I had to give it a 1 because there was no 0. I paint, folk art and use acrylics all the time. This is the worst paint I've ever used. I should have known Plaid paint is terrible. In the booklet and on tv it showed being used on a black mailbox. Thats why I bought it, well the paint doesn't cover black even 2 coats, which defeats the purpose of "one stroke" This will truely test HSN's return policy, because I had "use" it to "try" it, but it went back the same day.