Hey, can anyone tell me the best brand for interior paintng. I heard Dupli-color was, but i want to know others opinions. And can anyone tell me if House Of Kolor has Aeresol cans for interior painting? Thanks

I have never seen House of Kolor in aerosol cans. I will say that I have used Dupli-color and it worked real well for us. Hope this helps some.

I've never dealt with this company, but here's a link that you may want to check out as you're looking into different paints: http://expresspaint.com/

This post has been edited by Taggart: Jan 30 2008, 12:47 PM

I checked out duplicolor and heard of it being of good use but not so sure about the House of Kolor in aerosol cans, sorry can't help out in this matter though.

I don't think I've known anybody who's painted their interior.

Even a guy I knew had a 1950 Hudson that looked in mint condition on the outside, but his interior was showing the years.

Before I write my review, observations and lessons learned in using duplicolor, I need to disclose that I used this product on a motorcycle trailer, not a truck bed.

(1) I quickly found that one should not use a plastic roller pan with this coating. Why? The Dupli-Color Coating degraded and ate completely through the bottom of the plastic roller pan. Luckily I had a metal pan nearby.

(2) The coating is thick and difficult to work with. Even with a brush it was hard to cut-in hard to reach places, crevices and indentations. I thought about thinning the coating, however I didn't see anything in the documentation stating you could or could not do that. I'm sure the thickness/viscosity of the product is how it is intended to be.

(3) It is also very, very temperature sensitive. It emulsified, clumped and crusted-over very quickly during summertime heat (even in the shade). I'd recommend to others a spring or fall application of the coating.

(4) I used a roller - with mixed results. The texture of the finished coat was far from uniform. I used both the recommended "texture" roller cover and a standard roller cover with a medium nap. Neither out-performed the other; in fact, in some areas the texture cover did better but in other areas the standard nap roller yielded a better result (better is defined as both "a more uniform thickness" and "a uniform visual appearance").

(5) I like the bed liner-like texture of the coating on the metal-grid section of my motorcycle trailer deck. It should provide more stable footing when wet. However, it was hard to apply to the grid-deck. I became so frustrated that midway through this part of the job, I spray-painted the steel grid with Rustoleum to ensure everything was covered. Then I went back to the Dupli-Color Coating (I used two types of roller covers, sprayed Rustoleum, then I went back to the Dupli-Color Coating via a paint brush, then I rolled one more time with the texture roller cover).

(6) I would like to see how a spray gun performs with this product. I'm far from an expert, but I assume a top-grade spray gun may be needed. Due to the viscosity of the product I assume it would need to be thinned if one used an inferior or cheap spray gun.

In summary, my review title says it all. It is what it is: a Do-It-Yourself substitute for a professional job. Applying via a roller, no one should kid themselves that their finished product will look anything close to a professional "spay-in bed liner". Given my results, I would never apply this to my truck bed! But for what I used it for - to protect a 2003 motorcycle trailer - it served its purpose. If the Dupli-Color Coating proves to be durable, the effort & expense will have been worth it. Only time will tell.