TIL mixing paint by eye is a recipe for disaster | DIY Home Projects

Parker Price · 2026-04-24T12:15:03.023631+00:00

Used to just eyeball paint mixes for touch ups. Then last month in my basement I had to repaint a whole wall because the color was way off. Now I use a digital scale for exact ratios. Huge difference. Anyone else do this or still guessing?

josepha324mo ago

Read somewhere that pro painters use a scale too, so you're not crazy.

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dianaanderson4mo ago

My buddy Mike tried the scale method for a quart of touch-up paint last weekend and ended up with this weird over-mixed paste that was completely useless. Sometimes eyeballing it saves you from overthinking and making a mess.

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taylorc404mo ago

Gotta disagree with @josepha32 on this one, lol. Eyeballing it is fine for small touch ups if you mix a tiny bit and test it on a scrap first. Scale feels like overkill for a quart of paint.

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