A whiter shade of.........

[dick turpin]

Want to touch up my ceiling where the paint has peeled, am convinced

there is a standard off-white to achieve this, seem to remember my builder

said they always used "mushroom white," but this drew a blank at Home Pro,

Have used standard white previously, but this was glaringly bright compared

to the original.

 

Any suggestions appreciated....

[couchpotato]

The other ceiling paint colour is called "Quanberry"...this they will understand.

It is a whitish/Greyish tint.  i use it in all my places.

Good luck.

[MJCM]

At HomePro (and all other Home Improvement stores) they have a paint Color catalog, take a piece of the peeled of paint with you (if you can) and compare it to their Catalog.

 

But Please note: The Color of the Paint could "fade" somewhat after a while so 100% accurate would be difficult to achieve IMHO

 

[Gottfrid]

Huge problem. Just take a non-shiny white color. See, all fixed easy.

[sometimewoodworker]

1 hour ago, dick turpin said:

Want to touch up my ceiling where the paint has peeled, am convinced

there is a standard off-white to achieve this,

555555 there are dozens of colours that identify as white, and even more that identify as off white, and that doesn’t address the sheen as there are at least 4 of those. So between white and off white there are many possible choices.

 

So standard? No never

 

The reason l keep cans of colours I have used is so I can match the walls for touch ups.

[MJCM]

3 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

The reason l keep cans of colours I have used is so I can match the walls for touch ups.

Good idea, we take pictures of the Numbers and the brand so we always can get new ones of the same paint!!

 

But that said, one time the Paint guy at the store used the wrong Base Paint and it came out a completely different color,but we liked it very much!!

 

 

[sometimewoodworker]

1 minute ago, MJCM said:

Good idea, we take pictures of the Numbers and the brand so we always can get new ones of the same paint!!

 

But that said, one time the Paint guy at the store used the wrong Base Paint and it came out a completely different color,but we liked it very much!!

 

 

Actually the store we use in Udon Thani keeps a record of the colours they mix for us so we have a fall back if the can gets finished, the information gets obscured, or thrown out. It’s nice to have a specialist shop that remembers customers and believes in service.

[bbko]

4 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Actually the store we use in Udon Thani keeps a record of the colours they mix for us so we have a fall back if the can gets finished, the information gets obscured, or thrown out. It’s nice to have a specialist shop that remembers customers and believes in service.

When we moved into our home 12 years ago and had it totally renovated top to bottom the large home improvement store kept a record of everything we bought, I though what a good idea, until I went back 5 years later and they couldn't find my data.  Now I simply write down the info in my small notebook labeled "Construction", when I removed the sticker and taped it in the book, the data whites out after time. 

[RichardColeman]

Think I'd check for a leaky roof first. Our paint only comes off when we have water issues

[sometimewoodworker]

9 minutes ago, bbko said:

the large home improvement store kept a record of everything we bought, I though what a good idea, until I went back 5 years later and they couldn't find my data.

That is one reason why we use a specially store like this.

though they often have better prices as well. 
 

I was surprised when I found the keep records for  year’s/permanently  

[MJCM]

16 minutes ago, bbko said:

Now I simply write down the info in my small notebook labeled "Construction", when I removed the sticker and taped it in the book, the data whites out after time. 

Same here, we Put the pictures in a Excel Sheet with the description where bought and where used!!

 

Our Paint (in my example) was bought in 2015, good luck finding the books in the store with the actual paint we bought!

(and especially when they made a mistake with the BASE PAINT)

 

@sometimewoodworker you are lucky with them!

[KhunLA]

Unless very small areas, just scrape off all the loose as best you can, and redo the whole ceiling.  The thicker the roller is, the more forgiving it is of surface imperfections.

[Eff1n2ret]

If your wife is telling you the ceiling needs painting you need to seek advice on more than paint colours...

[dick turpin]

Thanks for the response guys, am now told that "smoke" is

the perceived go-to shade of white for ceilings. 

[sometimewoodworker]

6 hours ago, dick turpin said:

Thanks for the response guys, am now told that "smoke" is

the perceived go-to shade of white for ceilings. 

Having spent my formative years with 2 parents who did not know the risks I can tell you that smoke is a brown nothing like white ????