🧑‍🤝‍🧑 / 🏡 Have you guys ever seen a combo pack that had a regular and spray can of paint that were the same color?

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Context: Other than it's painting time. 🙃 Shutters. Exterior doors.

It takes forever and a day to paint, by hand, window shutters. Spraying? An hour by hand, 10 minutes or so with spray? Easy choice.

BUT, it's not like I can easily just "spray" the three exterior doors. It needs to be done manually, so to speak.

Which led to try something (trying to avoid going to the actual store) I hadn't considered. The same color paint, but a small can and a spray can in the same combination pack.

I couldn't find a thing like that after a few minutes. To me, it seems like a no-brainer.
 
alabama mike said:
Never heard of it but makes perfect sense.
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It looks like they are close. But alas, no cigar.

I went to Home Depot to check. Rust-Oleum has cans and spray of the same color; not in combo packs. And, more importantly, in very basic colors sans a few.

I was after a dark, red brick color. They had the spray, no can.

(Out of the 30 or so colors of each there were a dozen "off colors." But, never the same between the spray and the can.)

In the end...can of spray, can of Behr mixed to match.
 
It Takes Eleven said:
Buy a cheap sprayer, use the very same paint. I still think the finish may look different between sprayed and brushed, but exterior from a distance, flat, you'd be fine.
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It's two difference surfaces: PVC and metal. (FWIW, a satin on the metal blends really well with the shutters.) It's a 6-panel, two window: I can roll a lot of it; most.

Eight shutters. It seems like a hassle to buy a cheap sprayer. I've never looked at their cost.
 
TerryP said:
Context: Other than it's painting time. 🙃 Shutters. Exterior doors.

It takes forever and a day to paint, by hand, window shutters. Spraying? An hour by hand, 10 minutes or so with spray? Easy choice.

BUT, it's not like I can easily just "spray" the three exterior doors. It needs to be done manually, so to speak.

Which led to try something (trying to avoid going to the actual store) I hadn't considered. The same color paint, but a small can and a spray can in the same combination pack.

I couldn't find a thing like that after a few minutes. To me, it seems like a no-brainer.
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Having the same number of hot dogs and hot dog buns in their respective package makes sense too. Doesn’t happen.
 
TerryP said:
It's two difference surfaces: PVC and metal. (FWIW, a satin on the metal blends really well with the shutters.) It's a 6-panel, two window: I can roll a lot of it; most.

Eight shutters. It seems like a hassle to buy a cheap sprayer. I've never looked at their cost.
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Never had much luck with cheap sprayers, they clump. Of course I only bought 1, returned it and bought a decent one. Then used it once and sold it for a loss but it did save me a good bit of time and aggravation
 
Krimson said:
Never had much luck with cheap sprayers, they clump. Of course I only bought 1, returned it and bought a decent one. Then used it once and sold it for a loss but it did save me a good bit of time and aggravation
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It's on my list. It's not something I want for this size of a job. It's getting time for some ceiling work. I'm not sure if that's something I'll just contract out, or not.
 
TerryP said:
It's on my list. It's not something I want for this size of a job. It's getting time for some ceiling work. I'm not sure if that's something I'll just contract out, or not.
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Ceiling i would contract unless it's flat then maybe roll. I hate, hate painting but I hate the prep and trim work the most. Having to plastic a whole room to spray a ceiling, no thanks.
 
Krimson said:
Ceiling i would contract unless it's flat then maybe roll. I hate, hate painting but I hate the prep and trim work the most. Having to plastic a whole room to spray a ceiling, no thanks.
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Yeah. I mean, yeah. Now add vaulted ceilings in the living room, kitchen, and dining room.
 
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