I kinda agree with Matt & Fun-C... At least in our store, computer-matching is the only option "time-wise". Our scanners usually get real close, & we do "human" corrections after that! * But to have someone fuss over a color for maybe an hour...isn't an option 90% of the time. * Many people think they'll be on their way in 5 minutes. AIN'T gonna happen with some matches!! * If we're busy, we have to ask them if it's OK to pick up their color later, so we can have time to "tweak" if necessary. * I'm very comfortable using the BM & SW C2-equivalents in our software library on the C2 tinter. VERY-CLOSE, if not dead-on matches every time I've had to make a SW or BM color into C2. * I've heard of some stores starting to CHARGE for paint-matching!!! Mainly because it can be tedious getting a color right. Also, it lessens the time store personnel can spend with other sales worth a lot more money than a $12 Quart! >>> I KNOW that was a controversial point there!!! I almost didn't put that in...I'm on the fence on this issue. >>> I s'pose it's like a car lot...where do you want your staff's attention most of the time? >>> I'd rather lose a $12 Quart...than someone waiting for advice on a $500 paint & access. sale. Thankfully, this rarely happens, but.... Faron

I have had BM replicate other company's paint colors and they always do a great job, but not F&B so far. I recently did a bathroom, and the main thing is that you deal with the moisture problem first, which it sounds like you have. In our case the exhaust fan worked but it was not installed flush and not sealed, so it was drawing air from the space above the ceiling as well as from the room. We fixed that, and moisture is not a problem. However, you just need to use a semi-gloss paint. You don't need kitchen and bath, necessarily, just one with a higher sheen to it, so any moisture will bead up. That's the advice I was given at BM. If you are worried about mold, they can put an additive in it, but if you've got mold growing on the walls it is more than a paint question!

What are you trying to paint, Red? Walls or cabinets? I reread your post, and I think you are talking about walls. I have F&B French Grey on my island cabinets. But, the cabinet man said that cabinets are painted with lacquer. So, I bought a can of the FB French Grey for him to match in lacquer. I don't think you can buy lacquer in paint stores. The cabinet man matched the FB French Grey with no problem. I cannot see any difference, and I am color sensitive. My favorite paint is Donald Kaufmann, and I have tried them all, many times. At times, they (they meaning DK) have sent me a pigment and they specify it to be mixed into Pratt and Lambert paint. So, for paint you can pick up locally, I prefer Pratt and Lambert. I would have them mix the FB match for me if I were not to get the real FB.

If you prep your door correctly.....FPE Gloss is RIDICULOUSLY good. Besides being tough, you can read a newspaper in the reflection. You simply haven't painted until you've used this stuff! Faron