I stopped at Sherwin Williams Automotive Paint and they will mix enough for
3 spray cans for 35.00 with the paint code. FYI.
Michael in San Antonio.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have had very bad luck with automotivetouchup.com and would recommend
> not
> getting that.
> I heard good reviews about paintscratch, but best thing is to go to your
> local paint store and get it scanned. that is the only way to get a true
> match.
> Florian
>
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Mark Hersh <cmwolfsburg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone recently used either
> >
> > www.paintscratch.com
> >
> > or  www.automotivetouchup.com
> >
> > to get spray cans of "exact match" VW paint?  They allow you to enter in
> > the
> > year, model and then indicate what colors they have, and I can find my
> > "merian brown" color (code LA8A) of my Vanagon.
> >
> > The price is fairly similar $20-25 for a 12 oz spray can, plus I would
> need
> > a spray can of clear coat.
> >
> > I have some small areas to do and no longer have the garage or motivation
> > to
> > set up the whole compressor/spray gun outfit.
> >
> > I've searched the archives and found some past thumbs-ups to
> > paintscratch.com.  A 2001 reference to www.color-rite.com didn't pan out
> > as
> > they apparently just make motorcycle/ATV/other noisemaker paint, not
> > automotive touch up.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mark
> >
>

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Michael in San Antonio
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