Specialty Paint

At John Paul’s Paint & Décor, we carry more than paint that goes on your walls. We also carry protective covering for floors, durable coatings for the inside of your freezer, and paints for useable writing surfaces in an office, kitchen, or child’s bedroom. Specialty paints and coatings work to enhance your living or working space, meeting specific needs like sealing off lead paint or making decorating your space simpler like with convenient color-changing ceiling paint.

John Paul’s Paint and Décor offers Benjamin Moore® Floor and Patio Latex Enamels and INSL-X® Specialty Coatings that protect, preserve, and embellish all of your interior and exterior surfaces.

Our Specialty Paints

Benjamin Moore® has been reinventing paint since 1883. Part chemists, part colorists, Benjamin Moore® creates their specialty paints for both a purpose and a pigment. We are honored to be your local Benjamin Moore® retailer, providing only the highest quality of paints to homeowners, business owners, and independent contractors in Northeast Illinois.

Made for both homeowners and working professionals, the INSL-X® line of specialty paints has been specially developed to meet personal, property, or industrial requirements.

Cabinet Coat

The INSL-X® Cabinet Coat comes in an attractive satin or semi-gloss finish formulated especially for doors, trim, and cabinets. Cabinet Coat also applies well on difficult kitchen and bathroom surfaces without the use of a primer, dramatically reducing project turnaround time. Its urethane acrylic formula gives it a resilience necessary for higher traffic rooms.

Lead Block®

Lead paint removal can cost homeowners thousands of dollars—INSL-X® Lead Block® protects your home from flaking or peeling lead paint at a fraction of the price. Efficient and effective, Lead Block® can be sprayed as a protective base or topcoat over old lead paint. It dries to a flat eggshell finish on both interior and exterior surfaces, and its sealing formula also contains Bitrex®, a bitter anti-ingestant, to continually keep your home safe from chemical poisoning.

WaterBlock®

WaterBlock® Acrylic Masonry Waterproofer seals common masonry surfaces and protects both your interiors and exteriors from water damage. Able to withstand up to 12 psi of hydrostatic pressure, this mold and mildew resistant coating is ideal for exterior walls and basements that are prone to leaks or moisture. WaterBlock® can be conveniently applied with either a brush, roller, or sprayer, and can be recoated in as little as 4 hours.

Fire Retardant Paint

When exposed to flame, INSL-X® Fire Retardant Paint creates a char blanket that protects your walls, inhibiting flame spread and smoke in the event of a fire. Fire Retardant Paint applies like any other Benjamin Moore® low-VOC latex paint, and its flat finish provides exceptional hide that decorates and shields both residential and commercial spaces.

Freezer Kote

Ideal for industrial cold storage, alcohol-based Freezer Kote dries quickly and eliminates the need to shut down deep freeze units: its enamel formula has been engineered to adhere to freezer walls in temperatures as cold as -40°F. Its high gloss finish comes in a crisp white and a safety yellow.

Chalkboard Paint

Instantly make any surface writable with INSL-X® Chalkboard Paint. It applies well to most interior surfaces, drying into an eggshell black finish that washes well even with consistent use.

Color-Changing Ceiling Paint

The INSL-X® Color-Changing Ceiling Paint lessens the hassle of painting tricky ceilings. Its spatter-resistant and self-priming formula applies on smooth and textured ceilings as a light pink, making it easy to see where you’ve already painted and whether you’ve missed spots. It dries to a clean white flat finish that excellently hides any ceiling imperfections.