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Other Long-Term Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
ManufacturingSite
Mar. 31, 2014
Other Long-Term Liabilities (Textual) [Abstract]    
Amount by which unaccrued maximum of estimated range exceeds minimum $ 89.4us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossPortionNotAccrued  
Accruals for extended environmental-related activities 112.9us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingencies 83.3us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingencies
Estimated costs of current investigation and remediation activities included in other accruals 16.9us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesCurrent 15.4us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesCurrent
Number of manufacturing sites accounting for the majority of the accrual for environmental-related activities 2shw_NumberOfManufacturingSitesAccountingForMajorityOfAccrualForEnvironmentalRelatedActivities  
Accruals for environmental-related activities of two sites 81.9shw_AccrualsForEnvironmentalRelatedActivitiesOfSitesAccountingForMajorityOfAccrualForEnvironmentalRelatedActivities  
Percentage of accrual for environmental-related activities related to two sites 63.10%shw_AccrualsForEnvironmentalRelatedActivitiesInPercentage  
Amount of unaccrued maximum related to two sites $ 58.2us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingenciesComponentAmount  
Percentage of aggregate unaccrued maximum related to two sites 65.10%shw_PercentageOfAggregateUnaccruedMaximumRelatedToSitesAccountingForMajorityOfAccrualForEnvironmentalRelatedActivities