Dunn-Edwards Paints: Our History

Since 1925, Dunn-Edwards Corporation has been the leading manufacturer and supplier of architectural and industrial coatings in the Southwest, providing a complete line of paints and painting supplies to professionals and quality-conscious consumers.

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Video clips of different scenery	From the hot arid deserts of Arizona Nevada and New Mexico to the cool moist sea coast of California Dunn-Edwards paints are formulated specifically for the climate of the Southwest to protect and beautify a wide variety of architectural surfaces.
Images of interior houses	Since its founding 85 years ago Dunn-Edwards has provided more than 450 million gallons of paint to the region enough to cover more than 6,000 square miles of surface area but why does so many professionals choose to paint their most important projects and their own homes with Dunn-Edwards paints because they know from experience it's the highest quality paint available.
Video clips of old factories	In 1925 to young wallpaper salesmen Frank buddy Dunn and Charles Smith formed the Dunn Smith company and by 1927 it evolved into the consolidated wallpaper corporation of Los Angeles selling wallpaper and paint by 1937 paint sales began to exceed wallpaper sales and the company opened its own paint factory consisting of two used stone mills an agitator a cooking kettle and later some roller mills its crew consisted of one man who made the paint and cook the varnish the next year Arthur C Edwards bought into the business becoming half owner sales immediately improved and a business philosophy was born make the finest line of paint and give the best service at fair prices. It's a philosophy that endures to this day throughout the 1950s hundreds of thousands of new homes were built across California and the Southwest
Dunn-Edwards logo	many of them were painted with the brand professional painters recognized as the best available Don Edwards the following decades saw Dunn-Edwards continued to expand.