Andrew
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Thanks Jayson, wanna paint a G8 😆
Be nice if Jimmo could chime in…..I can tell because the metal flake in the paint of the fender is identical to the door.[quote=”smooth” post=27291]Im gonna go out on a limb here, i think they sealed the whole fender with a # 7 VS and then they based it and the basecoat didnt achieve coverage which would give you that milkey look(bleedthru) Color may have been transparant or they reduced it too much.
Either way the fender and maybe the door has to be rebased and than cleared, you said you asked them to paint just the front part of the fender and reclear the rest of the fender but really how do you know? maybe they thought that color would butt match fine and panel painted it. ????[/quote]Ding they didn’t buff when they cleared the fender.
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[quote=”ding” post=27286]really doesnt look too bad in the photos. maybe they just did a bad buff job on it.[/quote]Hey guys thanks for all your input. I’m just not sure if anyone can blend this color properly. Its black with a good amount of metal flake. I fear no matter which way when the sun hits it you’ll see the difference if repainted.The reason why I fear this is the area that they painted ( another spot done a while ago ) you can see the metal flake in the new paint in very tiny where the original flake is bigger and more pronounced.
One question, these cars where built in Australia and I live in Canada, do the ausie’s have strict rules on water base paints like canada or do they use old school non water base paints, hence not a good color match.
Ryan999 how would you blend this sucker into the door ?
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AndyNo burn through any where maybe just the way the pic is showing it.
Not painting the door, thats out, maybe just a re clear over the fender with a better higher quality clear.But the question is will the new clear high the cloudy old clear.Nor can I Rrrrrrr, if you click on my car will you see them in my photos ?
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img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/99SSragtop/G8%20GT/100_5535.jpg?t=1346604462The base coat ( original factory base ) of the fender is fine you can tell at certain angles the flake is the same as the door. I know for a fact they did not base coat the whole fender only the very front of it and of course after base coating they had to clear the whole fender. But I think you hit the nail on the head with cheap clear coat or maybe they used to much reducer ( not sure if that is the correct term ) or shoved the car into the oven to fast.
Here are a few pics. I didn’t catch these pictures early enough in the morning but you can get a hint of what I’m talking about. Earlier in the hour when the sun hits it its worse.The fender that was just cleared is cleared over the factory finish. Only part of the fender that was base coated is the very front tip and then cleared. I told them to do that way cause I feared for a poor color match and thinking clear is clear and It will look good. I take it they just scuffed the remaining factory clear and cleared away.
So where you see the cloudy look is basically were they would of scuffed the factory clear and recleared.
Hope that makes sense.
AndyI’ll get some pics.
Now if I decide to get it re-cleared, will the milkiness not still come through from the clear that is causing the milkiness now ? and I guess I’m still ticked off in why they could not get the same amount of metal flake sparkle in the new repaint.
Thanks[quote=”smooth” post=27256]Got any pics?[/quote]