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88 March/April 2022 PHOTOGRAPH BY TREVOR RAAB
My house is a veritable coat-
ings laboratory, at least on the
outside. Aside from the vinyl
siding, there’s a wide variety
of surfaces that are painted
or will soon need paint. It’s a
struggle to keep the place looking good.
In the latest round of the battle, a few months
ago I walked into my local Benjamin Moore
dealer. Close by the front door I noticed a display
for the brand’s Corotech Command line, high-
performance coatings formulated with a water-
borne acrylic-urethane resin. The company says
this product can cover concrete, wood, vinyl, tile,
galvanized steel, PVC moldings, and aluminum.
Right there I was hooked. But I was intrigued by
its other properties, too. It dries to the touch in 15
minutes, is extremely flexible and wear-resistant,
and has a high block resistance—so two adjoining▲
Benjamin
Moore
Corotech
Command
Paint | $50mutual painted surfaces, such as
a door and its jamb, won’t stick to
each other where they meet.
That’s a lot of problem-solving
potential for one paint, which
explains why this material is
expensive. I paid $50 for the
gallon that I bought for a test
run. But it’s an investment in
my house. From what I’ve seen
of it so far, it doesn’t have a
potent odor, it cleans up with
water, and it applies smoothly.
In other words, it behaves like
any good-quality paint should.
In doing so, it will help make my
place feel a little less like a lab-
oratory and more like a home.
—Roy BerendsohnEditors’
Choice
// ONE PIECE OF GEAR THAT’S WON THE HEART OF OUR TEST TEAM //