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I'd assume he's looking for recommendations as well

I saw that but really I have bought from anyone that can fill the order and gotten good product. As you can see, no one has yet favored one over another. It's color availability, product type, price, shipping — a whole lotta things to consider. One company is not going to do it all.

The point is people come on here and ask the most general questions you can imagine with NO details and expect their quest to be resolved in an Internet instant.

Sorry, that don't always work.

Looking for an online source for custom mix rattle can paint. None of the automotive local paint stores offer this service.
Looking for your favorite go to source for this, vs a random store from a google search..

As the retired bodyshop owner, let me throw a small wrench in your thought process when I ask the following two part question:

"Do you want it to match, if so, how closely do you want it to match"

I say this as anything produced in the last 20 years will have not only "alternate mixes" to the color code shown, but will also have "aged paint" factored in to the potential mix. If you are painting a truck cap, and just want the color to come close, then a spray can could be the easy way out. If you plan to drive your Mercedes SUV to your office every day, and don't want the repair to stand out like a sore thumb, then a spray can just won't do. Then there are some colors that you just can't get in a spray can, usually those that are tri stage (base coat of color, then a mid coat of color, then clearcoat, all with 8-22 alternate mixes from the base and mid coats), or have a lot of mica or metallic involved. Solid colors (red, black, green, blue, white, orange, etc), piece of cake, spray can away......

Now, to answer your question, as others have alluded to above, you might be better off finding your local automotive grade paint shop, let them take an electronic sample with their equipment (called a "color eye"), and custom mix paint to match what you plan to paint. They can also guide you as to the best bang for your buck in most cases. Finally, don't get wrapped up with one brand or another, PPG, Dupont, Sherwin Williams automotive, House of Colors, etc........Why, simple, there are only 6 major automotive paint manufacturers (20 that make additional products such as mica or liquid metallics for mixing certain color combinations) making the base products around the world, they all sell product to one another, then wrap a label around them, sometimes theirs, sometimes others, but they all come from the same places....I'll leave it at that.


Bill S.

glueguy (Forum Supporter) said:

One vote for the local NAPA body supply store, they are amazing places with all sorts of things you don't yet know you need and tools/supplies to make the job better.

You will get efficient and thoughtful service from Foshan Brilliant.

Alternative in Covid-don't-shop-just-order is automotivetouchup.com   Always received good products from them.

1SlowVW said:

I have probably mixed a dozen cans this week as I'm currently filling in at a cmax (NAPA paint division location).

Truth be told there are lots of places that can mix up a can of colour match. The questions to ask are what quality of paint is in the can, and how close the match it going to be. Some paint formulas scale down very well and mixing the 4oz required in a can is easy. This means the only variance between what's in the can and the colour on the car will be how faded your car is and the difference in the clear. 
I am in Canada so I can't speak to voc laws in any given state. Here we can mix single stage or base coat clear coat in cans. Also using various qualities of paint. 
 

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The biggest thing is prep work and using a good product. Paint coming from a can will never be as nice as paint shot by an expert out of a gun...but it can still be very good.

Aaron_King said:

glueguy (Forum Supporter) said:

One vote for the local NAPA body supply store, they are amazing places with all sorts of things you don't yet know you need and tools/supplies to make the job better.

Alternative in Covid-don't-shop-just-order is automotivetouchup.com   Always received good products from them.

I got some paint from www.automotivetouchup.com/ also after the last thread on here.  It was for the front bumper on our short lived SAAB unicorn.  I did not get a chance to use it on that car but have sinceused on aonither car and it came out very nice.

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