentals?

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  • James DeRoest
    Investor · Century, FL · Member since 2015 · 950 posts · 603 votes
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    Originally posted by @Andy Kaye:

    I see that a lot of landlords like Navajo White, but every brand has their own color. Benjamin Moore is very light. Behr is kinda yellowish. Scherwin Williams is in between. Which one is the best for rentals?

     Wouldn't put white in a rental if you paid me to.

    White tells a tenant that its a blank canvas and they can do whatever they want. Which they will.

    Chose builders beige, mid tint for living areas, light tint for the bedrooms, and then for the bathroom, corridor and kitchen decide whether these are bright or dark rooms and use accordingly.

    Valspar 2000 (used to be called contractor paint) from Lowes.

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  • Andy Kaye
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    Investor · Long Beach, CA · Member since 2014 · 56 posts · 12 votes
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    Originally posted by @James DeRoest:
    Originally posted by @Andy Kaye:

    I see that a lot of landlords like Navajo White, but every brand has their own color. Benjamin Moore is very light. Behr is kinda yellowish. Scherwin Williams is in between. Which one is the best for rentals?

     Wouldn't put white in a rental if you paid me to.

    White tells a tenant that its a blank canvas and they can do whatever they want. Which they will.

    Chose builders beige, mid tint for living areas, light tint for the bedrooms, and then for the bathroom, corridor and kitchen decide whether these are bright or dark rooms and use accordingly.

    Valspar 2000 (used to be called contractor paint) from Lowes.

     Dude Navajo White isn't white. its more like ivory-beige.

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  • Jeremy Gunn
    Property Manager · Leesburg, FL · Member since 2015 · 92 posts · 31 votes
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    We recently switched to Sherwin Williams property solutions paint from Valspar 2000 series paint it is a little more but saves time in labor on second coats. We use a off white color satin or egg shell finish doesn't really matter what color. What ever you prefer pick one color and stick with it. If you choose a light enough color you can paint the walls, trim, doors and ceiling all the same color and it looks good. On a high end rentals we do a 2 tone paint job with same color walls and bright white trim.
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  • Account Closed
    San Jose, CA · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    The owner I worked for has several apartment buildings around the SF Bay Area.  He paints all units with Kelly Moore "bone."  He paints the trim bright white.

    Buys it by the truck load.  LOL.  It's handy that they're all the same, as it's easy to just run a roller half way up the walls when a tenant moves out, normally.  And maybe a little touch-up to the trim.

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  • David Handel
    Madison, WI · Member since 2014 · 46 posts · 26 votes
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    As a 15 year paint professional, I would use s little bit deeper of a color. PPG's Pony Tail is one of my favorites.
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  • Rick BassettBusiness Member
    Property Manager · Greater New Haven, CT · Member since 2010 · 377 posts · 434 votes
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    We use the Glidden version of Navajo White (Egg Shell) 6011 base @ Home Depot for all of our rental properties with B Moore Super White for the trim. It looks so nice that we did our house with it as well.

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  • Fred Grant
    Investor · Woonsocket, RI · Member since 2008 · 46 posts · 24 votes
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    Benjamin Moore. It costs more but the quality is great and I can phone ahead to get it mixed and waiting for me or my contractor to pick up. Even though I use eggshell, I have had no problems with wiping down walls or touching up between tenants. 

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