1/22/2024 0 Comments Does benjamin moore color match![]() I finally painted half of one side of pieces of wood.around 18"x 12" with my samples.then painted computer matched paint from those stores. He and his wife were just amazing.gave me invitation to a Christmas get together they were having.But, I took samples, to BM, missed color, then to KM.long time had so many samples painted on my house, never matching. ![]() Luckily, the owner, thankfully, did not set dogs on me.instead ended up GIVING me actual paint used on his victorian, (4 colors). You are so right! When I found a house with colors I loved, I was sneakily trying to match by cards. If there is a color you must have, then get it from the company whose color it is. You might luck out the first gallon but if you have to get more down the road, you may be up a creek. I've used them all and because of their own formulas I have never had luck matching one brand to another brand. This is a regional paint company with paint quality that I compare to BM & SW. Rather than chasing all over town to match it I gave up and went in a different color direction. They made up another gallon as I did not know what location it originally came from. ![]() They told me that even between stores of the same company, their machines can be calibrated just enough to make a difference between one location to another. Went to another location which was closer and asked them about why the difference. I got home and found that the colors in the cans looked different (looked ok in the store). The original can had the formula so no big deal, right? WRONG. ![]() For convenience I went to the same company but at a different location. I recently moved into a house that I needed to get another gallon of paint that the previous owner used. You can see my attached pictured, the blue/grey is the proper color, the green is what happened to areas that were slightly thicker and had longer to dry (were talking minutes apart) They're system did not warn them that the paint could not hold that much tint. They tinted the paint with more color then the paint could hold and the colors separated while drying. They have BM colors in their systems but I had a horrible experience with this. If you are dead set on a BM color, then have them match the Swatch. I would highly suggest you find a SW color. In that case you should go with a SW paint (Pro Classic is always great). Now if you are painting kitchen cabinets and doors, BM does not really make a product that is durable for high traffic areas. BM colors are by far superior to any other paint on the market. That tiny little difference that people are talking about that (won't matter) makes all the difference in the world. If you are painting walls/ceilings you should really go with a true Benjamin Moore paint if you are picking a BM color. So I'm confused to what you are referring in the above statement. the only time I have seen anything like this is "boxing" but the contractor does that not the store. In the past 30 years or more, I haven't seen paint put in a container, mixed up, and then put back in the sale can in any store. The only mistakes are if the clerk uses the wrong base, types in wrong desired color, or the pigment dispersing machine is on the blitz. I can't see where is it possible to contaminate a new color from an prior mixed color. Next a label is slapped on and viola you have paint that matches your little sample card. The paint is mixed by shaking and then reopened to put a test blob on top of the lid. When done, the clerk securely puts the lid back on the can and sits it in the mixer/shaker unit. The correct color and amounts of pigment are shot into the base based on whether a quart or gallon, etc. Everyone that I have seen from SW, BM, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, etc all select the correct base for the color they are mixing then open and slide the can under the pigment dispersing machine and type in the desired color code. Whether I go to a paint store or a big box store, they all mix the same way and no one puts paint into a mixing machine that would allow contamination from prior use. I go early in the morning when the machines haven't been used much to ensure I don't get traces of someone else's pigment in my paint." I don't understand this comment. RE: comment made by the design group : "The only caution here is that since it is purchased from a big box store you have to beware that the machine mixing the paint aren't always "clean".
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