On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:17:15 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:11:14 -0500, LdB wrote:
You believe Behr is a good quality paint. Is that from experience or
marketing? Getting people like you to believe Behr is a good product
isn't cheap.

It applies well and seems to weather OK - beyond that I have no idea if
it's worse or better than Behr's competitors. However, $35 for a gallon
of Behr white exterior top-coat and $60 for 5 gallons of Behr white
exterior barn paint makes me think that there's some downside (in Behr's
eyes) to using the barn paint. It's entirely possible that what Behr see
as the drawback in using the barn paint (and which makes them sell it
cheaply) isn't relevant to me.

Behr don't care because you are paying for your own brainwashing when
you buy their product. You also pay for the small cans and all the
distribution costs associated with them.

Well, I bought 5 gallons of exterior top-coat for the house a couple of
years ago - that wasn't Behr, but someone else's product (I don't even
remember who). That wasn't particularly cheap, either (memory is saying
around $120).

Looking online quickly, other exterior top-coats, whether sold by the
gallon or 5 gallons, also seem to be "up there" in price (between $20 and
$50 per gallon) - I think there has to be something that separates "barn
paint" from other exterior paints and makes it cheaper.

cheers

Jules

I painted my shed 3 years ago with barn paint and so far its holding
up quite well. It was considerably cheaper than "regular" paint.

I think one thing that makes it cheaper is that barn paint has to be
non toxic to animals if ingested, so the ingredient list was pretty
short.