Some paints are relatively inexpensive, while others are kind of pricey. Is there truly a difference?
“You get what you pay for” is an accurate statement. Price differences usually reflect a difference in the quality or the amount of the key ingredients. Since it’s the ingredients that affect such important qualities as durability, flow, hide and leveling, the better the quality of the paint the easier it will be to apply and the longer it will normally last. In fact, a top-quality paint can last as much as twice as long as a low-end paint. This lowers the cost per year of service which saves you not only money, but also sweat if you do your own painting. If you use a professional painter, you save even more by insisting on a top-quality paint. That’s because the paint represents only a fraction of the cost of repainting; most of the expense is for the contractor’s labor.
