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garyd
Newbie Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Location: broomfield co Online Status: Offline Posts: 38 |
Topic: stain color Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 1:43pm |
I have a 2017 rpod 179 hood river edition.
Im trying to find out what the stain colr and manufacture is for this model. It looks like a grey/brown wash of some kind but I cant find a match anywhere. Help
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 1:47pm |
On our older pod, I bought several similar colors of the old more or less cherry colored stain. I mixed them in little batches with a teaspoon so I would know the ratios of colors, then when I hit the color I wanted, I mixed enough to do my stain work. It was much cheaper than taking a sample of the finish to a paint store and having them match it with a minimum of a quart purchase.
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jimandclare
Groupie Joined: 13 Apr 2016 Location: Erie, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 96 |
Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 4:54pm |
Scroll down to the bottom of this page and take the stain formula to Sherwim Williams. It's a pretty good match if you apply 4 thin coats.
R-Pod brown stain Thanks to another member of this forum ..... While at Sherwin Williams, if you're interested in a can of paint, you can also have them mix up a quart of "Jeffs R-Pod Brown". It is also a pretty good match to the muddy brown-grey color. |
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Jim & Clare
2016 R-pod 178 2014 Ford Edge |
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garyd
Newbie Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Location: broomfield co Online Status: Offline Posts: 38 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 7:58am |
thank you all for all of your help
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garyd
Newbie Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Location: broomfield co Online Status: Offline Posts: 38 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 11:00am |
Well it seems Sherman Williams has discontinued the charcoal base color for this stain so the previous matches are obsolete.
I was wondering if anyone has recently matched the stain color in last year or so)
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 12:42pm |
Take a sample of what you are trying to achieve to Sherwin-Williams and they'll analyze it for you and give you a pretty good match. I had them match the two colors of our house paint and they did a perfect job.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 4:43pm |
Not sure what the objective here is but unlike an opaque color the final appearance of a stain is highly dependent on the wood it is applied to, how long it is allowed to stay on the surface before wiping, etc. So, be sure to run a set of trials on the actual material being used first.
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jimandclare
Groupie Joined: 13 Apr 2016 Location: Erie, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 96 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 5:04pm |
Gary,
Thanks for the update. I had a 2nd quart mixed last summer and wasn't aware that the base color had been recently discontinued. Originally I had taken a sample panel to them to try and match. Took them 2-3 days but was worth the wait. If you do the same, please post the new formula to the forum. I for one will copy and save it. |
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Jim & Clare
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 5:09pm |
There is a huge difference matching paint color or stain color. Paint is a solid color, stain could be too but I don't think you want to do that. Semi transparent stain is a different animal, just the grain from one piece of wood to another could be very different.
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:45pm |
Good points. Transparent stain is harder to match. If you want to get as close a match as possible, take a sample of the stain on the wood you are trying to match. When I matched the stain for my shelves where the old upper bunk had been, I had a piece of the bunk wood as the match point. I worked the mix until I was as close to the sample as possible. I was using repurposed wood, some luan plywood, some left over 1x2 from the old bunk frame, and another piece of scrap hardwood I had laying around. Thankfully, they all took the stain pretty similarly and it came out with a pretty good match. Trying to mix stain to match has all the challenges of mixing gelcoat to match. It's not a job to do if you are a little colorblind.
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Never leave footprints behind.
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