Queensland Paint Supplies

Sunshine Coast QLD / since 1989

Custom paint, Sunshine Coast

Colours read off your panel and mixed to that reading, in store at Warana. Automotive refinish, industrial coatings, touch-up bottles and custom-filled aerosols, from a counter that has been mixing paint on this Coast since 1989.

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Open
Mon-Fri 7:30am to 4pm
Counter
5 Main Drive, Warana
Since
1989
Shelves of automotive paint tins and consumables above a bench laid out with colour decks, a spray gun, scales and masking supplies

Local since 1989

Same Kawana site for over 35 years

Overview

Custom paint means two different things depending on who is asking. For a panel shop it means an accurate match on a repair, fast enough that the car is not sitting in a booth waiting. For someone restoring a bike in their shed it means a colour that does not exist on any chart. We do both from the same mixing bench.

The work starts with the colour itself. Where you have a paint code we will mix to the factory formula and check it against a sprayout card. Where the code has drifted, which it will on any car that has spent years outdoors on the Sunshine Coast, we read the panel with a spectrophotometer and adjust the formula to the vehicle in front of us. Where there is no code at all, the reading is the only starting point there is.

From there it is a question of the system rather than the colour. A colour is only as good as the primer under it and the clear over it, so we specify the whole stack: the primer for the substrate you are spraying, the basecoat, the clear, the hardener and the thinner for the temperature you will be spraying in. Coastal Queensland is hard on a finish, and a system chosen for it lasts longer than one chosen on price.

We mix for automotive refinish, for industrial and commercial coatings, and for one-off projects that are neither. If you are not sure what you need, tell us what the job is and what it has to survive, and we will work it out at the counter.

Custom colour matching

A paint code describes the car as it left the factory. After a decade of Queensland sun on a roof and a bonnet, the car is a different colour, and a code-perfect mix will show as a patch in daylight. We measure the panel with a spectrophotometer, compare the reading against the formula, then adjust and spray a card until the card and the car agree. Silvers, pearls and three-stage reds are the ones worth bringing the vehicle in for, because a photograph or a description will not get you there.

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A spectrophotometer reading the colour of a red panel so it can be matched and mixed

Custom aerosol cans, mixed and filled

We fill aerosols in store from the same tinted bases as a full mix, so the can holds your colour rather than the closest thing on a rack. It is the practical answer for a stone chip, a small panel, a mobile repair tech working out of a ute, or a job where getting the gun and compressor out costs more than the repair is worth. The same cans get used well beyond cars: boats, aircraft parts, signage, wood finishes, manufacturing blemishes and general industrial touch-ups.

Custom aerosol cans
An aerosol can being filled to a custom mix on a bench filling machine, with a row of filled cans waiting

Industrial and commercial custom coatings

Machinery colours, fleet colours and corporate colours all get mixed here. The industrial range covers 2K polyurethane coatings, baking enamels, acrylic lacquers, quick dry and rapid dry enamels, 2K epoxy coatings, heavy industrial epoxies, iso-free 2K paints and vinyl paints, plus the BESA lines from Bernardo Ecenarro. Tell us the substrate and the exposure, especially if the steel lives outdoors near the water, and we will specify a system built for it.

Industrial paints
Epoxy primer and polyurethane finish tins on a workbench in a steel fabrication shop, with a spray booth behind

Touch-up paint for chips and scratches

Bring the paint number or bring the car. We will match the colour and put it into whatever suits the damage: a touch-up bottle with a brush for stone chips, an aerosol for a larger area, or a full mix if the panel is coming off. We will also show you how to lay it in and flat it back, because a touch-up that is applied badly is more visible than the chip was.

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A Kracka surf ski on the bench at Warana, masked up in red tape for a colour-matched repair to its deck

Colour consultation and technical advice

This is the part that does not fit on a shelf. Our staff have decades of refinish experience between them, and if a colour is fighting you or a system is not curing the way it should, that conversation is part of what you are buying. Gavin has been in the trade for close to 35 years and covers industrial coatings as well as automotive, so a question about a difficult substrate has somewhere to go.

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A staff member at the counter explaining a coating layer diagram to a customer, with mixing scales alongside

Stocked, matched, and backed by experience

Why panel shops and DIYers buy here

Decades of refinish experience behind the counter, the brands the trade actually asks for, and colours matched and mixed while you wait.

  • 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

Questions

Asked at the counter

Can you match my existing paint colour exactly?

In most cases yes, and the match is read off your panel rather than taken from the code. A spectrophotometer measures the colour as it is now, faded and weathered included, and we adjust the formula against a sprayout card until the two sit together in daylight. Hard colours are usually silvers, pearls and three-stage reds, and those are worth bringing the car in for.

How long does it take to get custom paint mixed?

Most orders are mixed the same day, and simple colours are done while you wait. A difficult match, a large batch, or a colour that needs a tinter we do not hold will take longer. We give you the timeframe when you order rather than after.

Do you offer custom paint in spray cans?

Yes. Any colour we mix can be filled into an aerosol in store, so the can carries your exact mix. That suits touch-ups, small panels, mobile repair work and jobs where setting up a gun is not worth the time.

Is custom paint suitable for DIY use?

It is, and DIY customers are a real part of the counter. We will recommend the paint system rather than only the colour, which means the primer, the basecoat, the clear and the thinner that go with it, plus the prep and the flash times. Getting the system right is usually what separates a repair that disappears from one that does not.

What does custom paint cost?

It depends on the colour, how difficult the match is, and how much you need. A touch-up bottle and a litre of two-pack are different conversations. Call with the vehicle and the colour code and we will price it properly rather than guess.

Can you mix industrial colours as well as automotive?

Yes. The same mixing bench covers industrial and commercial coatings, including 2K polyurethanes, epoxies, baking enamels and acrylic lacquers, along with the BESA range from Bernardo Ecenarro. Machinery colours, fleet colours and corporate signage colours are regular work here. Bring us a sample of what you need to match, or the colour standard if the client has supplied one.

Do you supply paint to trade professionals?

We do, and it is most of the business. Panel shops, spray painters and industrial clients across the Coast buy from us, and Gavin runs the van so a shop can be restocked without sending someone to Warana. Ask about a trade account when you call.

What do I need to bring for a colour match?

The paint code if you have it, which is usually on a compliance plate or a sticker in the door jamb, boot or under the bonnet. If you cannot find it, bring the car or a removable painted part such as a fuel flap or a mirror cap, and we will read the colour directly off that instead.

Ask us for a colour match or a stock check

Tell us the vehicle, the colour code if you have one, or just what you are trying to finish. We will tell you what you need and what it costs.

Bring us the colour and we will mix it

5 Main Drive, Warana, on the corner of Commerce Avenue. Open Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4pm. The van covers the Coast if it is easier for us to come to you.

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