Question about a bad paint mix at my place in Tacoma

I was painting my kitchen cabinets with a custom color from Sherwin-Williams, Emerald Urethane, and the second gallon I opened was way off. It was a totally different shade of green. I had to stop everything, drive back to the store on 6th Ave, and they had to remix it from the formula. Has anyone else had a paint color not match between cans from the same batch?

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grant4784mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst! I mean, it's a custom mix, you pay for it to be right. It totally kills your whole work flow when you have to stop and fix their mistake. Makes you check every single can from now on, which you shouldn't have to do. Just feels like nobody cares about doing the job right the first time anymore.

jamie_adams4mo ago

It's not just paint, it's everything now. I bought two packs of the same floor tiles last month and the shades were slightly off. You can't trust consistency between batches anymore. Companies rush production and quality control is gone. It makes simple home projects a real headache because you have to check every single item.

sagecooper4mo ago

Heard about my buddy redoing his kitchen. Ordered the same cabinet handles twice from a big store. Second batch was a totally different finish. Not even close. He had to return the whole lot and start over. Lost a week on his project. It's like they don't even look at what they're boxing up anymore.

rileygarcia1mo ago

Oh man, that kitchen handle story hit too close to home (literally, my own cabinets are a mismatched mess right now). I ordered what I thought were the same drawer pulls twice and ended up with one batch that was brushed nickel and the other was basically chrome, shiny enough to blind me every morning. Had to spend a whole weekend driving back and forth to the store, feeling like a total idiot explaining the difference to the returns guy. Guess my kitchen has a "unique" look now while I wait for the third order to show up, which is probably going to be a different finish again knowing my luck.