Holy Crap!! The price of Paint.....

Guys & Girls,

I've been watching this thread with a great concern. Aside from a brief side track to overdone interior pics it's been an interesting discussion to say the least. And, I agree with you. Paint is getting too darn expensive!!!!

Just to give you a thought starter here. Where do you think the scrap material goes when it's deemed " of questionable usage" by the major paint companies? (PPG , Dupont, and BASF)

In the '80s and early '90s they shipped all the salvage resins, slurries, intermediates, old out-dated pigments, solvents, reology control agents, UV and light stabilizer packages to China (at a much reduced price). I also recall some lead based pigments and resins headed over to China to be applied on products and shipped back to North America as finished goods. They still ship some old material over there but not so much anymore and I'll tell you why.....

The big 3 paint companies had a better idea and created a "B" and/or "C" markets here in North America and you guys are using the result of that effort!!! Think about it. Most paint warranties have more holes in them than swiss cheese but you can't put any warranty on "questionable quality" material.

I just thought I'd throw this in and see where it goes.


sscuda