Ceiling Paint?

I always believed ceiling paint to be a low quality paint since durability is almost never an issue. How many times has anyone scuffed the ceiling?





Since durability is not an issue, why is ceiling paint so expensive? Infact, I have seen ceiling paint selling for a higher price than wall and both paints are by the same manufacturer.





I am not sure, but wall paint is more viscous than ceiling paint. If that is the case, would thinning wall paint with a bit of water make it useable for ceilings?





Would using regular wall paint to paint the ceiling be a bad idea?Ceiling Paint?
I am a painter so I know. Any paint will work fine. I would use a latex.Ceiling Paint?
i paint as well... i've used ceiling paint %26amp; not found it too more expensive here but again... u can use any latex paint on u'r ceiling. Esp if u put some color up there accept white.
we have done our ceiling twice. the first time we bought the expensive ceiling paint. it was purple at first then as it dries it turns white. the second time we used ordinary cheap latex paint and it looks so much better, covering more evenly ! the only reason the paint is more expensive from what i can guess was its color changing ability so you dont go over the same spot twice. stupid really when you can see the difference plain and simple ! as far as stopping paint splatters they make an adopter for your roller. you just snap it over the roller and that acts like a tray to catch any drips before they hit the floor.
I can think of one reason it might be more, that is to control spatter. The formulation may require more of the expensive components so you don't look like a snowman when you roll the ceiling. I buy the cheapest paint I can if I am not changing colors on a ceiling, but I use quality wall paint if changing colors to get good hiding.
In this day and age any quality paint is expensive due to increased raw material and energy costs.Ceiling paint falls under that because a lot of people want a real brilliant white which calls for fine milled titanium,rather than say clay,to achieve the brightness and ';whiteness';This is also the case with many new trendy colors--The mixing base needs to be brilliant white to accept the pigments to achieve the true color.





Old fashioned marketing plays a bit into the price of paint also as you pay for the name for example Ralph Lauren.





There is nothing wrong with using a white wall paint(or any other color)on a ceiling if that brilliant white look is immaterial-an old painters trick was to ad just a bit of blue to the white to increase the hi dding ability-the eye wont pick that up unless,for instance a brilliant white valance was next to it.





If viscosity is an issue a bit of water will work--just don't loosen it up to the point that it rains splatter