When Glidden contacted me to see if I would like to 'test drive' their newly formulated paint, at the same great cost, I gladly accepted the offer. In the test drive kit was a Glidden eggshell white, Benjamin Moore Aura eggshell white, and all the tools for the paint experience. I was very excited to compare to the two. The first test was on paper that they provided. Below you will see how the paint covered in brush strokes. The top stripe on each page is two strokes and the bottom line is just one stroke. To me, both went on smooth and covered the black strip equally. 
Although I was impressed with the coverage on paper, I wanted to see the paint in action on the wall. I was visiting my parents while doing the paint study and their basement is painted a hunter green {my least favorite color}, which will soon be painted, so I took the liberty to get it started. Below you will see that both covered equally as well by applying with a brush. The last picture is Glidden rolled on with a roller. Glidden rolled on smoothly and covered the the dark green color in just a few paint strokes.
All in all, I am very pleased with Glidden, with the ease of use and coverage, and look forward to using it on my next paint project. Especially with their new paint testers that come in all 282 colors, brush included; that will make selecting the right color much easier.
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love how you actually tested it on a wall. I liked glidden too.
Thank you for this information. What does a gallon of the Glidden cost compared to Aura?
I was just about to paint my bedroom and was headed to BM. But I think I'll give Glidden a try since the price is so much better, I didn't realize it covered so well! Thanks for the post!
I got this too and I think I am going to test it on my dining room. I am glad to hear you like it!
I'm happy
to hear about your results.
Sounds like I can save some money.
But when you asked if you could test it on one of my basement walls (which you know I let your brother paint "His way" in high school, and now I'm getting ready to paint MY! way). I thought you would at least cover a 'whole' wall and get me started.
I hope you will come home
with the paint kit again :=)
As a long-time Benjamin Moore fan, I was excited to use their new (highly touted) Aura line on my parent's brand new house last spring. My father is a highly-skilled and very picky painter whose work has often been mistaken for a professional job.... and we were shocked at the streaks that continued to form in the Aura paint. Even after 3 coats, it looked just horrible. I called a friend of mine who actually is a professional painter, who confirmed this is an ongoing problem with the Aura paint. He suggested we try one coat of Glidden or General Paint over our existing mess and I can't tell you how relieved we were that it worked. We were all close to tears- after paying half a million dollars to build their dream house (complete with fantastic finishes) the Aura paint made it look like a cheap dump. I'm sorry to say but after 22 years of truly loving Benjamin Moore, I won't ever buy it again.
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