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Mylands Maritime 236 – and a note about digital reference colors
Paint colors can look VERY different depending on several factors. Here is Mylands Maritime 236, shown here on a color preview swatch. Here is the color on a wall, in a house. Again, it is Mylands Maritime 236, in their excellent
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Fine Paints of Europe
Once upon a time, over 25 years ago now, Fine Paints was introduced in the United States. Eagle Paint was proud to be one of the first retailers to stock Fine Paints of Europe’s products. In our quest to find
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Shipping Paint online – The challenges
Eagle Paint has had its doors open since 1948, and the world has changed quite a bit since then! We’re talking about a time period where rotary phones and the typewriter were the norms. Mankind would not yet land on
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See Our Featured Article In Paint & Decorating Retail Magazine!
The article's author, Steve Penhollow did a fantastic job!
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DKC Concentrates on Hiatus
Recently Benjamin Moore changed product formulations. Due to VOC regulations, they essentially hybridized Regal Select and Regal Classic into one product. The performance and flow characteristics between the two were slightly different, but due to the consolidation, it's a "half
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Festool Files 1: Why we love these products
Festool For those who would like the sparknotes: In our opinion, Festool is the "Rolls Royce" of power tools. Festool makes power tools like drills, saws, sanders, and work tables. We took in the brand after getting to use the tools ourselves
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History & Paint I: Dutch Boy Pure White Lead
Over time products evolve, markets change, technology advances, and more times than not the consumer benefits. Paint is no different. Today’s paint products have less odor, dry faster, require less prep work, and are easier to work with. This blog series
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Full Spectrum Colors: Ben Moore Color Stories vs DKC
Lately we've been getting questions about the difference between 2 full spectrum paints: Ben Moore's Color Stories, and Donald Kaufman Color. In this blog post we're going to: 1) Show you visual differences 2) Explain it verbally 3) Explain the differences mathematically Test 1: Color
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We won the 2012 Best in Bergen Reader’s Choice Award!
Those who get the magazine Bergen Health and Life have noticed that Eagle Paint and Wallpaper is in this month's issue! All of us here were absolutely ecstatic to see our business at the top of the list of paint stores.
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Fine Paints of Europe
Top tier quality, incredible looks, long life, and awesome durability. These features are the goals that some paint companies strive for when making new products, and they're the terms people use to describe the products of Fine Paints of Europe. If a
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Expert’s Primer Choice for DKC
It's common knowledge that the best painting results are obtained by using a good primer. However, the process for picking the right one for a given paint color or finish, and work surface can be a difficult task. Picking out
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The myth of self priming paint
There is no true self priming paint. There just isn't, sorry. Truth be told it’s something of an inside joke with contractors and retailers alike. This morning I said those three words to a contractor, “Self priming paint,” without any conversation preceding
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Excerpts from a training manual
Which manual? Benjamin Moore's "Fresh Start: Your first steps to becoming a Benjamin Moore brand Ambassador" It's a handy book, filled with quite a lot of information. It runs the gamut from the history of Benjamin Moore, to fixes for common
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One of our favorites: Modern Masters
Those who have taken a look at our web store may have noticed that we have Modern Masters Metallic Paints. Like many of our favorite offerings, it's a top quality product. Many of our customers use it for movie theaters, art
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Our Products in the field! Backstage at the Oscars
You can read read more about the green room in Melissa Dunlap's article: http://www.sheknows.com/home-and-gardening/articles/951195/backstage-at-the-2012-oscars-architectural-digests-greenroom Fab features of the 2012 Oscar Greenroom Fernandez's design delicately balances masculine and feminine aesthetics while giving a nod to old Hollywood glamor. Here are our favorite parts