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vanis13
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Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest?
Glued my column cover back together with expected glue globs on the outside. will be sanding and want to paint similar brown.
Wondering which spray paint color/maker is a good match.
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vanis13
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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YEah, I'm not mixing... Jstu looking for something close. its the steering column which is separate from anything else so it can be a bit off.
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erste
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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Rustoleum Satin Dark Brown #241239 (lowes has it locally for me at least)
After reading djkeev's input on finding a color match, this is what I used to repaint my dash back to brown (PO painted it black). It's lighter and not a perfect match, but it was cheap and easy to buy off the shelf. I think you'll find it a little bit lighter than the brown plastic pieces though. |
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vanis13
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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thanks for that lead
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djkeev
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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Here are some quoted posts of mine from August 2014.....
I hope this information helps......
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Ok people, I've done the leg work for you........ These browns...... Almost every off the shelf brown available at local stores........ Not one of them is even close to the Vanagon brown dash colors!
Some of the plastic caps are quite close but the products don't match the caps.
ACE Premium Enamel Chocolate Brown 1373679
Nope!
ACE Rust Stop Leather Brown 1197060
Nope!
Valspar color radiance Deep Earth 86024
Nope!
Valspar the perfect finish Satin Brown Velvet 85044
Nope!
Rustoleum smooth protective enamel Dark Brown 241239
Nope!
Rustoleum painters touch ultra cover Satin Expresso 249081
Nope!
Valspar outdoor color Satin Truffle Hunt
Nope!
I've purchased them for you, don't follow in my footsteps! $$'s.........
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I just ordered two cans of SEM Color Coat flexible coating from my local Auto Body/Paint supply store.
http://www.semproducts.com/color-coat-aerosols/
http://www.semproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/assets/tds/sem_tds_color_coat.pdf
In the store under the lights their 15023 Cordovan Brown is almost an exact match for the new dash fabric and plastic fuse cover I took into the store.
To be sure I went outside with their color card and my samples into the Sun and double checked the match.
IT was darn near dead on!
We will see in a few days........
Obviously I'm recovering my dash pad with new vinyl,
I want the matching paint so I can rehab the defroster vents, side window vents, window cranks, door opening lever, ashtray, etc. Freshen up all of that worn faded brown plastic found throughout the Van.
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Not well, not a match.
I ended up blending my own color.
The Vanagon brown is however about five different shades of brown, look closely some day at your various dash component colors.
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vanis13
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:58 am Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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Very nice compilation Dave.
I hear what you mean about the 5 different shades of brown in the van..... And that's actually one of the reasons I'm not concerned of the color ends up being a bit off since the steering column is it's own thing.
My choices might be even more liked than the trials you shared since I'll stick just with plastic parts.
The current plan, unless someone adds more info before I get around to doing this, is to try the color mentioned above and see how it looks.
Idealy someone might have a suggestion of a darker color of plastic spray paint.
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Jake de Villiers
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:29 am Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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I've been happy with the Krylon Fusion Satin Espresso. It comes in gloss, too, if you like that sort of thing. 
Made specifically to bond well to plastic with minimal prep. 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Brown plastic spray paint - which brand is the closest? |
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| Jake de Villiers wrote: |
| I've been happy with the Krylon Fusion Satin Espresso... |
That is what I use - possibly a bit darker than some of the brown bits but close enough for me. |
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