How much Valspar for a 12×12 room?
About 2–3 gallons for walls, two coats, at 350–400 sq ft/gallon. Lowe’s can tint a third gallon from the same formula if you round up here first.
Valspar Paint Calculator
Valspar is the paint most Lowe’s Canada shoppers roll. Enter room size here and sq ft per gallon from Reserve, Signature, or Ultra. Home Depot cans are Behr — that is a different calculator.
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Lowe’s 12×12
384 sq ft × 2 ÷ 400 ≈ 1.9 gallons. Buy 2 Reserve or Signature gallons for a primed same-colour room. Primer plus two topcoats on new drywall is three calculator passes (or one primer pass and one finish pass with two coats).
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Brand names appear only so you can match typical Canadian label coverage. Paint Calculator is an independent tool — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Behr, Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Cloverdale Paint, Dulux, Sico, Beauti-Tone, CIL, Valspar, PPG, The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, or their parent companies. Always use the Coverage figure printed on your can.
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Frequently asked questions
Valspar vs Behr?
Behr is Home Depot; Valspar is Lowe’s. Coverage on the can is similar in the 350–400 sq ft range, but you still enter the number from the can you bought. Behr page: [how much paint](/how-much-paint-do-i-need).
Official Valspar tool?
No. Independent, not affiliated with Valspar, Sherwin-Williams (parent), or Lowe’s.
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Brand names appear only so you can match typical Canadian label coverage. Paint Calculator is an independent tool — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Behr, Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Cloverdale Paint, Dulux, Sico, Beauti-Tone, CIL, Valspar, PPG, The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, or their parent companies. Always use the Coverage figure printed on your can. Full disclaimer.
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