Where do you get C2 paints?

16 years ago

I have searched the Net and could not find local distributors, only how to order online. Where do you get your C2 paints?

Thanks!

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Faron79

16 years ago

Hi Eleena,
Check out www.c2color.com, & use the store locator tab.
* There's ~ 72 Storefronts, with more than a dozen in Canada.
* We have it in Fargo, ND...but there's quite a void around us!
* You can order the big paint chips from a store using the phone #'s from the C2 website. The chips are actual paint on them, in the Eggshell sheen!
* I hope you're not TOO far away from Fargo/another dealer?!?!

I'll try to answer any ?'s you or others may have!
Faron

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eleena
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16 years ago
Faron,

No C2 dealers here (I checked their website). I called the two best paint stores around here and they had not even heard about it. This is not a C2 state, unfortunately.
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Faron79
16 years ago
Good evening Eleena,
Sorry you're not in a "C2 area"! I'd love to mix you some paint!

* Since C2 doesn't advertise, not all that many people are aware of it.
* Usually, it's from Trade-shows, some magazine ads-from the "member-stores", but mainly "word-of-mouth". Some C2 stores are doing "Lunch & Learns'" with its area Designers', Painters', Architects, etc., to educate them on what a great resource C2 is as a top quality color-choice.
* If they DID advertise, that would, of course, be pretty $pendy! The gallons of paint would be more expensive then.
* C2 is a small company putting ALMOST ALL of its resources into THE PAINT...not on large ad-budgets, corporate-staff, etc.
* I wish more people had access to this kind of paint! C2 will expand of course, although slowly. The COROB tinters & color-chip furniture are VERY expensive, not to mention the hefty membership fees.
* Even the colorant isn't cheap...from Finland!
* This almost sounds a little "snobbish", but they don't let just any store join...even if they had most of the $$.

How far away are you from a store? Could you find a friend to drive it halfway for ya?!

Be talkin' with you again maybe!
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eleena
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you, Faron!

I cannot believe it is already Monday!

Are you saying I cannot order the paint online? I was under the impression that I could.

I only need it for one bathroom, so $$ is not an issue here.

I am not sure that this is the brand I need. Could you please read my post addressed to Pirula? I explained my issue there. I asked her personally because she pointed me toward a particular C2 paint. I would really appreciate if you could answer the question about comparing the 2 brands. I am attaching the link.

I spent many hours yesterday trying to find a BM color for that BR but nothing seemed to work. If I figure out that C2 is the way to go then I'll have to order samples first before driving anywhere - and it is going to be a long story...

It is so true that there is no color without light. I have tried some other suggestions for silvery gray paint and they turned out either too greenish, too dark or too something in that bathroom. Pity, because those were good suggestions and I was hoping to have the room painted this weekend.

I hope you are having a good holiday weekend!

Here is a link that might be useful: My other post
pirula
16 years ago
I was lucky enough to have a C2 dealer less than 3 miles away. So I bought mine locally.

Faron is right that you can order the sample cards online. What you need to understand is that the samples are VERY large (which explains the $5 price tag). They're a great size swatch for testing in your room. So I recommend that you get the swatch in "Archival" and see how it works for you, then order it from a paint store that will ship (Faron to the rescue!). Assuming you like it and decide to go with C2.

There is no green in Archival. There coule perhaps be a hint of blue, although there is NOT in my space. The deal with this color is that in natural light it is white. When I was painting the register cover, I did it in a room with natural light and it looked like I hadn't painted it at all. Only primed. It was SO strange! When I put it up in the powder room, it immediately turned silvery gray and matched the walls exactly (as it should have!). It really is all about the light. Which is why you need to test first. I responded to you on the DKC. let me know what you decide!

Ivette
Faron79
16 years ago
Hi Eleena & Pirula,
I should've thought to print out the formula for Archival! I'm off Tuesday...but I'll print the label to inform you of what colorants are used. Sometimes that helps to "understand" a color.

* Then, I'll at least be able to tell you what colorants are used.
* Quality-wise...Bottom-line, they're both great paints. I'll give C2 a slight nod, because of the 16-colorant system...4 of these are high-strength. This enables more "difficult" colors to be reached, along with more subtle variations.
* I'm pretty sure the normal (except Aura) BM lines use the standard 10-12 colorants.
* The C2 founders (some of whom were with BM & P&L!) wanted to "beat" (quality-wise) the companies they left!!
* The colorants C2 uses are the most fade-resistant they could find...the heck with the cost. Whenever I refill qts. of High-Red or High-Yellow, I'm careful not to spill any!! (give ya a hint only...dinner for two at an avg. resteraunt!....sorry, can't put #'s here!)

ALSO: I'll ask which stores can be ordered from; and if we can ship you a sample. Our "big-chips" are $6.99 here. You should maybe order from someone else though...I don't want you to call & give a CC#. I'm very uncomfortable with that, unless you talk to someone else at out store.

>>> Actual paint shipping...call your closest C2 retailer.
>>> The big chips are the Eggshell sheen...a Satin or S/G would, of course, reflect light differently.
>>> Overall quality...with either brand, you won't go "wrong". BUT, I've pointed out some unique "behind-the-scenes" features of C2!
>>> C2 ISN'T full-spectrum per-se, but some colors do have 5 & 6 colorants in them. Industry-standard is 2 or 3...sometimes 4; and white is usually the 4th.

If you're still awake...I'll sign-off for now!
Faron
pirula
16 years ago
If I'm not mistaken, DKC uses WAY more than 16 colorants per color. That's the whole point of DKC.

But you're right, they're both great paints. You really can't go wrong with either one.

Ivette
eleena
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you, guys!!!

Faron, I replied to your other post and asked you for help there. I am hoping you'd read it rather sooner than later...
Faron79
16 years ago
Hoo-Boy!!!....I made a BIG boo-boo!! (they must've taken my post off?!?!?!)
I erred & said in a reply to above post that 16 colorants aren't part of anyones paint-line except C2! I was thinking in the traditional "paint-tinter-machine" mode...
* I remember now the NYTimes article, & DKC's site explaining his pigments are sent to P&L dealers who apply the tints there.
* I sounded a little "haughty" I guess. Wasn't trying to though!
* But...my post still vanished?!?!

Faron
pirula
16 years ago
Huh???

Faron, dear boy (or is it girl?) Do you need glasses????

Your post is right above!

I am still so amazed that there IS in fact green in "Archival"! There isn't even the slightest hint of green in it. Then again, there's even less hint of red. This is so very interesting. Thanks again so much for posting the formula.

Ivette

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