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One of the draws of the Bentley Mulliner Bacalar, besides its gorgeous two-seat roadster style, is that it’s a unique custom coachbuilt car. The company touts the fact that not a single piece of the ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. When faced with rows of stacked cans at Home Depot, Lowe’s, or a specialty paint retailer, it’s impossible to know which ...

We rigorously tested paints from Benjamin Moore, Behr, and other brands for hiding and staining performance Li Wang, a CR test engineer, prepares paint for a staining test in our labs. By Tanya A.

Though the term is used interchangeably with oil-based paints for most practical purposes, alkyd paints are actually not oil-based but alkyd resins mixed in some sort of thinner. When most people ...

Buying a can of paint should be an easy task. But walk into any home center or paint store and you’ll quickly discover that it can be quite daunting: wall-to-wall options and multiple formulations and ...

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Colors have long symbolized various things across cultures and time. They don’t inherently hold these aspects but develop them through continuous association, and they’re always changing. If you’re ...

Paint and other coatings are things you don’t think about often but significantly impact your daily life. These finishes go beyond adding color into everyday objects, offering protection, cooling, ...