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Date: | Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:36:21 -0500 |
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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?
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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
publisher: Practical Restoration Reports
contributing editor: Old-House Journal
postal: 26 Higgins St., Portland, Maine 04103, USA
phone & fax: 01 207 773-2306
email: [log in to unmask]
website: www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
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