Posted by Steve Gillispie on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
There is none. As with almost any product, you usually get
what you pay for. Purchasing paint strictly on the basis of price will
end up costing you more in the long run. Here's why. As long as you're
comparing two similar types of paint (i.e. interior wall paint, exterior
trim paint), price differences usually reflect a difference in the
quality and/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 (or primer, or caulk) can last up to twice as long as a
low-end paint, lowering the cost per year of service. Materials are a
relatively small part of the overall cost of a paint job. Saving a few
hundred on materials simply doesn't pay.