Matching faded paint
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Anyone have any tips on dealing with a repair on a car with severe faded paint. I have to paint a suburu paint code 18x on Monday.and the paint is really faded, so much so that the jambs look a different color. You can bring it to a decent shine but every variant I have is way off. I a shooting Sikkens abp. I even tried some of the other jobbers and none of them can come up with a bendable match for any of it. Any ideas?
Thanks
Chuckive found if i pull some of the stronger colors out an put em in a separate container i can add em back in an match the faded color i have some lil ez mix cups i put em in when mixing that look like Dixie cups i use hope this helps just try an stay in the formula an u should be fine :stoned
I have done quite a few old 70’s/80’s beaters and tinted single stage so its close and put in flattening agent+ some accelerator to match the lack of shine 😛 I have also done the same thing with bc/cc just mix the clear with matting clear to desired lack of gloss and some accelerator and it will do the same thing.If you add some white to a metallic color it can kill the metallics and give it that chalky mily look,just be careful.Jack gave good advice….
sell them on a complete 🙂
Is the base colour faded too then, not just the clear? Sounds like polishing the adjacent panels won’t help in this case…
[quote=”Ben” post=28585]sell them on a complete 🙂
Is the base colour faded too then, not just the clear? Sounds like polishing the adjacent panels won’t help in this case…[/quote]
Yeah the base is faded, the thing actually polishes up decent. Didn’t really figure out what was going on until I compared the jambs to the exterior. This thing is a beater, no way will they kick the extra cash to paint it all over. I am going to try Bondos tip and try to get some spray out cards to see what happens.
Sounds like a good plan.
If something is that old and junky, I usually don’t sweat it too much
[quote=”Ben” post=28620]Sounds like a good plan.
If something is that old and junky, I usually don’t sweat it too much[/quote]
Its not that the boss or the customer will be that picky about this job, I think they just want it back on the road with some color on it. I am still learning at all of this, been back to painting about two years now and want to get my jobs to come out like alot of the work I see here. I dont get alot of opportunity to get any schooling in so its been a learn as you go thing for me since I picked a gun back up. I am glad that there is so much knowledge that is willing to be shared on this site.
Chuck
[quote=”bondomerchant” post=28529]ive found if i pull some of the stronger colors out an put em in a separate container i can add em back in an match the faded color i have some lil ez mix cups i put em in when mixing that look like Dixie cups i use hope this helps just try an stay in the formula an u should be fine :stoned[/quote]
Thanks for the tip on this, I left out a few of the stronger tints and marked them on the label how much I shorted them and did a spray out, had to add some of it back in. I did it a few grams at a time and it was real close on the face but the side tone was a little funky so I called my jobber and he gave me a few tips basically added 10 grams of q190 (sikkens abp) and that seemed to do the trick. I also took some clear base and cut my basecoat down a little on my blends just to make the blend invisible. Other than the difference that the new clear made to the panel it turned out great. I put way more work into it than the job was supposed to get but I was trying to learn something new on this job. I will try to get some pics of it in the morning. It has really made me realize that I need to go to school for this to get the basics down. But for everyone that offered advice thanks again.
Chuck
next time will be cake :cheers any painter worth his guns will try an make all his jobs look good regardless of the age an its kinda fun when ya nail one that was kicking ya in the balls 😉 color is everything sometimes :weights
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