Benjamin Moore – Sarasota Paint

This is a great store!!! David spent quite a bit of time matching a paint sample for me. It was a perfect match! Not only does this store carry paint, it has a great selection of stains.

First off, this is a quality establishment and I’ve always been more than happy with the quality of paint, service and selection. I would have given this a five-​star rating for their service and quality. However, a very big drawback is some of the painters they recommend. One in particular, Quality Painting & Remodeling, run by Gregg Polansky came recommended. I’ve gotten recommendations from Ben Moore stores everywhere I lived, so I trusted the referral. He turned out to be the worst painter I’ve encountered. After estimating a weeks’ worth of work for an exterior house painting, he did a splash-​and-​dash job, slopping paint without any regard to details or quality of application. The first painter I’ve run across who didn’t use an inch of painter’s detail tape, working freehand with a five inch paint brush and slopping it all over the window sills. This allowed him to be «done» in two and a half days. He had to include our patio as a «freebie» due to the fact that he parked his paint-​drenched cart on it and left the outline, which he attempted unsuccessfully to scrape off with the bottom of his sneaker! (Also, this I found out to my regret after the dismal make-​shift paint job, is not a Better Business Bureau accredited business, with a D+ rating, hardly a glowing testimonial.)
Normally, I wouldn’t ding a store for a referral, but this painter had no aptitude and such scant ability, that the store would be better off not recommending painters if they are amateurs, whose detail lines match those of a sixteen-​year old and who had never apprenticed under a professional to learn their trade. And had they checked his background on the BBB website, they would have and should have, known better.

I love buying paint here. The sales people are always friendly and are full of helpful tips, and you can’t beat Benjamin Moore paints. Be sure to ask for the large sample sheets which they keep in the back room.