The spectrophotometer in Tullamore is not magic. It is a way to get a number from a sample so the Corob line can dispense a Lacquerite version of that colour into the system you named. Repeatability is a workshop habit as much as a machine habit.
Send something we can read
Good inputs:
- A labelled chip, door, spray-out or fan-deck reference (RAL, NCS, BS, Pantone, Farrow & Ball, Colourtrend, Dulux)
- The system — acid-cured, pre-catalysed, PU or waterborne
- The sheen
- Clear or pigmented, and the substrate
Bad inputs: a photo on a phone, “the grey we did last year”, a water-damaged chip with no back label. We can still try. You will own more of the risk.
Always check the paint before a full run. We say this on the colour matching page because it is the sentence that saves kitchens. Spray a panel. Look at it dry, in the light the client will use.
Store the code like it is a part number
When a match is approved, we keep the formula against a code. Put that code on the job bag, the CNC sheet and the reorder email. If you only send “the Savvy grey” two years later, we will get close and still argue.
If you change primer, insulator, stain or topcoat sheen, tell us. The colour sits in a film. Change the film, change the colour.
What we will not promise
All dispensed colours are a Lacquerite version. An exact match to a third-party decorative paint still needs a sample. We cannot accept liability once paint has been applied — the disclaimer exists because timber, technique and sheen move the result after it leaves our mixer.
Reorders and top-ups
Order before the booth is empty. A matched colour mixed on a Wednesday for a Thursday spray should not be a surprise to the counter. See ordering paint so you do not run out.
If a batch looks off, stop after the sample panel. Call sales with the code and the batch on the tin. That is a solvable problem. Forty doors is not.