Getting Paint Chip Off Siding To Match

How to get a paint chip.

Getting paint chip off siding to match.

Stored paints can lose moisture making it more difficult for touch ups to match the original coat. Fieldstone is used around the skirting as well as on the chimney so the color of the siding needs to play off of that. Small paint samplefrom the wall to match against. By using a soft warm off white trim and matching it to the garage doors it helps create a more approachable facade instead.

This will help you find the paint chip. 1 clean an inconspicuous area of the wall. If your walls are drywall simply cut out a section of the paper only with a utility knife. Bring the chips home and hang them on the surface whose color you want to.

Then bring that spool to the paint store and ask the staff to match the color. This prevents chemicals from the paint or the products you use to remove it from seeping. Home improvement stores and specialty paint stores can mix paint for you with a near perfect color match using just a small sample of the original color. Or a swatch of.

Under the painted surface place a towel that clashes with the paint color. Dilute the paint by 5 to 10 percent with water for latex based paint or mineral spirits for oil based paint. Find an inconspicuous area on the painted surface where you can take the paint chip. Diluting paint adds moisture which slows the wicking rate and increases the time needed for the paint to set up.

Cut an oval shaped 1 x 2 slot in the wall piercing only through the surface of the paper. This will help you hide any touch ups you make in the. Once you have a range of spools place them against your paint color and see which is the best match.