Matching touch up paint - spray can

[TURNA]

When I was a kid I watched my new neighbor across the street paint his entire van with a roller in the driveway.

I have done it more then once to vans

 

[pagrunt]

I have used https://www.automotivetouchup.com/index.htm

With good results about a 1/2 different times on different cars.

The problem is your paint is old and weathered even if it doesnt look it.

This paint is new.

A shop can match the weathered color.

The trick is to fade the paint into the old paint with something like an overspray

Beside this the smaller amount of paint mixed the greater chance of not being a good/close match. If you want to use a "spray bomb", get maybe a pint or quart with everything needed to spray & get a Preval sprayer (https://preval.com/) then you'll have a better chance of a good match with a formula that you can have remixed when/if you need more.

 

[Neill]

Beside this the smaller amount of paint mixed the greater chance of not being a good/close match. If you want to use a "spray bomb", get maybe a pint or quart with everything needed to spray & get a Preval sprayer (https://preval.com/) then you'll have a better chance of a good match with a formula that you can have remixed when/if you need

 

[Neill]

I've used these for small panels as well. You can buy them from Lowes and Home Depot for less than 10.00.

 

[PBGBodyFan]

I ended up getting a paint supply place to mix the color code and put it in an aerosol can. Match looks great, did the fillers and mirror today. Tempted to spray the menards $3 paint on the old mirror for fun to see how it looks.

 

[85ss/85gn]

Do it ill like to see the difference in paints

 

[PBGBodyFan]

Do it ill like to see the difference in paints

Left side is new paint. Right side top is original. Right side bottom is the spray paint from Menards.

 

[69hurstolds]

Glad you didn't do it with the Menard's crap. It's not even CLOSE! Unless it was meant for an eggshell white car.