I found the Rustoleum satin dark brown to be a decent match.

toodle pip,

On 18 Jul 2017 17:54, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

Bit of a back story. The original face plate on the sink unit in my van,
and the indicator light panel, were really ratty with creeping rust. So
some years ago I sanded and painted them with the only paint I had in hand,
satin black. Sure it had a rat rod look to it, but when I bought a used
kitchen unit a few months ago I swapped in the main panel. It's in fairly
good condition, but a little faded and i think more matte than it was
originally.

It didn't come with the indicator light panel so today I painted my black
one ( and I actually sand blasted it first) Krylon espresso brown. It looks
good but it's not a close match to main panel. It's deeper in colour and
it's glossier. It's much closer to the vinyl trim colour.

I wonder, am I right in assuming the stock brown fades and chalks a little
with age? And has anyone found a treatment short of a re-spray that
restores the colour to some degree?

Thanks

Alistair