Sunshine Coast QLD / since 1989
Colour-matched refinish paint, aerosol fills and van delivery for Battery Hill's panel shops, mobile painters and vehicle owners
Local since 1989
Same Kawana site for over 35 years
Overview
Battery Hill reportedly sits on one of the area's higher points, an elevated stretch of Sunshine Coast headland between Currimundi and Dicky Beach, with an older-than-average population and close to two vehicles in every driveway. Panel shops, mobile spray painters, fleet operators and vehicle owners here need automotive refinish paint that matches properly and arrives without a Battery Hill branch to visit. Queensland Paint Supplies has traded from its Warana counter since 1989, stocking the Concept Paints, Cromax and Bernardo Ecenarro refinish systems, matching colour on-site or in the delivery van by spectrophotometer, and filling custom touch-up aerosols in-store. Call ahead, or enquire online, before the next job goes to the bay.
Battery Hill is a small, settled suburb reportedly sitting on an elevated position above Currimundi and Dicky Beach, with a median age of 43, and an average of 1.9 motor vehicles per household, most of them parked at one of the suburb's 70.2% separate houses. There is no Queensland Paint Supplies branch here (the nearest counter is at Warana), so most Battery Hill refinish jobs are built around a van visit or a trip down Nicklin Way, not a local shopfront.
An older median age and a high rate of separate houses point to a suburb where vehicles tend to be owned longer and parked on a driveway rather than cycled through a car park, and Battery Hill's reportedly exposed, elevated position on the headland between Currimundi and Dicky Beach adds constant sun and salt-laden wind to that mix. For a panel shop or mobile painter working on an older vehicle, that combination means two recurring problems: the factory paint code is often faded, missing from the data plate, or simply never ordered with the car, and the finish being matched has usually faded or chalked more than a newer vehicle's paint would. Queensland Paint Supplies answers the first problem with on-site and in-van spectrophotometer matching, reading the actual panel rather than relying on a code that may not exist or may no longer be accurate. For small jobs (a stone chip from the Nicklin Way run, a scuffed sill, a single panel), the business also mixes and fills a custom aerosol can in-store, so an older vehicle gets a touch-up sized to the job instead of a full litre bought and mostly wasted.
For the panel shops, mobile sprayers and fleet or commercial operators who make up the trade side of this market, the product stack matters as much as the matching. Queensland Paint Supplies stocks Concept Paints' NO MIX and low-VOC NO MIX LV tinting systems for straightforward touch-up and smaller jobs, Cromax for the colour-measurement and application speed a busy bodyshop needs to keep cars moving through the bay, and Bernardo Ecenarro's URKIMIX PRO system (built since 1963 specifically for commercial vehicle, fleet and trailer panels) for operators running vans and trucks rather than passenger cars. None of that requires a Battery Hill premises: the business has traded from the same Warana site since 1989, and a stocked sales van carries the same paint systems and matching equipment to Battery Hill on its regular run, so the absence of a local branch does not mean the absence of local service.
Battery Hill's older-than-average vehicle fleet means paint codes have often faded, been painted over, or were never recorded against the car in the first place. Guessing a colour from memory or a faded code risks a visible mismatch panel to panel, especially on metallics and pearls. Queensland Paint Supplies reads the actual panel with an on-site or in-van spectrophotometer and matches from the vehicle itself, not just a code.
Daily driving along the exposed Nicklin Way corridor into and out of Battery Hill causes small chips and scuffs well before a full respray is needed. Buying a litre for a one-panel touch-up wastes most of the tin and the job still risks an imprecise mix at home. The business mixes and fills a custom aerosol can in-store to the matched colour, sized for exactly that touch-up.
Vehicle owners doing their own stone-chip or scuff repairs don't have a spray booth or the ratios for a professional base-coat system. A complex two-pack mix bought for one small job is easy to get wrong and expensive to waste. Concept Paints' NO MIX and low-VOC NO MIX LV tints are supplied ready to use straight from the tin, without separate mixing or stirring.
Panel shops serving Battery Hill and the surrounding suburbs run on throughput; every extra minute spent chasing a colour is a car not moving through the shop. Slow or inaccurate matching means rework, comebacks and a bay tied up longer than it should be. Cromax is stocked for exactly this: coatings engineered for fast, accurate application and colour-measurement technology built to lift bodyshop throughput.
Commercial and fleet operators working across the service area run trucks, vans and trailers with larger panels and different repair demands than a sedan. A refinish system designed around passenger-car panels doesn't always suit a trailer side or a commercial van body. Bernardo Ecenarro's URKIMIX PRO system, built by a Spanish manufacturer trading since 1963, is stocked specifically for commercial vehicle, fleet and trailer repair.
Queensland Paint Supplies trades from a single counter at Warana; no branch or office exists in Battery Hill or any other suburb in the service area. Customers need to know whether 'local' means a nearby shopfront or a delivery service, so they can plan around it rather than assume a counter that isn't there. A stocked sales van runs a regular delivery route to Battery Hill, carrying the same paint systems and matching equipment as the Warana counter, which has traded since 1989.
For Battery Hill's older vehicle fleet, the NO MIX and low-VOC NO MIX LV tints are stocked ready to use, so a single stone-chip or scuff repair doesn't need a full mixing kit.
Panel shops working on Battery Hill and nearby suburbs can keep bay throughput up with Cromax's fast-matching, accuracy-focused coatings.
Fleet and commercial operators running vans and trailers through Battery Hill are matched against a system built for exactly that panel size, not passenger-car touch-up.
With no Battery Hill branch to call into, colour is matched on-site at Warana or in the delivery van, directly from the vehicle when the factory code is faded or missing.
A chip picked up on the Nicklin Way run into Battery Hill can be matched and filled into a single aerosol can in-store, rather than a full litre.
Stocked, matched, and backed by experience
Queensland Paint Supplies has traded from the same Warana site since 1989, now under local family ownership, and stocks three automotive refinish systems: Concept Paints, Cromax and Bernardo Ecenarro. Colour matching is carried out on-site and in the delivery van using a spectrophotometer, and custom aerosol cans are mixed and filled in-store for touch-up work. Van sales representative Gavin Pollock brings around 35 years in the refinish industry, and the wider team is described as holding decades of combined refinish experience. The business is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 69 Google reviews, with reviewers citing its range, service and delivery options.
Local since 1989
Same Kawana site for over 35 years
Concept Paints distributor
Including the NO MIX system
Cromax and BESA refinish
Cromax and Bernardo Ecenarro
Custom colour matching
Spectrophotometer on site and in the van
Getting here
Our workshop is at 5 Main Drive, Warana, in the Warana industrial area, on the corner of Main Drive and Commerce Avenue. From Battery Hill, near the Nicklin Way shops at Battery Hill, it's a straight run up Nicklin Way, about fifteen minutes to reach us. We keep the van stocked for the common jobs, so most Battery Hill call-outs are sorted in a single visit. If it's easier to drop in, give us a call first.
Queensland Paint SuppliesQuestions
Yes. Colour is matched on-site at our Warana counter or in the delivery van using a spectrophotometer that reads the actual panel, so a faded or missing factory code isn't a dead end. A removable painted part, such as a fuel flap or mirror cap, works if the car can't come in.
No. Our only physical counter is at Warana. We reach Battery Hill through a regular delivery van run that carries the same paint systems and matching equipment as the counter. The counter is open Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4pm, with the entrance off Commerce Avenue.
Yes, we mix and fill custom aerosol cans in-store to your matched colour, which suits a one-panel touch-up or stone chip better than a full tin. The can is filled from the same tinted base used for a full mix. Call ahead from Battery Hill with the colour code or vehicle details and it can be ready when you arrive.
We stock Bernardo Ecenarro's URKIMIX PRO system, built by a manufacturer trading since 1963 specifically for commercial vehicle, fleet and trailer repair, alongside Cromax for general bodyshop work. BESA's URKIMIX PRO tintometric system covers patch, panel and overall repair, so a work van or trailer can stay on one colour base.
Our van sales representative Gavin Pollock has around 35 years in the refinish industry, and the wider team holds decades of combined refinish experience. Gavin runs the van with a spectrophotometer and a computer for hard-to-identify colours, so that experience reaches the job as well as the counter.
We've traded on the Sunshine Coast since 1989, from the same Warana-area site for more than 35 years, and are now under local family ownership. The branch first opened on Commerce Avenue in October 1989, and the owners, Cory and Candice, are a local family.
Also stocked
If you're in Battery Hill and need a colour match, a touch-up aerosol, or stock for a panel or fleet job, call the Warana counter or enquire online. We'll match from the vehicle if the paint code isn't available, and can have a mixed aerosol or order ready before the next delivery run.