What is the difference between normal dulux paints and dulux trade paints?

I am a qualified decorator and worked as a paint advisor in a trade decorators merchants.





Dulux trade is a concentrated version of the retail paint. It is more expensive and does not work out cheaper.





It's main advantage is to the professional decorator who can judge how much he wants to thin it according to the job in front of him. Most use it to try and obliterate in the least coats. There seems to be some evidence that the colours in trade paint stay truer for longer, but most people will want to repaint long before the retail version fades anyway.





Most DIYers will benefit from using retail Dulux as it is already thinned out for them and thicker paints are more difficult to apply and in emulsion leave more texture.in the finish The only exception are if you are emulsioning interior walls in the same colour and you want to try and get away with doing it in one coat, then trade paint is your best chance. The other time DIYers will benefit from trade paint is when painting exteriors. Then it is worth paying the extra because you want you exterior to last as long as possible.What is the difference between normal dulux paints and dulux trade paints?
The 'trade' paints tend to have more opacity (covering power).


Dulux decorators centres can mix ANY shade that you want, so choice of colour is not an issue.What is the difference between normal dulux paints and dulux trade paints?
The price?
The simplest answer is Thickness...The same also applies to Crown, Macphersons and other good brands..
pigments,there is a difference in weight,the best quality(the trade one) will be heavier
Not a lot these days - 'trade' ranges used to carry more colours, but with in-store paint mixing, retail ranges are just as comprehensive.





You do get a greater choice of quality of finishes in trade ranges - I always specify oil-based Satinwood as I don't rate the finish or durability of the more commonly available water-based versions. You can also get traditional finishes like housebuilders use for newly-plastered walls which allow the wall to breathe - not normally available at the DIY outlets, or in the the kind of (more economic) quantities that the professionals use, albeit in a limited range of colours.
I used to work in homebase so i definately know the answer to this:





Dulux trade paint is thicker and uses more premium chemicals within the paint, which makes trade paint an ideal paint to use in commercial envirmonents, the paint is more hard wearing and has a better and improved durability, its more hard wearing and also trade paint comes in larger sizes compared to dulux home paints, and also you pay more money for it!





But trade paint mainly comes in white and magnolia colours and or black, very rarely you will see trade coloured paint!





Dulux home comes in every colour, finnish, and is made for many applications and enviroments mainly targeted for the home!





Thats your answer my friend!