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  Sept. 9, 2009 1:00 p.m. DrBoost HalfDork

  I had a site saved in my Bookmarks that sold auto paint either in touch-up cans, or loaded into aerosol cans. They would even use your trim code to match it up exactly. But since Bill Gates can't make a OS worth a damn I lost it all.
  Where can I find that?
  Thanks.

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  Sept. 9, 2009 1:41 p.m. spitfirebill Dork

  Could it be Tower Paint?
  

  I know I had some made up in Carmine and seems like that's who I used.

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  Sept. 9, 2009 2:43 p.m. monark192 New Reader

  automotivetouchup.com ??

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  Sept. 9, 2009 2:56 p.m. RossD HalfDork

  Check your local automotive paint shop, or even just a paint shop.

  Calling all cars!

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  Sept. 9, 2009 3:46 p.m. Kramer HalfDork

  Finishmaster and a Preval sprayer are what I do.

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  Sept. 9, 2009 4:51 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork

  Paintscratch.com?

  "Having fun is my revenge on mortality"--Dustin Hoffman

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  Sept. 10, 2009 8:58 a.m. Autolex Reader

  isn't there a way to save all your bookmarks in google now?

  That should prevent all your bookmarks from being lost...

  also if you are using firefox, you can backup your bookmarks automagically with greasemonkey...

  if you are using ie... just write a robocopy script to backup the favorites folder in mydocs..

  "Black bear poop is smaller and contains lots of berries and small animal fur. Grizzly Bear poop has bells in it and smells like pepper spray."

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  Sept. 10, 2009 10:00 a.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork

  Xmarks (aka Foxmarks) will backup and sync your bookmarks with IE and Firefox.

  "I can pretty much guarantee that when you were in both lanes sideways you didn't have your turn signal on." - engineerd

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  Sept. 10, 2009 10:01 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

  I like services like Delicious. All my bookmarks available on any machine, and I can find related stuff other people have bookmarked, too.

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  Sept. 11, 2009 9:19 a.m. psteav Reader

  yeah, most auto parts stores with a dedicated paint counter can do that now. Runs about $15 for a normal-sized aerosol can. I usually go to O'Reilly's, don't know if you have those in MI.

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  Sept. 11, 2009 9:38 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  on a related note. Advance Auto has those premixed quarts of autopaint by Duplicolor (I think it is Duplicolor) any body have any experience with their "strain it and shoot" paint? It appears that they have it from primer to clear with several colours in between

  German, Italian, Swedish, Collecting Europe one car at a time

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  Sept. 11, 2009 11:23 a.m. Keith SuperDork

  Given the price of HF HVLP guns, I wouldn't bother with the spray cans. I'm guessing you still have to deal with isocyanates, so the only difference would be in the length of time for cleanup.

  Square left in 50 caution ocean!

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  Sept. 11, 2009 12:10 p.m. dean1484 Dork

  I was just at the local NAPA this morning and they have a machine that will mix up paint to match any paint code (from cars vin) They will put it in spray cans for you. Cost around $18 a can but if you were doing a small repair to a panel or something I can see this as a very viable option. Hell the cost to get the paint and the reducer adn the filters and all the the other stuff just to do a spot repair makes this the way to go in my book.

  Respectfully, Dean

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  Sept. 11, 2009 1:01 p.m. Keith SuperDork

  Filters are free :) But yes, if you're only doing one spot repair and you never plan on painting anything again then you're right. You are giving up some control over how the paint lays down of course.

  Square left in 50 caution ocean!

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  Sept. 11, 2009 3:48 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  perhaps I was not clear. The Duplicolor paint I an talking about comes in quart cans. You have to spray it with a gun, not out of a spray can.

  German, Italian, Swedish, Collecting Europe one car at a time

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  Sept. 11, 2009 4:39 p.m. dean1484 Dork

  mad_machine wrote: perhaps I was not clear. The Duplicolor paint I an talking about comes in quart cans. You have to spray it with a gun, not out of a spray can.

  I realised that. For big jobs I will cart out all the painting junk set it up etc. I have not used the custom spray cans that NAPA is selling but it was interesting to see that it was there.
  

  On another note I have had good luck with duplicolor spray cans off the shelf matching what ever I am doing. At around $5 a can it is where I usually go. (Who cares if a door is a shade darker or lighter) If I am braking out the paint on a car it probably means that the issues are such that exact color match are the least of my problems. There is usually welding, bondo and hammers involved and that makes the final paint equivalent to gilding a turd.

  Respectfully, Dean

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