Christopher:
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<<  The paint industry knows that we will not spend much more than $25./gal
for
paint and so they give is paint products with short-term performance because
a better ones would cost more. This paint marketing fact is well known
within the paint industry >>

John, what "should" a gallon of paint cost?  What's the top conceivable end?
And what, in the real world, is closest to it?
>>

My source says $50.-100. is the ball park. This applies to oil-base as well
as waterborne acrylic. According to my source a big part of the issue of
cost/quality/performance in service is the quality of binder resin. Real
world products? I'm not a painter and thus not into the market regularly
enough to know. I have been testing and working with acrylic paints made for
the artist/fine arts market which seem to have this higher level of binder
quality. The Golden folks happily provide as much technical support as I
want, but this is not a recomendation for their products.

John Leeke, Preservation Consultant

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