Minor update...
Well apparently when the sales guy at sherwin-williams agreed with me that buying a paint with a lighter tone was a safe course of action because I could always tint it darker, he actually meant "yes buy that, so I can ding you for another $50 when you come back unhappy". All of that to say that they "can't even get remotely close" to a tone similar to my colour sample. :grrr:
Even when I told them I wasn't concerned about a direct match, but would just like something close to vaguely similar, they still gave me the "impossible" reply. Unless of course I would like to wait for their manager to come in this Monday. Not sure how that changes the chemical properties of paint toner, but that's what I was told.
In the end, I just got them to alter it to the darkest shade they agreed they could and will live with it until I end up needing to move the machine again.
On the upside I can reassemble the machine now...lol.
Here's a pic of a side by side of the original colour I tried, and the "darkened" version.
The lighting is horrific in my shop space. Definitely going to have to do something about that. I prefer the ver2.0 but still not what I hoped it would be.
Here's a pic comparing the mill and a drill press belt cover I sprayed in early summer.
I walked into the paint store planning on matching that colour. Then got excited by the multitude of choices. Should have stuck with my original plan... oh well. Just so there isn't any confusion. That second pic shows the mill with the paint before the alteration.
Well apparently when the sales guy at sherwin-williams agreed with me that buying a paint with a lighter tone was a safe course of action because I could always tint it darker, he actually meant "yes buy that, so I can ding you for another $50 when you come back unhappy". All of that to say that they "can't even get remotely close" to a tone similar to my colour sample. :grrr:
Even when I told them I wasn't concerned about a direct match, but would just like something close to vaguely similar, they still gave me the "impossible" reply. Unless of course I would like to wait for their manager to come in this Monday. Not sure how that changes the chemical properties of paint toner, but that's what I was told.
In the end, I just got them to alter it to the darkest shade they agreed they could and will live with it until I end up needing to move the machine again.
On the upside I can reassemble the machine now...lol.
Here's a pic of a side by side of the original colour I tried, and the "darkened" version.
The lighting is horrific in my shop space. Definitely going to have to do something about that. I prefer the ver2.0 but still not what I hoped it would be.
Here's a pic comparing the mill and a drill press belt cover I sprayed in early summer.
I walked into the paint store planning on matching that colour. Then got excited by the multitude of choices. Should have stuck with my original plan... oh well. Just so there isn't any confusion. That second pic shows the mill with the paint before the alteration.
