Yellow help

[chipperhiker]

Once I made the mistake of using Wal-Mart's paint in my living room because someone I knew recommended it. I had headaches for a couple weeks, no matter how many windows I opened. I also have the same problem when I go to cenferences if they're in new buildings. VOCs are a big deal, and I think people should be very careful what they put in their houses.

As for the yellow issue - I'm going to try again today. I suspect I may need to get it color matched, but the problem is that I don't need to buy ANY paint in this color - it's for 46willys, so they can find themselves a complimentary color for their kitchen. I'll just have to see how it goes.

-jenn

[46Willys]

Jenn, thanks for helping with this. If you can just get us close to the right yellow. We are leaning toward using Olympic Paint's Guacamole green(C68-4). We have also considered Eddie Bauer Apple green (EB10-2), but I think it may be too yellowish.

I thought it would be easy to pick a yellow from memory but my wife and I can't agree on which yellow is closes to Chambers yellow. Being a photographer I think I'm pretty good at paying attention to color but this light yellow is tough. A few years ago I bought an old Kitchen Aid mixer that I thought was the same color as the stove. I was shocked at how far off I was. My goal here is to pick a green that doesn't clash with the yellow.

[annnt]

46willys;
Let's see if Jenn can get close with a paint chip. If not, I just remembered that I have some auto body paint that I had matched to the stove to touch up some porcelain chips. So I could send you a swatch of that - but that's assuming the BZ yellow is the same as the C yellow.....
Ann

[chipperhiker]

Well, I went to Lowe's this time, and I still couldn't find a color that's right on. The stove is definitely a greenish yellow, and that's apparently not in fashion at the moment. I took the oven door with me, and here's what I did find. It is just about halfway between these two colors.

1- Seaside Retreat Collection, Chilled Lemonade #SR605 (this color is slightly more beige than the stove, but it does have a greenish hue)

2- Nickelodean Collection, Spongy Yellow #NK101 (this is slightly too green and just a hair dark) - yes, that's Spongy, as in Sponge Bob Squarepants!!!

It all really depends on the light. At home, under my Ott True Color light, the Spongy Yellow is closer, but under compact flourescent lighting, the Lemonade is closer. A big part of it is the issue Ha-Asfan mentioned - the enamal is very reflective, and the chips are matte. Regardless, imagine something in between those colors, and it should be good enough.

I wish I could have gotten a better match, but these should at least point you in the general direction. Good luck.

Are you planning on putting both yellow stoves in your new kitchen, 46willys? I've considered restoring both of my stoves and putting them into service, but my yellow is chipped up pretty badly, and color-matching the porcelain would be almost impossible, as this exercise showed. I need to find some original Chambers yellow replacement panels if it is to ever be an option, and none have shown up since I started looking in November. For now, I'll be happy just getting my greenie up and running.

-jenn

[ha_asfan]

Compare colors on grey days, not sunny days and never in direct light....match surface orientation...horizontal to horizontal or vertical to vertical and lastly, find a genuine paint store that carries other brands...try pratt and lambert and benjiman moore for good clear colors.

[chipperhiker]

Well, unless 46Willys needs more, I think I'm finished with this project. I hope it was at least somewhat helpful.

-jenn

[46Willys]

Jenn, I can't thank you enough for all your help. I will stop by Lowes on the way home.

As far our stoves, we found a yellow low back that we wanted to restore. Then we found a yellow high back. After buying the high back, I wanted to restore it and sale the low back. As it turns out, both were missing some parts. So we are going to take a few parts off the low back to finish the high back. What parts are you needing?

jd

[chipperhiker]

No problem at all. I had help when I bought my green 90C, and it's nice to be able to pass it along to the next person.

When you check out those paint chips, they look quite different. In the gray light Ha-Asfan suggests, the greener Sponge color is closer, but just a bit dark. I actually noticed that the oven door I took to Lowe's has two distinct layers of enamel. The first layer is more pale yellow like the lemonade color, and the top coat is more green. There is no second coat below the handle, so I could see the layers clearly. I was wondering how they got the enamel so thick.

As for parts I'm looking for, well there are quite a few!! I'm in search of unchipped yellow porcelain panels - an oven door, the whole front panel, and one side panel. Will you have any of these left over after your project?

Thanks,

-jenn