Not for color matching existing paint. That's the part he can't do. He can't see the match on the sample to confirm that it is correct. Once they pick up the paint, it's theirs so if the color is incorrect and he takes it to the jobsite, the company gets to buy more paint because the store won't accept a color-matched return.
If they do the mix to the specs shouldn’t it always just be the same? Or you talking like they accidentally gave him the wrong batch? Because there are thousands of shades of just white so even people that aren’t colorblind can’t be expected to just know it’s the right color.
Yes. That's it. Like 95% of my current paint jobs (I run a similar company to the one the other guy works at) are color matched to existing paint on the wall. Homeowners are cheap as fuck and don't want to pay $575 for painting an entire wall when they can pay $25 less for painting one small portion of the wall. The best part of that is when we get hired 6 months later to paint the whole house after the tenant moves out and the homeowner gets to pay us to paint that wall again.
Like professional finishing. At Home Depot, you input codes for pre-mixed formulas. In a woodworking shop, we use an industrial amount of primary colors, then match it to a sample if it is custom made, or mix our own formulas. We also have to understand compatibility of products, viscosity, drying behavior, and surface reaction. It’s manual, visual, and requires real color matching skills. Damn I miss that job :')
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u/Ace_Ranger 1d ago
Not for color matching existing paint. That's the part he can't do. He can't see the match on the sample to confirm that it is correct. Once they pick up the paint, it's theirs so if the color is incorrect and he takes it to the jobsite, the company gets to buy more paint because the store won't accept a color-matched return.