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Matching wall paints

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Darcy Wilson

<p>Not easy because the light in your room / time of day can change how the paint looks - taking a photo's no good...</p><p>The best bet is probably to scrape or cut a bit of the existing paint off and take that sample with you to the paint shop so that they can match it as closely as possible.</p><p>Another idea I've read is to pop off the light switch or GPO / power point covering if that's been painted on and take that with you instead - bit less stressful than cutting a hole in the wall!</p>

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Disco Stew

<p>I keep a sample pot of paint with the colour breakdown clearly visible just in case something like this occurs.</p><p>The problem, however is that paint seems to change colour over time - exposure to sunlight, grubby fingers, etc. so its really hard to match up again.</p><p>Have you considered just painting the one wall completely? It may be a little bit off colour, but as a whole wall it may look ok.</p>

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Julie_72

<p>Which room is this is? Could you just repaint this particular room - not the entire house?<br /><br />Otherwise, I'd have to agree with @Darius_Wilson. You should try taking in a sample to your local paint shop. They'll be able to give you some solid advice.</p>

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Julie_72

<p>Sorry, I meant Darcy!</p>

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George Murry

<p>I think the paint will dry lighter, so if you're hard set on a shade, buy one that's one or two shades darker than what you want.</p><p>http://luxuryremodelingco.com</p><p>los angeles general contractors</p>

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Shel

<p>If there is hole in wall, want to fill it and not want to repaint whole house you can fill it by the POP or can use Wall putty to fill it and also make a beautiful design. If this is in any room wall than you can repaint a single wall and it doesn’t matter your wall colour matching with other wall because this is in trends that one wall is different from other three walls.</p><p>____________________________________</p><p>Window Coverings&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ewfblinds.com.au/roller-blinds">Bathroom Roller Blinds</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.ewfblinds.com.au/vertical-blinds">Vertical Blinds Online</a></p>

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Andrew Bounader

<p>Good Morning,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nothing more frustrating than trying to match the colour if you don't know exactly what it was is bad enough, but even different mixing machines and suppliers of the same brand of paint have difficulty matching each can exactly, that's why it's always good practice to 'box' 2 different cans of the same colour together or blend one into the other to finish a room. &nbsp;Your problem is one faced every day and there are several ways to get it sorted out.</p><p>Firstly I don't know whether your local paint store of hardware store has what's called a 'Spectro' which is a Colour Spectrum Analyser and will 'Read' the colour of the paint at a microscopic level by firing different wave lengths of light at a sample and 'reads' the reflected light - thus analysing the true colour. TO get a sample off a wall or door the usual way is to try and get a sample piece by cutting the paint off the drywall plasterboard in an inconspicuous place such as low down near the floor behind the door using a very sharp knife such as a box cutter or stanley knife and only take the first few layers of the lining material with the paint by sliding the blade under the paint and just releasing the the layers of drywall which is a layered material about 1/32 of an inch thick (.5 to 1.5mm) - harder to describe than to do - you'll need a bit of patience and the knife should be quite sharp. A postage stamp sized sample is all that's needed to analyse, try not to touch the surface of the paint with your fingers and put it in a clean envelope of folded paper to keep it clean when taking it to the paint supplier - check before hand if they have a colour match machine first. There isn't usually a charge involved if you're buying the paint from them, they may have a 'waiting' period to do the analysis as it takes a few minutes to calibrate the machine and to take 2 or 3 readings of the sample.</p><p>The next step is to check how much paint you'll need as it's almost certain that the wall will have faded in places where direct sunlight has been on the wall and will be a different shade to where the sample came from so be prepared to paint more than just the 2 patches - the original one and the 'new' one where the sample came from.</p><p>There are different 'sheen' levels of paint to consider from 'flat' to 'Gloss' and variations between, in Australia a 'Low Sheen' is mostly used or occasionally a 'Flat' paint is used on walls, ceilings almost always have a 'flat' except for commercial kitchens and hospitals etc where a gloss is used on the ceilings for ease of cleaning - gloss paints show irregularities in the surface finish and are generally avoided for domestic applications.</p><p>So after selecting 1 to 4 litres ( wall and ceiling paint will cover between 10 to 16m2 per litre per coat using a brush or roller) of paint and having the paint supplier match the colour it's time to 'prep' the surface by using a sealer - or applying a coat of the paint you just bought 'decanted' - poured into another container about 6 oz or 200ml and a small amount of water a couple of tea spoons worth to thin it out very slightly - this allows the paint to 'flow' and will soak into the patch - which you have filled previously with plaster, plaster of paris - jointing 'mud' or topping compound and sanded smooth. (all these products are very similar and do virtually the same thing, it's the sanding of the scratches and making the surface smooth and level which is important).</p><p>Leave the first sealer coat to dry on both patches, if it's an acrylic paint you can repaint the wall in a couple of hours once it's touch dry. The patch should be given 1 more full strength coat with the brush or roller then the whole wall a final coat to even out the colour.</p><p>Cutting in is reduced and the use of a drop cloth and a wet rag to catch any splatters is essential, as well as clean water to wash the roller or brush out.</p><p>Let me know how you get on.</p><p>Andrew</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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Amy Amanda

<p>The best solution for it is to take paint color sample &amp; get same color from paint shop. If you can't get the same color , they suggest you how to get same color by mixing two or more colors as possible!!!</p>

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