Where does the paint come from? I got more hiking type boots, I didn't scrap everything, I sold some and while sorting noticed that some clothing of the same type was better than others. Each piece give heat and cold resistance, but the values and the total values differed. One piece might give 2 and 2 another of the same type give 3 and 1. I ended up keeping the highest total value clothes of each type . It seemed the BOU set gives the best general protection unless you are in very hot or very cold.