You may have experienced this when prying a glass off a shelf or trying to open a recalcitrant door. We test sticking by putting painted panels face to face and weighing them down overnight. The comments in the Ratings highlight the paints that were notably worse than the rest. Mildew resistance . Mildew is a common problem in bathrooms and kitchens, but it can affect any warm, humid room, especially on a cold exterior wall.
Some paints contain mildewcides to prevent fresh growths of mildew from marring their surface.
As the Ratings indicate, paints such as Glidden Dulux Inspirations Soft Matte had poor mildew resistance. This characteristic has a lot to do with the colorant added to the paint. Greens and yellows generally fade faster than others. A good paint should resist fading for many years, and most of the paints we tested held up well in our tests. But all the Dutch Boy, Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren, Sears, and Sherwin-Williams paints, as well as the Glidden Dulux Inspirations and the Coronado, faded quite noticeably.