Sticker Shock
Nov 20, 2023 10:27:11 #
Nov 20, 2023 11:01:07 #
rchuck1 wrote:
I had not bought any house paint in quite some time. Wow! I needed a good quality exterior latex. I settled for paint one step below this one, but the price was still $70/gallon retail.
But think what a woman has to pay for paint -- a quality nail polish usually comes in a .5 to .75 oz. bottle which costs 25 to 100 dollars per oz! A gallon of that would run between 3000 and 12,000 dollars a gallon! Someone should market a good quality high gloss enamel paint to women advertised as a lifetime supply of nail polish in a quart size and sell it for around 50.00 a can!
Nov 20, 2023 12:36:54 #
Everything has gone sky high! I make wooden horses and sleighs with Santa for yard decorations and make horse and dog greeting cards and the price of wood, paint weather seal, ink, card stock and envelopes (and shipping) has caused me to raise my prices quite a bit. Thank goodness I am retiring from custom painting after Christmas. Price doesn't slow horse, dog and cat lovers down one bit.
Nov 20, 2023 13:52:49 #
Painters get a huge discount. A 5 gallon bucket can be 375-700. I have a friend that is a painter and he pays 1/2 of those prices.
Nov 20, 2023 18:43:36 #
No surprise.
While in college (1963 - 64) I worked in a paint store and Dupont Lucite cost $7.50 per gallon. Today, prices are generally 10x what they were then. $7.50 x 10 = $75.00.
While in college (1963 - 64) I worked in a paint store and Dupont Lucite cost $7.50 per gallon. Today, prices are generally 10x what they were then. $7.50 x 10 = $75.00.
Nov 21, 2023 09:00:22 #
rchuck1 wrote:
I had not bought any house paint in quite some time. Wow! I needed a good quality exterior latex. I settled for paint one step below this one, but the price was still $70/gallon retail.
Good reason to go for aluminium siding. I hated house painting when I was a kid!
Nov 21, 2023 10:33:27 #
I used to shiver when boat bottom paint was $90/gal. Would hate to see what it is today!
Nov 21, 2023 11:05:47 #
rchuck1 wrote:
I had not bought any house paint in quite some time. Wow! I needed a good quality exterior latex. I settled for paint one step below this one, but the price was still $70/gallon retail.
Yupp, sounds high, BUT, how often are you going to be repainting what you are going to piant now??? We repainted 2 rooms with S/W paint, and I think we paid around $80 a gallon,bought 2 gallons so $160 total, but probably wont be repainting for several years, so actually over time its pretty cheap, just my opinion though.
Nov 21, 2023 11:43:49 #
sodapop wrote:
I used to shiver when boat bottom paint was $90/gal. Would hate to see what it is today!
Another paint job I hated, that red copper stuff, my father didn't buy the blue Singapore stuff, said it was just for looks , luckily my father did the bottom painting while I was in school.
Nov 21, 2023 16:29:36 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
rchuck1 wrote:
I had not bought any house paint in quite some time. Wow! I needed a good quality exterior latex. I settled for paint one step below this one, but the price was still $70/gallon retail.
One of the great things about paint today is their stickability (not there is such a word). I painted new glossy bathroom tiles to match the old ones, and they have stayed for the last 7 years. I'm in a 1920 apt bldg and the old galvanized pipes where replaced some time ago, but the tiles where they broke the wall open had the same shape tiles but the white color was more bluish. I took an old one out went to HomeDepot or Lowes, matched the yellowish white color and painted the bluish ones to match. The new pant has stuck on, even with my swiping the water off with a squeegee.
The same with exterior white paint on my window trim. New paint is much better, hence the cost !
Nov 21, 2023 21:49:20 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Another paint job I hated, that red copper stuff, my father didn't buy the blue Singapore stuff, said it was just for looks , luckily my father did the bottom painting while I was in school.
Copper bottom paint was the anti-fouling paint. It kept the barnacles and such from growing on the boat's bottom. The bottom had to be re-painted every year for it to be effective (this is the 1950s). Every spring it was a sand and paint ritual. I was the kid. It was my job.
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