The shop I apprenticed in would mix all the leftover colors together when the bench was getting overcrowded. Usually the color was a dark greenish or a color that we called "goose ****." We frequently used it as a first coat over primer. I remember a guy coming in to inquire about a sign and Johnny would say "That'd be real nice in a Brewster Green and show him the can of all the colors mixed and sell the job. A couple days later he' call it something else and sell a job.
Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :
In my early days of trying mix custom colors I ended up with colors similar to that. The more I tried adding somthing to fix it the fuller the container got. I didn't have much luck selling it though.
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
The shop I started in followed basically the same procedure with leftover paints. The resulting mix was used to coat out the backside of panels. Strange thing was that the backside coating would quite often outlast the facing side of the panels.
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
Edited due to double post.
[ November 09, 2023, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: Ken Henry ]
