Paint matching (am I expecting too much...?)

On Nov 3, 7:10*pm, RicodJour <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

A match is a match, ive painted for 30 years and have good eyes and
dont spend any money on paint matching, I just use my eyes.

On Nov 3, 10:29*pm, "hr(bob) [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

I've run out of the other paint, plus the tint of that is off, it is
muddier than the color on the walls

to whoever mentioned it, yes, I managed to figure out that a dry
roller is the ticket. In fact, for small patches I've been wiping the
paint on the wall with a brush and then rolling over it with a dry
foam roller to knock the texture down.

nate

Red Green wrote:


IME and IMO this is the best solution for the OP assuming that the new paint
color is pretty close. One can also feather out by diluting the paint.

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Nate Nagel wrote:

I have used paint from the original mix to touch up and even that did
not match the older paint coat ... more or less gloss. If one mix is
pretty close, you might paint one entire wall with it...the contrast
might be less noticeable at a corner.

On Nov 4, 9:08*am, "Percival P. Cassidy" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

A large sample has to be dried out on at least a 4" piece of paper,
you cant tell anything looking in a can and should not accept that nor
should you accept the trick of the employee drying out a 1/4" spot on
paper, after its dried look at it a bit, even under different
lighting.

RicodJour wrote:

I would guess, from experience, that matching two separate mixtures for
color is almost impossible, even with a good deal of experience with
color formulas. That said, I bought paint for exterior trim on my
daughter's house and had not bought enough. When I returned to purchase
more paint, the store clerk (color master supreme) mixed a new batch,
took samples of each and dried them with a hair dryer. Not my request
.... just his attention to detail. He nudged the color a bit, took
another sample, dried it, done. I was satisfied with the color before
he was )

ransley wrote:


But paint doesn't always look the same color when it's dried out on the
wall (or whatever) as it does when it's liquid in the can.

Perce

On Nov 4, 7:53*am, "dadiOH" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

It's not at all, that's the problem. I've had three different batches
of paint mixed and only one was close enough to even try putting it on
the wall, and it is clearly different - patches look like shadows.

nate

On Nov 4, 9:22*am, "Joe" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

It's not an option *yet* as most walls to which I'm doing this still
have areas that need to be addressed. I'd like to be able to take a
couple days and attack the whole mess but I'm picking away at this for
a couple hours each evening etc. and am just trying to find a stopgap
so whatever I'm working on doesn't look too objectionable.

nate

On Nov 4, 6:10*am, ransley <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

Fair enough. Your good enough is good enough for you. Not really a
surprise, is it?

R