Paint matching (am I expecting too much...?) - Page 8

> Matching colors "EXACTLY" is impossible....All the painters I know that b=

> a few gallons of color tinted paint , dump the 1 gallon cans into a clean=

> gallon bucket and mix them to eliminate any possibility of differences
> between the 1 gallon cans..

> A while back I had to demo a kitchen cabinet to allow a new fridge to be
> moved in... =A0I was in a time crunch and didn't have time to go to a rea=

> paint store that day so I went to That Orange-Colored Store and had them
> mix me a quart of paint. =A0I took with me a vent grille that had been
> painted over to color match. =A0The guy tried, and even wasted a quart on
> his first try when it came out too dark (color is a flat white tinted
> slightly blue) second try looked good in the store but when I painted
> the wall it ended up slightly more brownish-grey than the rest of the
> wall. =A0(I also used almost the whole quart just to cover the area that
> was behind one large kitchen cabinet...)
> Unfortunately this @#$@#$% color is on about half the walls in my house,
> and I have a couple other little areas that I'd like to address
> (changing light fixtures in living room and removing mirror over mantel;
> repainting ceiling at top of stair landing where it was badly prepped;
> painting kitchen ceiling where I demo'd an ugly fluorescent fixture and
> never patched/painted the ceiling) but we're not quite ready to repaint
> any whole rooms yet. =A0So I would really like to have a couple more
> quarts of paint matched to the existing so I can keep doing spot repairs
> as I get motivated and not have the house look all ghetto and have
> primer spots all over the darn place until whatever room gets a full
> repaint.
> Today I had a dentist's appt. in the AM so I left early and hit the
> closest "real" paint store and brought the same vent grille with me.
> They "matched" it while I was visiting with Dr. Hook and I picked up two
> quarts (they used Benjamin Moore base.) =A0I just opened one and spread a
> little paint on the corner of said vent, it looks like a pure white in
> comparison. =A0Not even anywhere near as close as the paint I got from HD=

> The few areas I've used the HD paint don't look awful, but it's obvious
> that there's a paint mismatch. =A0Is that about the best I can hope for
> (in which case I should go back to HD and get a couple more quarts of
> the same thing I got last time,) or should I take everything back to the
> real paint store and let them try again? =A0I realize you can't see what
> I'm working with so you can't really say "that's about as good as it
> gets, you're being too picky, just deal until you repaint" or "you can
> do better than that, you've just had bad luck with paint guys" (but I
> guess that's kind of the feedback I really need)
> Not sure if posting pics would help, but if it would, I can take a pic
> of the last little spot I did, around the thermostat on the kitchen wall.=

> nate
> --
> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel

> > A while back I had to demo a kitchen cabinet to allow a new fridge to b=

> > moved in... =A0I was in a time crunch and didn't have time to go to a r=

> > paint store that day so I went to That Orange-Colored Store and had the=

> > mix me a quart of paint. =A0I took with me a vent grille that had been
> > painted over to color match. =A0The guy tried, and even wasted a quart =

> > his first try when it came out too dark (color is a flat white tinted
> > slightly blue) second try looked good in the store but when I painted
> > the wall it ended up slightly more brownish-grey than the rest of the
> > wall. =A0(I also used almost the whole quart just to cover the area tha=

> > was behind one large kitchen cabinet...)
> > Unfortunately this @#$@#$% color is on about half the walls in my house=

> > and I have a couple other little areas that I'd like to address
> > (changing light fixtures in living room and removing mirror over mantel=

> > repainting ceiling at top of stair landing where it was badly prepped;
> > painting kitchen ceiling where I demo'd an ugly fluorescent fixture and
> > never patched/painted the ceiling) but we're not quite ready to repaint
> > any whole rooms yet. =A0So I would really like to have a couple more
> > quarts of paint matched to the existing so I can keep doing spot repair=

> > as I get motivated and not have the house look all ghetto and have
> > primer spots all over the darn place until whatever room gets a full
> > repaint.
> > Today I had a dentist's appt. in the AM so I left early and hit the
> > closest "real" paint store and brought the same vent grille with me.
> > They "matched" it while I was visiting with Dr. Hook and I picked up tw=

> > quarts (they used Benjamin Moore base.) =A0I just opened one and spread=

> > little paint on the corner of said vent, it looks like a pure white in
> > comparison. =A0Not even anywhere near as close as the paint I got from =

> > The few areas I've used the HD paint don't look awful, but it's obvious
> > that there's a paint mismatch. =A0Is that about the best I can hope for
> > (in which case I should go back to HD and get a couple more quarts of
> > the same thing I got last time,) or should I take everything back to th=

> > real paint store and let them try again? =A0I realize you can't see wha=

> > I'm working with so you can't really say "that's about as good as it
> > gets, you're being too picky, just deal until you repaint" or "you can
> > do better than that, you've just had bad luck with paint guys" (but I
> > guess that's kind of the feedback I really need)
> > Not sure if posting pics would help, but if it would, I can take a pic
> > of the last little spot I did, around the thermostat on the kitchen wal=

> > nate
> > --
> > replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel

> If the newer paint is not "colored" enough, why not mix it with some
> of the "orange store" paint that was too colored, maybe you'll get
> closer.

> A while back I had to demo a kitchen cabinet to allow a new fridge to be
> moved in... I was in a time crunch and didn't have time to go to a real
> paint store that day so I went to That Orange-Colored Store and had them
> mix me a quart of paint. I took with me a vent grille that had been
> painted over to color match. The guy tried, and even wasted a quart on
> his first try when it came out too dark (color is a flat white tinted
> slightly blue) second try looked good in the store but when I painted
> the wall it ended up slightly more brownish-grey than the rest of the
> wall. (I also used almost the whole quart just to cover the area that
> was behind one large kitchen cabinet...)
>
> Unfortunately this @#$@#$% color is on about half the walls in my house,
> and I have a couple other little areas that I'd like to address
> (changing light fixtures in living room and removing mirror over mantel;
> repainting ceiling at top of stair landing where it was badly prepped;
> painting kitchen ceiling where I demo'd an ugly fluorescent fixture and
> never patched/painted the ceiling) but we're not quite ready to repaint
> any whole rooms yet. So I would really like to have a couple more
> quarts of paint matched to the existing so I can keep doing spot repairs
> as I get motivated and not have the house look all ghetto and have
> primer spots all over the darn place until whatever room gets a full
> repaint.
>
> Today I had a dentist's appt. in the AM so I left early and hit the
> closest "real" paint store and brought the same vent grille with me.
> They "matched" it while I was visiting with Dr. Hook and I picked up two
> quarts (they used Benjamin Moore base.) I just opened one and spread a
> little paint on the corner of said vent, it looks like a pure white in
> comparison. Not even anywhere near as close as the paint I got from HD.
>
> The few areas I've used the HD paint don't look awful, but it's obvious
> that there's a paint mismatch. Is that about the best I can hope for
> (in which case I should go back to HD and get a couple more quarts of
> the same thing I got last time,) or should I take everything back to the
> real paint store and let them try again? I realize you can't see what
> I'm working with so you can't really say "that's about as good as it
> gets, you're being too picky, just deal until you repaint" or "you can
> do better than that, you've just had bad luck with paint guys" (but I
> guess that's kind of the feedback I really need)
>
> Not sure if posting pics would help, but if it would, I can take a pic
> of the last little spot I did, around the thermostat on the kitchen wall...
>
> nate
>

> Unfortunately this @#$@#$% color is on about half the walls in my house,
> and I have a couple other little areas that I'd like to address
> (changing light fixtures in living room and removing mirror over mantel;
> repainting ceiling at top of stair landing where it was badly prepped;
> painting kitchen ceiling where I demo'd an ugly fluorescent fixture and
> never patched/painted the ceiling) but we're not quite ready to repaint
> any whole rooms yet. =A0So I would really like to have a couple more
> quarts of paint matched to the existing so I can keep doing spot repairs
> as I get motivated and not have the house look all ghetto and have
> primer spots all over the darn place until whatever room gets a full
> repaint.

> Today I had a dentist's appt. in the AM so I left early and hit the
> closest "real" paint store and brought the same vent grille with me.

> They "matched" it while I was visiting with Dr. Hook and I picked up two
> quarts

> The few areas I've used the HD paint don't look awful, but it's obvious
> that there's a paint mismatch.

> Is that about the best I can hope for
> (in which case I should go back to HD and get a couple more quarts of
> the same thing I got last time,) or should I take everything back to the
> real paint store and let them try again?

> I realize you can't see what
> I'm working with so you can't really say "that's about as good as it
> gets, you're being too picky, just deal until you repaint" or "you can
> do better than that, you've just had bad luck with paint guys" (but I
> guess that's kind of the feedback I really need)

> Not sure if posting pics would help,

> but if it would, I can take a pic
> of the last little spot I did, around the thermostat on the kitchen wall.=