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Rick Daniels:
I have, over time, been to several body shops, auto body paint suppliers, searched many forums, and had contact with Beaver sales in Bend and have had as many different answers to where and how to get matching touch-up paint for my 99 Beaver Marquis.  The paint code sticker is still pasted to the inside of one of the kitchen cabinets and indicates the paint manufacturer is "R&M Diamont". The most common comments I received in the past is that the paint manufacturer "Diamont" was no longer in business. While hiding from the Montana cold and snow in Casa Grande, AZ I happened across yet another auto body paint supply house so I went in expecting the same or similar results.  The young man who really was interested in helping me admitted that he could not supply original paint but referred me to Space Age Auto Paint Supply, 707 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa, AZ 85210, (480) 835-0971. To my surprise, they were in fact quite familiar with Diamont.  I went to the store, showed them my paint code numbers from the sticker and without telling them anything about my Marquis they told me it was a 1999.  In less than an hour I had 4 oz cans of each color.  Space Age Auto Paint Supply is truly the pro-shop of auto paint and capable of just about any brand of paint.  The staff is very customer oriented and knowledgeable.  I highly recommend them

Bill Lampkin:
Good to know, Rick. I have several glass vials of touch up paint that are original and came with our coach; sadly, they are as dry as the dust!

Mike Shumack:
I just bought some R-M Diamont recently (in Orlando) to repaint the area above the windshield.I can post the name of the supplier if anyone in FL area needs it (just can't recall the name now).
http://refinish.basf.us/brands/r-m/

Stan Simpson:
Just a thought. When we had the body work done on our Beaver, it was 11 years old. The body shop uses a machine that matches today's paint hues and shades from today, rather than the original. Over time the paint is affected by weather, etc. They did an exact match of today's paint.

I think it's the same thing they do at the big box stores when you take in a paint stick with the color you want.

Doug Allman:
We had our 2004 Marquis paint matched by NAPA from a panel we took to them. Matched to the current paint look of todays paint, not the new unweathered look. One caution is to be sure when you paint that the under surface color is the same as when the original paint was installed over or you will not get the same color look even though the color of the paint is matched.
NAPA gave us the new style paint that is flat base color and then clear coat and both in spray cans so very easy to use and build repaired part back to same color and luster. Just take you time and build coats with clear to match coach.

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