oak refurb project, need answer to question....

[JPVendCo.]

I am in the middle of refurbishing a couple of oaks. what color of spray paint most closely matches the original red?

[lurtsman]

I'll be looking for the answer to that also. I have NOT had success with nail polish for this.

[nam]

I've had paint matched by the computers at Home Depot and Lowes. You just take in a sample and they take a reading of it and then the computer tells them how to mix the paint to match it. Works very well most of the time. We've done this alot painting houses but never tried it with cans of spray paint. Not sure if they can do the same thing or not?

nam

[shvend]

I am not sure if they can do it with spray paint. I use krylon sunrise red, it has a nice finish to it. I have some machines out here drying right now that I will snap some pics off and try to get them to post.

I generally don't have very good luck with that part!

[Quarter Master]

Jason,

I believe the bright red color on most machines is called "Circus Red".If you are going to paint the whole thing,it really won't matter how close you get to it.Might just want to pick a uniform color for all of your refurbs.