Trade paint ?
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Yes, trade paint is much better...professional grade quality
Trade paints tend to have a few more key ingredients in than the other paints. Some of the ingredients such as titanium dioxide are very expensive. There will be a bit more of that in the trade paint over normal paint.
Yes, the difference between the trade and retail paints is quite substantial. firstly the stuff you get at your well known diy centres (retail) is made to be used as is. It is not as concentrated as the trade paints, which are made almost twice as thick, in order for it to be thinned down. Trade paint is not made to be used neat, you will get problems with patchiness, and skidding if you try to do so. secondly, if you look at the coverage on a retail can, in comparison to a trade can, you will find you get almost a 3rd more coverage on the trade paint. this is because, as it is thicker paint the opacity is much better, therefore giving you more coverage, with use of less paint. So even tho you may find that trade paints seem more expensive, in actual fact they prob work out about the same as retail.
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Hmmnnnn... I think I understand the point that you are making but it might confuse the OP. Granted there is more scope for thinning the paint but that that is not the reason for using trade paints. As RobbieUk suggested the quality of the product is superior, in part because of the use of higher cost of ingredients.
I can only imagine that the likes of Dulux make retail/diy crap in order to compete in the diy sheds with equally inferior products from other makers.
Sadly, diyers forget to factor in the monetary value of their spare time when decorating and go for cheaper paints- oblivious to the fact that they will increase labour times by up to 30%. I am inclined to think that the margins on DIY paints are actually higher- hence the fact that the makers do not push the importance of using their premium products.
I am always saddened when I meet other people in my industry who advocate the use of cheap products, I try to explain to them that, when for example, decorating a room, the costs of materials account to about, 10% of the overall cost. Labour cost will always be higher so paying 50% more for materials is negligible.
In short- if you want to have to apply 3 coats rather than two then buy DIY/retail
yes, I totally agree with what you're saying,... I have been in the trade for about 18yrs now, both a qualified painter/decorator, and for the last 9yrs worked retail in a independant decorator supply merchants. I deal with these type of queries, both from trade and retail everyday. We sell both dulux trade & crown trade paints (besides many others!), and are obviously updated on all products a regular basis. To be honest it is only the decorators that use it everyday, that apprieciate the quality of any trade paints. In my everyday experience retail customers are blinded by the "Designer Paints", (if u kno what I mean!!), which have nowhere near the coverage ratio's of any trade paint. Sometimes you are fighting a losing battle, and wasting your breath!!! LOL 
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