Match of Dutch Boy™ DB514-2 Honey Bear *

Choose the finish based on the part you are painting and how durable you need the coating to be. A glossier finish usually cleans more easily and can be a better fit for hardware, trim pieces, fixtures, and other handled surfaces. A flatter finish can help reduce visible surface flaws, but it may show less reflectivity and is usually less forgiving on imperfect substrates.

Keep in mind that the same match of Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear can look different as gloss changes. If you are trying to coordinate with an existing painted item, the finish matters as much as the color reference when you compare the final result.

Use light, even coats instead of one heavy pass. Hold the can at a consistent distance, overlap each pass slightly, and keep the spray moving so the film builds evenly. Heavy passes can cause runs, a patchy sheen, or a muddy-looking build-up that changes how Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear reads on the finished item.

If you are coating a small part, practice your motion first and build color gradually. This is especially important on edges, corners, grilles, and other detailed pieces where too much spray can collect quickly.

Clean the surface first so dirt, oil, wax, and loose contamination do not interfere with adhesion. If you are painting bare metal, remove rust and other corrosion before coating. If you are painting over an existing finish, scuff the surface so the new coating has a better mechanical bond.

The condition of the old coating matters. A sound, cleaned, and lightly abraded finish is usually a better starting point than a peeling or failing surface. Gloss, texture, and surface damage can also change how the match of Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear appears after application.

Lighting, sheen, nearby surfaces, and placement all affect how a finished coating reads. The same match of Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear can look slightly warmer, cooler, lighter, or darker depending on whether it is viewed indoors, outdoors, in direct light, or beside other finished materials.

This is normal after application and does not mean the match was made incorrectly. For the best decision, judge the color in the same setting where the item will be used and with the finish you plan to order.

Confirm Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear from a physical swatch or a known existing color reference, not from a screen alone. Monitor and phone displays can shift color, and MyPerfectColor matches to the selected brand color reference, not to whatever a device happens to show.

If you are matching an existing painted object, remember that age, fading, gloss, and surface texture can make that object look different from the original standard. Verifying the target reference first helps avoid ordering a match to the wrong version of the color.

MyPerfectColor uses an acrylic enamel which is a fast-drying durable coating suitable for interior or exterior use. MyPerfectColor custom spray paint matched to Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear enables you to conveniently achieve a professional spray-smooth finish in any color in any sheen. It sticks well to most surfaces including metal, plastics, powder-coatings, cabinets and primed or previously painted wood.

The MyPerfectColor 11oz spray will cover about 20 square feet per coat. Keep in mind that it is difficult to gauge spray paint need as the coverage is highly dependent on how it is applied. Learn more about how spray paint works at MyPerfectColor.

MyPerfectColor has an original sample of the Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear in its color archive. This enables us to make paint and verify that it matches the original.

Please note that if your material is not new then the paint may not work for touch up as your material has aged and is likely different than it was when new. Learn more about our color matching accuracy. If you need a touch up application, send us a part and we can create a touch up solution precisely matching the current color and sheen of your specific materials.

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While we can provide Dutch Boy DB514-2 Honey Bear in paint, we don't provide any crossover information. We've found that every paint company offers its own unique selection of colors and rarely does a color have an exact equivalent in another brand.

However, under the color image on a color page there is a link that says "Explore Colors". Clicking this link displays colors with similar values and you can look for any colors from the brand you want.

Keep in mind that this just shows similar colors based on the color values we have stored in our database. It doesn't mean it is the same or give any approximation about how close the color is. You can play around with the Hue, Lightness and Chroma sliders to expand the selection.