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Inferior wall paint infiltrates the market
Nowadays, there are many markets selling wall paint. You can buy various brands of wall paint in large building materials malls, building materials supermarkets, wall paint specialty stores, and some stall-based building materials markets. However, through interviews, reporters learned that quite a few inferior wall paints have infiltrated the market. For consumers lacking professional experience, it's not easy to identify these inferior wall paints.
At a stall-based building materials market in Chaoyang District, reporters discovered that many merchants selling boards, coatings, putty, and other building materials also sell wall paint, including some well-known wall paint brands. However, for wall paints with the same appearance and capacity, prices vary greatly. One merchant told reporters that the wall paint of a certain brand they sell costs around 250 yuan for 15 liters. [This wall paint is especially good to use; you don't need to apply primer when painting walls because this wall paint already blends primer and topcoat.] However, as soon as the reporter mentioned wanting to buy more environmentally friendly, higher-quality wall paint, the merchant immediately recommended the small bucket [set] series of the same brand. [It's generally better to use this type for home renovations. Foremen usually buy the large buckets more often. Small buckets of paint are more expensive, with the cheapest costing at least 660 yuan.] Sales personnel said.
However, in another building materials store, the [situation] was completely different for the same brand and capacity of wall paint. The salesperson told reporters that the cheapest one costs over 100 yuan, while others cost over 200 yuan. Nanchang Renovation Network reminds that it depends on which one you choose. [Why is there such a big price difference for wall paint of the same brand and packaging?] In response, the salesperson explained, [The results after brushing will definitely differ. This wall paint costing over 100 yuan doesn't look very bright after application, and its titanium dioxide content is also lower.] Regarding whether primer is still needed, the salesperson told reporters [Do you really need primer when painting walls at home? You can directly apply the topcoat. If you apply primer before the topcoat, it will cost even more money.]
[Currently, there are quite a few wall paints of poor quality on the market.] An industry insider told reporters that the outer packaging of these wall paints looks very realistic, but once opened, the wall paint appears very thin. Compared to high-quality wall paints, their adhesion and gloss are much worse, and the coating effect is far from ideal.
It's worth noting that during interviews, when reporters asked merchants how to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit wall paints, the answers were very vague, mostly indicating [There are production batch numbers on the cans, so there won't be any problems], [If it's counterfeit, we offer a tenfold compensation here]. Industry insiders remind consumers that merchants selling genuine products usually understand the product's anti-counterfeiting methods better. If the merchant is unclear about this issue, the authenticity of their products should be questioned.
Usage Hazards
[Problem] Paint film difficult to repair
The biggest problem with inferior wall paint is that it easily causes wall powdering and cracking. Hu Zengguang, the engineering director of Jinzhao Decoration Engineering Department, stated that this type of wall paint has relatively poor viscosity. Once diluted with water, it becomes very thin. After being brushed onto the wall, the paint film is thin, and sometimes it cannot even cover the base layer. From afar, the wall looks like a "big spotted face."
Moreover, more seriously, due to the poor adhesion of the paint film, it easily causes the wall to peel off. Once this happens, subsequent repairs become very troublesome. Hu Zengguang indicated that if the adhesion of the paint film itself is very poor, even applying high-quality wall paint on the surface will cause peeling again because the top layer of wall paint lacks a solid attachment base. Therefore, in such cases, the wall paint usually needs to be removed, then the base layer reprocessed, and finally repainted. Both time and economic costs for this method are very high.
Most consumers encountering such situations would not go through the trouble of repainting unless the wall "looks passable." Regarding this situation, Hu Zengguang stated that if the wall paint film hasn't peeled off or powdered, it indicates that the paint film still has a certain degree of adhesion, so there's no need for repainting.
Additives prone to indoor pollution
Inferior wall paint often triggers indoor environmental issues. Yan Zhiren, an engineering researcher at Yuanzhou Decoration Group, stated that to enhance the adhesion of wall paint, merchants add more formaldehyde into inferior wall paints. Due to the uncontrollability of these additives and enhancers, it's easy for wall paints to encounter environmental problems.
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