2006-07-08 14:00:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
If you aren't picky about color, try your local home/hardware store. Sometimes they have colors that weren't matched perfectly. I've been able to pick up a gallon of paint there for $5 or less. You can also try your neighborhood hazardous materials recycling center. Ours gives paint away for free.
2006-07-08 14:04:43 · answer #1 · answered by sosassy70 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check out your local Home Depot or Lowe's. Go to the paint department and ask about "Oops" paint -- that's what HD calls it. It's paint that they mixed the wrong color but is perfectly fine. You can get a gallon for $5.
If you need more than one gallon to cover your area, you may need to get creative.
For my DD's room, I bought two cream colored paints and this really bright red. Then I mixed them in a large bucket and got this really cool shade of pink. Wooo hoo -- an entire room painted for $15!! Just make sure the paints you are mixing are the same base -- ask the person at the paint counter if you are unsure.
2006-07-08 21:09:17 · answer #2 · answered by Wisdomwoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a Solid Waste District Office near you (look under local government in the yellow pages) they sometimes have free paint. Instead of throwing paint away and harming the environment, people drop off unused paint at the SWD office. Anyone can come in and get paint for free to use for projects.
You probably won't get lots of one color of paint, but you could combine colors to create new colors, or could be creative in how you paint so that you can use different colors.
2006-07-08 21:14:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mama Pastafarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for inexpensive paint I researched Consumers Reports and they rated Wal Mart paint as a consumer "Best Buy".
2006-07-09 03:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walmart is cheap, but I find the paint has a strong odor. Oops paint at home depot...wrong color paint at Ace hardware.
2006-07-08 21:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by Kipper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find the best paint bargains at the hardware store. If you are flexible about color you can ask for thier "boo-boo" paints. Colors that were mixed wrong or the customer didn't approve . I got a 1 gallon can of Behr paint for my kitchen at my local hardware store and paid $3.00 for it. Good luck.
2006-07-08 21:09:44 · answer #6 · answered by Kristen P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warning: Do not buy from Odd Lots. You will be doing the painting the following year.
2006-07-08 23:20:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have had success with walmart paint. they can match about any color you may want. i don't remember exactly how much it was per can but i know that it was no more then $10. we painted our den/livingroom and a bedroom--it looked so good other family members have started using paint from wally world!! hope you find what you are looking for!!
2006-07-08 21:09:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most paint store have paint that they have mixed and the customer didn't like it or it wasn't right. you can usually get it for about $5 gallon. they will have swatches with a sample of the paint so you will know what you are getting.
2006-07-08 21:13:13 · answer #9 · answered by KAREN A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as GOOD paint that is CHEAP...There is Cheap paint and there is good paint. Good luck
2006-07-08 21:12:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋