How to Match a Paint Color | Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House painter Mauro Henrique demonstrates how to accurately match a paint color. #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Time: 1-2 hours Cost: $50 Skill Level: Beginner Tools List for Matching Paint Color: Utility knife [https://amzn.to/2X4RMbw] Shopping List: Paint [https://amzn.to/2X1YNdd] Paint chips [https://amzn.to/2RyCmv3] Steps: 1. Start by checking the basement or the garage in case the previous homeowners left it behind. If you can locate a can, it should have the color noted on the lid. 2. Try holding paint chips up to the wall to see if you can get a close match, though it’s unlikely you’ll be successful with this method. This is a ton of work and requires a back and forth between the paint store and the room being painted. 3. Cut out a small sample of the wall in a low visibility area, like behind a couch or near an outlet. With drywall, it’s easy to cut the paper on the face of the drywall and that can be patched later. 4. Take the paint sample to the home center or a paint store. Most locations have a color matching scanner that can closely reproduce the color of the chip. 5. Patch and then paint over the chunk cut out for the color scanning. 6. Paint the wall or areas requiring touchups as originally planned. The darker the color, the more likely it will be that you will have to paint the whole wall or even the whole room, since dark colors are near impossible to match. 7. Once painting is complete, save the can or keep a good record of the paint used to paint the room so you don’t have to color match again. Resources: To match a paint color, Mauro recommends cutting a small section of the paint away to create a chip to then bring to a home center or paint store to be color matched. Utility knives can be found at home centers and almost every home center is capable of color matching a paint sample. Expert assistance with this segment was provided by Mauro’s Painting (www.maurospainting.com). About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr https://ift.tt/2ROpRve How to Match a Paint Color https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ This Old House, Ask This Old House, DIY, Home Improvement, DIY Ideas, Renovation, Renovation Ideas, How To Fix, How To Install, How To Build, Mauro Henrique, Kevin O'Connor, painting, paint color, color matching Full episode: Historic Plantings, Wood Utensils | Ask TOH https://ift.tt/305jV49