Walmart Paint in Rental? Color Place Country White

[Tom Lipps]

Hi BP,

I just bought my first rental property (Duplex in a C+ area). $82k purchase price.

I'm going to be painting this Saturday and found Brandon's article about using Walmart's cheap paint; Color Place Country White.   https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/3...

As usual, Brandon nails it. I've used his guides, his forms, and implemented his advice with success so far... In his blog post he talks about the advantages of using all one color, all semi-gloss. For a C+ property, I think this approach makes perfect sense.

But here's where I'm getting hung up..  I look at the reviews online for Walmart Color Place paint and they're TERRIBLE. One person said the paint is like painting with 2% milk it's so runny!  Brandon wrote his blog post in  2013, is it possible that the paint quality has gotten worse over the years? 

At this point, I'm going to take Brandon's advice over all the bad reviews, but I was curious if anyone had more recent experience with Walmart Color Place. Did it coat and cover well? If so, did you prime first?

Thanks as always!

- Tom

[Michael Noto]

@Tom Lipps Do you have Sherwin Williams stores near you? We do here in Connecticut so I am assuming you have them out your way in OH.

We use navajo white semi gloss on the walls and flat white on the trim. Very neutral colors and it is not cost prohibitive. Below is a picture from a flip we have under contract to be sold that should give you an idea of the color scheme.