Hello: Thank you very much for all the previous help. A few questions, and clarifications, please: a. Have some bathroom painting to do. Obviously, even with a fan it becomes at time a moisture laden atmosphere. There is Latex paint on the wall now. I previous post said that it is O.K. to use an Oil based paint right over the latex without a primer. I always thougfht that oil over latex is a no-no (but vice versa is O.K.). Can someone please educate me a bit on whether oil over Latex w/o a primer is really O.K. and safe ? b. Was in the Benjamin Moore store the other day, and they have a Latex "Bathroom Paint". Guess I'm showing my age again, but I was of the opinions that for a moist area like a bathroom with a shower stall in it, oil would be "much" better for the walls. Is this still true, or are the new Latex paints that much better now ? Have any experience with the Benjamin Moore Bathroom Paint ? c. Have read all the posts from you pros re that it's a bad idea to use 3M blue tape to paint a ceiling straight line, and not needed, necessary, etc. But, i truly don't have a stable hand anymore (getting on in years) and the tape seemed like a real good idea. Please tell me again why it's a bad idea ? If I feel I do have to use it though, any hits on using it would be most appreciated. Thanks, Bob

Hello everyone. This is my first post, so bare with me. My wife and I just bought our first house and we had it painted over the weekend. We’re not sure how we feel about the “job” which is why I want to get the opinions from this knowledgeable community. Our house is three years old and all the walls are it their original condition; flat white paint with no imperfections at all. The company we used to paint our house uses Sherwin William’s products. The color we chose to use in the main family room, kitchen, and upstairs hallway was called Protégé Bronze (chocolate color). Yes, I know it’s a dark color, but it sure looks awesome against all the white molding and the kitchen cabinets. It also didn’t bother us to use a dark color because the main family room has vaulted ceiling that are about two stories high with lots of windows. Anyway, the painters used two coats of the Protégé Bronze paint. When they completed the job around 7pm, the walls looked good. However, the next day you could definitely see roller marks on the walls and brush marks on the edges around doors and molding. It looks good when viewed straight on, but when viewed from the sides, these marks are noticeable. Now, I realize that dark colors are hard to paint with, but shouldn’t a professional paint company know this and prepare for such? We paid quite a bit of money to have this done and really can’t afford to have them paint a third coat (assuming we have to pay for it). Based on the information above, what would you do? These painters came highly recommended, but I think they have a dozen or so different “crews” which means their quality may very. Thoughts? Advice? Questions? *Edit* They used the Color Accents line from Sherwin Williams in "flat" style. Thanks Eric