Wow... it looks like Folkestone Gray varies between a green, a tan.. a even... A GRAY! Who knew!?
The complicating thing is I need another quart or so to clean up the orange peel, so I wonder if I order another quart will I get the REAL folkestone gray or the folkestone "Tan" I have now....
You are basically screwed. You can try to order a quart and hope it matches. Or you can pay them $60 plus $20 shipping plus $60 for the quart of paint(a gallon is $140 plus postage) for a match and hope it matches. Or you can order another gallon and hope it matches. Or you can try repeatedly to get a match. I tried 3 quarts to get a match for an earlier gallon of rock moss green. Lets see that would be $140 x 3 quarts plus $140 for a gallon....Could I have been any dumber? I ended up repainting half the truck to match. I don't know how to blend. Oh well I'm selling the left over two gallons to another guy for half price.
You would have been much better off ordering 2 gallons to begin with and be sure to mix the 2 gallons together before shooting. It would have cost close to 1 gallon plus a matched qt or two.
I learned this the hard way. Took me 3 cars to learn. The third car I ordered an additional gallon and it matched just peachy. The 4th car I ordered 2 gallons to begin with. You need to plan on something unplanned happening that requires more paint than expected. It has happed 3 times in a row for me!
Sometimes the TCP global people don't get very close on color. If it is important to you, you should send them a color card to match a quart before getting your 2 gallons. This process will still be cheaper than buying 1 gallon of PPG.
I ordered a quart of 63 corvette ermine white and got just plain white not off white like it is supposed to be.
Another hint is if you don't put enough paint on the primer will show through like black primer and the paint will look dark and the panel colors won't match what you have left in your gallon. Two coats isn't enough IMHO. The painter I hired put on 4 coats and then color sanded. He also ran out of 1 gallon and requested more paint on two different cars. Learning the hard way sucks sometimes.
Another thing is to order a quart before ordering the 2 gallons. Shoot out the inside of a fender to make sure you like the color. I tried a quart each of 57 t-bird green, 51 sportsman green, and 41 lochaven green recently before finally deciding on 2 gallons of lochaven green for a 41. I also looked at the 3 shades for several weeks. I looked at the bambalino blue for my 36 woodie a while before it grew on me as well.
My prof painter pal Jorge I told the story to said he learned these same lessons the hard way a long time ago.
