Finally, buy good, high-quality tools. Use brushes with synthetic bristles, which don't swell with water as natural bristles do. Rollers should have a quarter-inch nap. Henden Construction Ltd. Choosing paint is about a lot more than color. You'll want a paint that's good at hiding what's underneath, doesn't fade in a sunny room, and holds up to plenty of wear and scrubbing.
Some paints can do that better than others, and the differences can be marked.
This report can help. In the lab we subjected each paint to intense ultraviolet light in order to check its propensity to fade. The paints also got rubbed and then scrubbed, and exposed to mildew. Most of the paint brands performed very well overall. But that doesn't mean all these paints are identical.