The labour charge for applying cheap or quality paint is exactly the same generally recognized in China as 40 per cent. of the job.
The average coverage of a gallon of quality paint is 360 square feet (two coats). For the average house the area of which is 4,500 square feet this means 12% gallons of quality paint.
The average coverage of a gallon of cheap paint is 270 square feet (two coats). For the average house the area of which is 4,500 square feet this means 16-2/3 gallons of cheap paint.
Quality paint will last five years, but two and one half years is all that can be expected from cheap paint, Only one conclusion can be drawn, and this is that cheap paint lasts only half as long, and on a 5-year basis costs about double the cost of quality paint such as PATTON'S-SUN-
PROOF PAINT—Standard Value since 1855.
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