Touch up paint for Preamplifier ?


Does anybody have a suggestion for a paint color (and source) that comes close to the color of the stock metal that almost every black Amplifier and Preamplifier case is made out of in the 1908s-today ?

I’m looking at creating a custom stainless steel "open cover" for my tube preamp that will provide more ventilation and would like to paint it in a color that would closely match the rest of the OEM case.

Unfortunately, I can’t really make the open cover out of the stock metal used in most preamp/amp cases so it is going to have to be painted to match.

I’m hoping that some company makes a paint that would be used to cosmetically touch up preamp/amps that have been scratched or damaged.... but so far I’ve struck out in finding something like that.

It happens to be a BAT preamp, but the same metal used in the BAT preamp case appears to be very similar to metal used Mcintosh, Denon, Marantz, Yahama, and almost every other brand.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated !

stillsurfin

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@stillsurfin  & @teo_audio 

You are dealing with not a black but a close analog. Which means it might not come out as perfect as you want or expect it to.

This is true. Because of the textured finish, there is a problem with it being matched perfectly. AAMOF, the texture, if there is a texture may not even allow the computer to even match the color. In that case, IF you can find an old timer who has worked in a paint store for a long period of time, he can probably match the textured look better than the computer. However, those skills have all but vanished because we now rely on the computer and have done so for the last 20 or so years. Then there are few paint stores even in business due to the big box stores. And I have yet to encounter anyone in any of the box sores that have the skill of color matching on their own.

Take the existing cover to any paint store and they can computer match the color.