Edwin said:
But that does not mean the quality is the same as you'd find in a SW store. My guess is that Wal Mart is giving them specs to meet. Could be better, could be worse.
Oh, most certainly! Didn't mean to imply <anything> other than the manufacturer name. That's the way they purchase any/all products of such magnitude. One would expect solids content, etc., to be less w/ the W/M branded vis a vis the S-W, or at least the "best" W/M would more nearly equate to a mid-range S-W branded. I noted that when I was there last year, the price differential was not very great between what would have been, in my estimation, the closest matches between grades--roughly $1/gal was all.
For the large volume I required for the barn and house I ended up w/ Behr in large part because there is only one independent paint dealer left in town and they were unwilling to dicker at all even for an order of over 100 gal (primer and topcopat). On top of which, they didn't have oil-based in stock except in 1 gal cans and refused to order 5-gal buckets.
HD, otoh, gave significant discount and even offered to send the shipment directly here to the farm, 60 mi from the store in another town if it were necessary/convenient! I had no problem storing it for a while so just took delivery and brought it home, but compared to local S-W store, the service was most excellent. It's now been over one winter so far and all seems well this spring. Am waiting after rain last couple of days for it to dry up enough to finish some touch up prep and the last wall on the barn we got primer on but not topcoat before it got too cold last December. It went on well (sprayed, then brushed out) and covered well. Used a high gloss rather than semi-gloss to add additional surface protection and reflectivity in our high UV environment. Was blinding in the direct sun to look at although has dulled just slightly w/ some dirt/dust collection...
