Is lacquer thinner made from crude oil?

[hemiyota]

You'd think so, the way the price has gone up. I was buying the Wal-Mart, primer grade thinner for clean-up. During the last year it has gone from $6.47 to $11.39 a gallon. Other places have all gone up, too.

[Len]

Yes, it's a petroleum product.

[Jon E]

The last time I bought any, I paid about $25 or $30 for a 5 gallon drum at the paint store. It's definately cheaper there than at Wally World.

[hemiyota]

Yeah, I think I might hit Spring Carlisle this year. There used to be vendors that had it in 5 gal cans there, too. I hate to think about going there, but I also need some cans of R-12, so I can kill 2 birds with one stone.

[Bruce P]

Wally world will charge just as much as it can "get away with" on everything in the store. After screwing their suppliers, which is well documented and screwing their employees, which is also well documented, the only people left are their customers who have bought into their "always the lowest price" bilge. It's the perfect trifecta.

Now back to the pricing of lacquer thinner..... It's up. Everything's up.....

[Mooch]

Wally world isn't any different than paint manufatures in my book. Anybody notice the cost of paint goes up each year.

I like wally world myself buy there all the time. I'm no better than anybody else in business as I raise my prices whenever I can also. America what a country. Mooch