San Leandro Color

Great place to buy automotive paint and supplies. If its something they don’t have in stock they can get it. Every month they have specials to choose from. From beginner to professional they can help you out with your needs. Excellent color matching capabilities and knowledgeable staff

terrible service. cheap paint.
not worth your time there

This place is fantastic. Yes they are in a scary city lol, but their prices are spot on and they carry everything you could possibly need to paint your car. Not only that but they have a color scanner that will tell you what color your part is and you can get single stage spray cans. You don’t even need a spray gun! Fix your fender or bumper etc for cheap! These guys and Global Auto Parts in Hayward and Boom cheap fixes all day long. I can’t say enough great things about this place. Every time I walk in there is a new useful product that catches my eye. Love this place!

If you’re looking for amazing custom paint colors, San Leandro Color is absolutely the place to go. As a small business, we have been coming to San Leandro Color for a long time and for good reason.
First and foremost, the customer service we’ve received here is outstanding. Not only is the staff always on call and ready to pick up another order from us, they always have our paint colors ready on time and often times, far ahead of time! This is so helpful to us as a fellow business because we too have customers that need our products painted on time and with excellent quality paints. The staff at San Leandro Color is always considerate of this need and moreover, they are always friendly and kind.
Secondly, the quality and color of their paints suits our needs perfectly. Most of the time we need a color matched to a specific piece of plastic, which, in my opinion, is very difficult to do; however, San Leandro Color has always made sure that the paint colors we receive are an exact match and even allow us to test the colors before making a full order! Rest assured too, they have more than a few tricks up their sleeve for color matching, and you will ALWAYS get the color you need.
There is really no other paint store that serves our business’s needs like they do, especially because they seem to be the only custom color paint store in the entire Bay Area (that I know of at least) that will sell you their custom colors in a spray can which is critical to how our business does our painting.
Overall, for any of your paint or custom color needs, look no further than San Leandro Color; they are truly a professional and well run establishment.

This place is not as bad as some make it seem. Of course YMMV.
I came here based on a friend’s recommendation. Despite what others have said, I’ve decided to come here anyways.
Today, I ordered Toyota 040 in a can, which came out to 24.99 each (I ordered three), they also carry 2K (2 component) clear. Fortunate for me, SL Color is only a few miles away. I ordered my paint code over the counter, and about 10 minutes later I was walking out with everything I needed.
There were a few people ahead, so I just want took a look around. There’s not much to see around the counter. Unlike some other paint stores, there’s product laying around you can browse. It’s not so bad.
I didn’t really have any questions aside from ordering my stuff, but all in all a good and helpful staff.

I’ve come here twice now for Automotive color matching aerosol cans, both times customer service was great! Very helpful people, very professional, and they know what they’re talking about! Fast and friendly! And the colors have been spot on!

I have been told that San Leandro Color is one of the best for paint, I had a poor experience with them on the phone. I had someone do a will call pickup for some paint, I asked San Leandro Color to email or fax me a copy of the invoice three times! On my third call to them, the lady that talked to me was very snotty & gave me an attitude, Therefore, I give them a big zero rating. Customer Service is what it’s all about–
Being rude to the customer gets you nowhere–

What a great experience. I spent about 2 ½ hours in there today. I had a good idea about painting my car before but not a great idea. Leo and Mr R were very patient with me (I have no idea what that other reviewer was talking about.) while they didn’t offer straight tutorials, they answered all my questions and are very knowledgeable about the entire process. Leo was super cool and was willing to work w me a little on the price of a very nice spray gun and threw in some mixing cups and small things that I really appreciated. Knowing that entire process was invaluable.
I’ve had terrible experiences at finish masters. Way better here.
I really felt like they listened to what i needed and recommended everything i needed. No high pressure anything. Everything was in stock.
Thanks Guys

I visited San Leandro color in early May 2011 and picked up touch-​up paint (a spray can), primer, and clear-​coat to repair some scratches in my Toyota’s paint. Contrary to some of the other reviews here, I had outstanding customer service — it was almost like they were competing to see who could do the best job helping me. I got my paint, great instructions, and it was quite affordable!
At a shop, you can easily spend hundreds of dollars paying a pro to fix even small scratches, chips and dings in your car’s paint. If you’ve got the cash, and want an absolutely perfect job, then a shop is probably for you.
If you are into saving cash and willing to learn a relatively simple paint repair process, buying touch-​up paint is the way to go! Instead of $ 100s, you’ll pay $ 10s, and the results will come out pretty good.

They carry a good amount of automotive paint products and sells at normal retail price. However they really need to work on their customer service! Every time I walk in, a guy walks out of the back room and acts like I’m wasting his precious time. It gets worst if I ask him for one thing and he brings out the wrong product. Well we wouldn’t have to go through all that if they keep their products on shelves in the customer area instead of keeping everything in the back. And don’t even ask them about advice or product recommendations because then you are ‘really wasting their time!’ I now make the extra drive to Hayward Color off 92 just to avoid the attitude.