Down the pub - the thread about nothing and everything

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I too can confirm that Dulux trade centres are the most expensive for paint. But (actual trade paint ) is more expensive because it has more pigment with the idea that it covers in one coat and as time is money it works out more economical for a painter and decorators to pay more for the trade paint. It also can be watered down very well when time is not an issue or watered down for the job at hand.
Whenever I have been in the dulux trade centre they have always given me a trade price - maybe because I am not an argumentative arsehole. They gave me an empty - but plenty left for my use - a black pigment bottle that they use in the mixer machine so I was able to darken my own paint.