I've got a few outdoor projects that require a good Aggie maroon paint. Some paint looks good at the Home Depot or Lowes but ends up looking purple or plum color. Anybody know the paint name or mix ratio for a true maroon? TiA.

The easiest thing to do is take something maroon like a T-shirt or cap to Sherwin Williams and have them color match it.

Go to Sherwin Williams and ask for Marooned.

Just painted a bunch of pipe fence on my property, and this is what they recommended. They said they have sold this color for multiple A&M jobs and everyone is always pleased. I was too.

Look at all you guys and how you have out interwebbed me. I have honestly tried the color matching thing without success. I'll try the brand link.

I bought some the other day from Sherwin Williams. I will find the paint can. It has the paint code on it.

I just bought some Glidden brand paint from Home Depot and used a color called Deep Garnet. It seemed to be a pretty good maroon to me.

never mind, Glidden used to sell a A&M branded maroon.

quote:

---

never mind, Glidden used to sell a A&M branded maroon.

---

Here's another couple of threads on this topic:

http://texags.com/forums/61/topics/2069133
http://texags.com/forums/5/topics/2339448

There are several who said they didn't like the Glidden paint. Recommended Sherwin Williams.

quote:

---

never mind, Glidden used to sell a A&M branded maroon.

---

Yeah, Glidden doesn't do A&M branded maroon anymore. We have used the Miss State maroon and it looked good. That's an easy alternative to color matching.

How many gallons do you need, are you painting metal, and are you anywhere close to Central Texas?

I had Sherwin-Williams mix up a batch of their high quality 'Seaguard 1000' Acrylic-Modified Alkyd Marine Enamel in Aggie Maroon for a big project I did a while back.

On these 'custom paint' type deals, I always ordered way too much to guard against some catastrophe happening in my paint shop.

{If you've never had supervisory authority over a paint shop and spray painters, count yourself blessed. I am convinced that in Hell, Satan's worst inmates are assigned to the paint shop for an eternity of special torment! I love manufacturing, but my paint shop gave me more headaches than all my other operations combined.}

Anyway, these are one-gallon cans that I've got about $45.00/gallon in. I _think_ I have at least (8) gallons, but I need to double check, if you are interested.

No reasonable offer refused -- some unreasonable offers accepted.

It is _not_ water based. It will clean-up and thin with mineral spirits, but we sprayed it and I used a special blend of solvents including glycol esters that I won't bore you with here, due to the size and complexity of the objects we had to paint. FWIW, Seaguard 1000 was the best 1-part paint we ever used to paint metal objects. It was originally patented by Krylon in their 'Rust Tough' series before S-W Industrial purchased Krylon and used the formulation for it's 'Seaguard 1000' marine series.

Regardless, have fun painting, and try to avoid doing it in the middle of summer in direct sunlight. And, if you're painting metal, clean and prime it first, even if the paint says that it's self-priming.

Sherwin Williams "marooned" turned out perfect for my front door.

I painted some cornhole boards a few years back and either Lowes or Home Depot had a Collegiate line of of paint and it included Aggie Maroon. The color came out spot on so you may try asking about it.

That was the Glidden line at Home Depot that was discontinued. bummer

I'm interested. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Hit me up at Texags2000 at gmail dot Com

If anyone ever has a need for Awlgrip I had them take the ratios and work one up for me so it's in their system.

Anyone ever paint a 55 gallon barrel feeder maroon? How long will it last in elements?

Also posted here => https://texags.com/forums/61/topics/2069133/replies/61895431


I wanted to circle round on this topic, since I think I found the answer.

I asked my local Home Depot for "Aggie / Texas A&M Maroon" and they said "huh?". Lowes same thing.
I called the College Station Home Depot, and they said "yeah, of course we have Aggie Maroon".

They said "have your Home Depot call us and we'll get it right for you" and they DID!

The College Station Home Depot is 979-595-1188 - but with this photo link below you can probably just have yours reproduce it. I don't know the color perfectly, but it looks CLOSE to me.

Paint Info => https://drive.google.com/file/d/14D3pa55YvCuJn8p_NvAAfEjEB0F1xAa8/view

And if I may, this is what I made for my son (Mays Business Class of 2026!) and my wife whom I make directional signs for.

Sign => https://drive.google.com/file/d/15UQVOCny4q16zUaiLOhyYQpa6KfkPr32/view


Super proud my son's an Aggie!

The Aggie brand and logo website has evidently moved
try here

https://brandguide.tamu.edu/visual-style/brand-colors.html

What a completely apropos bump...I'm ordering more paint this weekend...I ended up using the Sherwin Williams paint and had them call their B/CS store for recipe...