Some painted cabinets are transparent - why?

[J_Ward]

I'm trying to figure out why cabinets that are painted with Benjamin Moore colors all of a sudden become semi-transparent. This doesn't seem to happen with the "stock" colors included in Chief.

[MarkMc]

Plan would help. Have not seen that and use BM all the time and just tested again, not reproducing. What color?

[J_Ward]

Color is Bright White Sheer--PAINTED: 2111-50 stone harbor. I also picked another few colors at random and observed the same issue.

 

Plan link:https://app.box.com/s/z4a87d027799c6xwu9da032gl7to316d

[rlackore]

Check your material definition:

 

[Joe_Carrick]

Edit that material's properties.  Currently the transparency is 12%.

 

ps: I prefer to assign the color in the cabinet dbx rather than using the "Paint" tool.  It provides much better results

[J_Ward]

That was it, thanks. I have no idea why it's that way in X9. It wasn't in X7. I skipped X8.

[J_Ward]

1 minute ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Edit that material's properties.  Currently the transparency is 12%.

 

ps: I prefer to assign the color in the cabinet dbx rather than using the "Paint" tool.  It provides much better results

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That's interesting. I've never done it that way. What is the advantage? While I haven't looked side by side, my color in the dbx box shows the correct color that I painted it with.

[Joe_Carrick]

Using "Paint" adds extra words to the material finish.  Depending on the underlying material and other settings, it can result in a blending of the colors.  Using the dbx actually results in a replacement rather than an extra - and as you see in your plan, a potential for unexpected results.

[MarkMc]

1 hour ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Using "Paint" adds extra words to the material finish. 

Only if you use the blender option (paint roller) using the material painter places the color.

I checked the color from the BM catalog and it is fine OOB, so not an X9 thing. Must be some other cause for the transparency.