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We are new to this board and have really enjoyed reading it so far.
We have a couple of yellow Chambers (one high back and one low back). Both are off at the restorer and we are painting our kitchen while they are gone. We need to find a paint chip that is as close as possible to the Chambers yellow. I know that the color varies slightly but we are just trying to find out which shades of other colors to use in the kitchen. Has anyone found a paint chip at Lowes or Home Depot that is close to "Chambers yellow"?
Thanks,
jd
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I'll pick up some chips later this afternoon, and get back to you this evening.
-jenn
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Well, I own a yellow Chambers, so I can get you a matching chip the next time I swing by one of the big DIY places. I should be going tomorrow.
Do you have a Lowe's or Home Depot in your area? Let me know which one you've got and I'll get a chip from one of their lines of paint.
Robbiquest did this for me when I got a green stove (I have one of each), and I'd be happy to pass the favor along.
-Jenn
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We have a Lowes and a Home Depot. I picked up a handful of yellow samples from Lowes the other day. We are trying to decide on a shade of green to paint the kitchen. Thanks for your help.
jd
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Well, I picked up chips with about 40-45 different yellows on them from Behr (Home Depot's line), and I can hardly believe the result. None of them are even close. Chambers yellow is almost slightly greenish. I never noticed it before.
I'll have to try Lowe's collections next. This time I'll take the oven door panel with me to narrow down my choices.
Bear with me. I may not be able to get there for another couple days, but I will definitely be going soon. The nearest Lowes is about 25 miles away, but I go by it every time I go to the gym, which is often.
-Jenn
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This may be a last resort - but when I want to match a color I take a sample to the paint store - have them scan it and makie it up...I know you don't need yellow paint but it is one way to get a record of it. Also if you have art supplies or are artistic - I often add my own pigments to paint to tweak the color and it has been a real help. If I don't have the pignemts I need I will use artist acrylic in tubes (which is what latex is anyway) adding a little at a time until I get exactly what I want.
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Hey Hey Phoebe,
What a great idea, THEN she could use the paint she had made up for accents somewhere else, trim or stencil...V
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Chances of find a dead on match to an enamel using color samples that are flat is just impossible. You can try buying a can of spray gloss polyurethane, spraying all the samples and then compare gloss to enamel. Another and in my opinion, better way to go is not try to match but find a color that compliments your stove. Think of trying to match a jacket and slacks...a near match is a disaster but a compliment to one another is great. And don't forget to buy the smallest quanity possible,some manufactureres now offer sample pots-Benjeman Moore, Pratt and Lambert, Fine Paints of Europe- and paint a small section of wall to determine which you like best. It is best to spend more money on a true quality paint than to buy a big box brand, higher pigment saturation and better coverage along with better durability, washability and less fading. The labor cost is the same either way ... any of the above mentioned paints will give superior results.
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Hi Jenn;
When you find a yellow that matches will you also send a chip to me? I'm curious as to how close my yellow BZ matches the yellow of the C's. The nearest Lowe's to me is 80 miles away. Mine also has a slight green tinge - I call it a lemongrassy color.
Regarding paint, I'll put a plug in for Sherwin-Williams. Excellent quality and coverage (some paints may cost less per can, but you'll have to buy more cans). They also have a lot of sales - especially around holidays. I bought SW because they had the best price on low VOC paint. They were also very nice at my store and put me on account at the sale price so even months after the sale ended I got the cheaper price. But, best of all is the low VOC. I rarely felt the effects of paint fumes when painting and a friend of mine who has serious chemical allergies is able to be in our house and not get toxified. Although most of us don't notice fumes they are there and often trapped in our well-sealed houses (along with fumes from so many other things) and who knows what they are doing to us now or in the future.
Ann
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Ann hit the nail on the head...outgassing. Outgassing is the release of toxins present in nearly all modern products used in home construction, decoration etc. Everything from plywood to drywall to coatings on electircal wires to paint, to carpet padding and carpet.....adhesives....the most innocent products can have debilitating effects upon us and we won't know until too late. The best graphic example out there is a fire, a house fire or a plane crash and fire...death from these tragic events is usually from the toxic gasses that develope when products are burned....people rarely are burned to death, they die from the inhalation of the toxic fumes. There are SAFE & GREEN products out there and available for almost all products...it may take a bit of legwork and a bit more money, but you can find them all.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Well, unless 46Willys needs more, I think I'm finished with this project. I hope it was at least somewhat helpful.
-jenn
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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
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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
