Thursday, February 25, 2010

I bought a gallon PINK OOPS latex paint. I need to change color of the gallon.?

I wish to change this lite to medium pink semi gloss latex to a warm tan/beige. Please someone help me salvage this gallon by changing the color.I bought a gallon PINK OOPS latex paint. I need to change color of the gallon.?
Take it to a good home repair center with a paint department, like Menards, Home Depot, etc. If they sell that brand of paint, all the better.


Choose a paint chip from the multitude of colors on display. On the back will be a sort-of coded recipe of pigments used to achieve this color.


Your success in changing this gallon of paint's color will depend on the new color you select. If the can has a label with the amounts of pigment which were initially added to the base color paint, you can be even more accurate. Knowing the amounts of pigment in the paint will allow the paint technician to add the right amount of pigment to get the new color you want.





You won't be able to change a semi-gloss to a gloss or matte finish, however. That's determined by the composition of the base paint before pigment's added.I bought a gallon PINK OOPS latex paint. I need to change color of the gallon.?
get some umber and ochre and add it to the pink until u get the color u want. Get an extra can so u can split the pink in half and have some mixing room LOL
You can maybe take it back and along with a swatch of the color you want. Most people who work in the paint department will probably look at you like you have two heads, because they get paid by the hour so the more they can get the hour to go by without having to do anything or think even, the better.





However, you might luck out and find someone who knows enough about tinting paint to be able to add white and yellow ochre to bring it around to a more tan/beige color. It all depends on the operator, but most of them will not want to be bothered because it involves thinking and taking a risk, and they do not want to do either.





I actually did this once; I had a stain tinted and it came out far too purple-grape and was able to go back and have it brought around to a more brick red color. There are tints you can buy, such as Tints-All, and you can try this yourself, but unless you know how to mix tints you could end up with mud.

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