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DIY & Home Improvement

denverbill

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1. Most store can match a paint from a painted sample.

Reply to WorseBeforeBetter (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:54 AM

Oct 2013

If you have some on a light-switch, stir stick, paint can, etc, you can bring in, they can usually get a match close enough that you can't spot a patch. We did that at Home Depot a few months ago.

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"Missing" paint formula from the database at Lowe's... [View all] WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 OP

Most store can match a paint from a painted sample. denverbill Oct 2013 #1

+1 Auggie Oct 2013 #3

All that stuff is gone and since I've written on the paint chip... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #4

There's an app for that. Sherwin Williams has an iPhone paint match app. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #2

Thanks, I'll ask about that. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #5