So my 2004 XLT FX4 front door and suicide door panels have seen better days. All the years of using UV protection/ sun visor year round and front window UV tint has not worked. Door panels are faded BADLY
I ordered two cans of medium parchment spray paint from ColorBond. I have my original window sticker which says INTERIOR: medium parchment....problem is the paint showed up Saturday and it's like a off grey brown color? My interior is tan and the dash trim/door pa el pieces are this parchment color.
SO WHAT COLOR IS A 2004 SUPER DUTY TAN INTERIOR PIECES?
color bond tech support is no help and either was my dealer this morning

 

What Ford summarizes as a "Medium Parchment" interior actually has several different tints/tones of tan/taupe within the same interior.

The instrument bezel is different than the rest of the dash. The door handles are different than the rest of the doors. Etc.

In the photo above, only the last two colors on the right hand side were not applicable for the Medium Parchment interior, but the remaining 4 colors were... plus the 5th can, all the way to the left, which is a plastic primer / adhesion promoter.

There is yet another can that isn't shown, which is a satin clear coat finish, so that pigment doesn't rub off into the hands.

Dark Parchment
Medium Dark Parchment
Medium Parchment
Parchment

... can all be found within the same interior, depending on trim level and model. (

Lariats may have more tonal variety than XLs. Excursions may have a color contrast scheme than trucks, particularly on the dashboard, where the instrument bezel differs from the trucks.

Door panel tone may or may not match the passenger side dash tone.

I don't remember if Super Cabs have ash-trays in the suicide doors. The crew cabs do, and pulling the ash tray (or something else small) to take into a local paint store that can do color matching is one approach.

 

I dont care about the darker accent pieces I'm having all of them hydro dipped this weekend. I'm worried about the actually tan color the interior is? Color bond has ten different shades of tan for the super duty. I just want to remove the door panels/ degrees them/paint them all tan again so they match and dont look like white ash dry elbows

 

Whether ColorBond has 10 different shades of "tan" for the Super Duty... or 100 different shades... is of no consequence.

Since your 2004 Super Duty has an interior color code of H, which is how Ford denoted Medium Parchment, you need only concern yourself with four "tan" colors in the Parchment family.

Prairie Tan, Light Prairie Tan, Medium Prairie Tan, Camel, Sand, Pebble... none of those other tans matter, as they are not related to Parchment. Therefore their existence need not be of any concern.

Colorbondpaint.com, which appears to be where you are getting your paint from, offers four shades in the Parchment family, that coincide exactly with the Genuine Ford OEM Interior Spray Lacquer paints previously presented in the photo above.

Color Bond Paint numbers as follows:

1577 Dark Parchment
120 Medium Dark Parchment
121 Medium Parchment
337 Light Parchment

Since you are not interested in painting any of the darker trim accent tones, indicating that you are having those parts dipped, that leaves you with just 2 choices, instead of 10.

121 Medium Parchment
337 Light Parchment

As stated earlier, the part to part application of colors within a color family sometimes depended on trim level, so if you have limited yourself to using Color Bond Paint as a supplier, then you might have to order one of each non refundable can, and make a test spray out. A test spray out should include the adhesion promoter, and the satin clear (if you elect to use a clear). It should also be allowed to cure for 2 days, because just as wet paint can look different from dried paint, fully cured paint can also look a little different too, even though not as stark of a difference as wet vs dried.

It isn't possible to buy paint by number and expect an exact match with existing, because existing on a 17 year old truck is not the same as what it was when new.

If an exact match with the less exposed "non-faded" part of the panel is desired, then that panel, or a portion thereof, should be removed and brought in to a professional paint supplier (eg Sherman Williams) for an instrument assisted match, as previously suggested.

If the full door panel is being painted, then an exact match isn't required. There may still be differences between the A/B/C pillar trim and thresholds, the plastic bezels of the dome light, coat hooks, headliner clips, and overhead console... versus the door panel trim. The tonality of those differences lies somewhere between Medium Parchment (Colorbond 121) and Light Parchment (Colorbond 337).

For additional rattle can options (have you tried searching and cross referencing the Ford part numbers on the rattle cans in the photo above?), try also searching "pillar pod paint", where a number of cottage industry diesel enthusiast suppliers have put together DIY pillar pod gauge kits, and have included a rattle can of paint that sort of (but not exactly) matches interior trim colors.

Matching cannot be achieved without pulling a part and bringing it in to a paint supplier with the equipment to match color. Some local paint suppliers can load your color of choice, or the custom color they create from your sample, into rattle cans, if you do not have a paint sprayer.

 

Thankyou for the detailed response, I actually have a paint supply house local that mixes paint and will add it to spray paint cans I was told. I'll get a interior piece off he truck and see if they can match it for me

 

sir where can I find these paints you mentioned. Id rather buy these than colorbond

 

@g2outfitter I obtained the cans that you see in the photo above from Ford, about 20 years ago.

Whether or not Ford still offers interior paints packaged in rattle cans can be determined by contacting your local Ford dealer, and providing them with the part numbers printed on the cans, as provided in the photo.

Another factor to consider is whether or not the state where you are located has regulations in force that might effect whether or not your local dealer will sell paint over the counter to a consumer.

For example, the paints above were not available at Ford dealers located in certain air attainment standard counties in California, but were readily available at Ford dealers located in Ohio.

 

Well my local paint store sold out and is under new name/owners. They pretty much dropped 80% of their products and only do basic paint stuff now 🤬 So I had enough and pulled my two front door panels off. I removed the elbow pad I'll call it by drilling out the plastic stud welds. I then simply greened the door panels then followed that with regular dawn dish soap and a shrub brush. I let them air dry in the sun then took a torch and went over the door panel on a low setting to further burn off any oils or lint. I followed that up with four light coats with 10 min flash between each coat like colorbond suggested. I let it dry out in the sun for two hours ABSOLUTE PERFECT MATCH TO MY GOOD INTERIOR PIECES! I was surprised because the cap color was nothing like the actual paint color.

And yes my door panels were that faded out white on top! SMH what a complete disgrace

 

So is the paint good enough or should I oder a clear from colorbond? And if so what would look factory...flat/semi/or gloss? They offer all three

 

I would be inclined to do a semi-gloss clear.

Flat sheens don't wipe down well.

Gloss sheens wipe down really nice, but might be a little too slick looking, like when a used car dealer drowns the door panels in Armor All.

Something somewhere in the middle, like semi gloss, might be just the right Goldilocks balance to protect the base coat that you so BEAUTIFULLY applied, be cleanable, and look OEM stock.

I have no personal experience with Colorbond paints... but the excellent work you did as shown in your photographs will probably help Colorbond sell a lot more paint.

 

THANK YOU! My problem now is both the 12oz cans of paint I bought are gone, So I need to order more LOL It's upsetting now with the new door panels and how faded the a pillars are! So I'm gonna pull them off and I want to do the top plastic of the suicide doors. They are slightly faded also LUCKILY the dash is PERFECT. Apparently applying F21 uv protectant worked on that part of my interior