Were they telling me this so I would buy a lot of much more expensive paint? Didn't take the chance, purchased the better paint.[/QUOTE]
Interesting! We were just told something similar by a salesperson regarding small cans of Minwax stain. They said the stain would not be the same color as the larger cans, or the "sample". We bought the small cans anyway, and our project turned out exactly as I wanted. I have used the small sample cans of paint and had no durability problem.