Job Description:

• 1) Mixes pigments or base colors with paints, enamels, or lacquers to match standard or sample colors, following formulas and standard color samples: Starts agitator in tank filled with basic paint product.

• 2) Pours pigments or base colors from containers and dumps specified amounts into tank to color basic product.

• 3) Smears sample of batch on glass or paper, using spatula or brush, and compares sample with standard color, using colorimeter.

• 4) Repeats operation to attain specified shade.

• 5) Records ingredients added on batch ticket.

• 6) Ladles sample into container, writes identifying data on container, and submits sample to laboratory for final color, gloss, weight, and viscosity tests.

• 7) May add materials to thin batch.

• 8) May weigh sample and calculate weight per gallon.

• 9) May determine specific gravity, using hydrometer.

• 10) May test for viscosity, using viscometer.

• 11) May be designated according to product colored as Enamel Shader; Lacquer Shader; Latex-Paint Shader; Oil-Paint Shader.