Thread: paint compatibility

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I went paint shopping saturday and I went to Napa's NY main store and gave the paint guy 2 color swatches of vinyl interior and told him to match them in a acrylic enamel, then he hands me the paint book and tells me he cannot match them with his paint matching gun as there too small, I look through the book and find nothing. I went to a PPG dealer A Saves autobody supplies in Syracuse and handed them the swatches and said there computers were down for the day ( closed the paint dept, guys were cleaning up ) but that they could match it up with there camera if I left the swatches with them. I did leave them, and name and phone # and how much of each I needed, and he asked me what I wanted it mixed in, and I told him acrylic enamel single stage, and he said Ok, my question is will my Martin Senour Acrylic Enamel primer be ok for use with the PPG Acrylic Enamel? The guys at the store said yes it would be, just want to make shure b4 I get the paint mixed.

I have always heard to try to stay with one brand all the way through, but in this case, I think you should be ok.

Some of the other experts, like HOTRODPAINT will know a lot more than me on this though.


Don

you will be fine. i use the brand of paint i like and the brand of primer i like and have done it this way for more years than i care to count

I just got back from the company. they were able to get a good match from my swatch, there going to mix it up. $514 for everything I asked for. 1 gallon of the purple, 1 quart of the purple and 1 quart of white along with 1 gallon of reducer and enough hardener for the job.