what paint to use to color match interior?

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what paint to use to color match interior?

Post by acr » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:16 pm

I want the paint the tan pieces with the dark grey color, but I want a perfect match. Has anyone done this before, and if so what paint did you use? Thanks

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Post by excon » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:50 pm

it won't be perfect but you could always go to autozone and get paint in your color. They have books where you lookup your paint code (it's found on the driver's side door jam) and you match it in the book to something they sell on the shelf. Get a can or two of that and follow the instructions on painting plastic textured stuff in the interior section and you should be good.
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:30 pm

Read my how-to in the HT-Interior forum.

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SEM makes Agate (a 95% match) and Dark Slate Gray (a 100% match)

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Post by blueneo03 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:30 pm

i used just the 99 cents per can flat black from home depot and it matched pretty well.. if ur cheap like me.. but if not i would say follow lsp.. she knows her stuff
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Post by Mopar65 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:38 pm

I got the Agate stuff from SEM at a local Sherwin Williams auto store. Try that if you have one around
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:07 pm

Good to know there's another place that carries the SEM, we don't have SW stores around here.

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Post by acr » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:38 pm

Thanks, I will look into that.

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Post by darthroush » Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:11 pm

Most PBE stores should carry things like SEM as well. That's where I got my SEM paint from before.

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Post by LilSparkPlug » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:19 pm

There's no big name chains here, so I go to local autobody supply stores to snatch stuff. :D

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Post by darthroush » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:45 pm

The "PBE" stores are the autobody supply stores. :)

PBE = Paint, Body and Exterior.

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Post by LilSparkPlug » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:32 am

I thought by PBE you had some chain store called that LOL. Never heard them called that before ha ha.

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Post by darthroush » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:42 pm

LOL, nope. It's the official, worldwide thing too, so you'll be safe calling them that wherever you go.

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Post by LilSparkPlug » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:44 pm

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