: >> In message : >> "steve robinson" wrote: : >>
: >> > Rob wrote: : >> >
: >> >> On 03/07/2010 10:08, steve robinson wrote: : >> >> > snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: : >> >> >
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: >> > If you want an exact match you need to take the vehicle to a : >> > specialist restorer and be prepared to pay large sums . : >> >
: >> No that is not necessary, the vehicle does not have a 1920's paint : >> job it is a 1987 paint job which is still classed as a modern day : >> paint finish and easy to match irrespective of whether it was : >> sprayed in acrylic, cellulose or twin-pack. : >
: >I wouldnt class that as a modern paint finish : : The only difference now is water based paint has been introduced : along with low VOC but the mixing furmulae still remains the same : as does the twin-pack paint.
all of which HAS changed the paint formulations
: : You can still paint a modern car in the same paint type today as : you could 30 years ago, yes we have alternatives but the same : paint in use today is still classed as modern. : : >> >> On hindsight, the OP probably wishes he'd asked if the resprayed : >> >> area would match existing. A question that shouldn't need asking : >> >> IMO. : >> > >
: >> >> I'd agree that it appears this garage is not a charity. It also : >> >> appears not competent. it was asked to do a job. It either : >> couldn't >> or wouldn't. I'd take legal action or drop it, and put : >> it down to a >> bad experience. : >> > >
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: >> > The garage has matched the paint to the original vehicle paint : >> > code thats all the insurance companies will pay for , they wont : >> > pay for bespoke matching services . : >> >
: >> > Another problem is paints now are acrylic , its possible the op : >> > car was cellulose , its near impossible to get accurate matching : >> > in these circumstances : >>
: >> The vehicle paint code for this particular colour Gunmetal silver : >> relates to a twin-pack system and because it is classed as a : >> modern metallic colour it would be very easy to obtain the correct : >> match because there is only ONE paint shade for that colour, no : >> variants to make things more complicated, the paint mixing : >> formulae and paints are still available. : >
: >But the correct match will be fresh paint as apposed to well faded 26 : >year old paint : >
: >Any attempt to fade that paint artifically will cause colour issues : >further down the line , the garage cant win : : Not with a metallic twin-pack it won't, cellulose will yes. : : What I'm trying to ascertain here is that the garage could use many : methods to match the paint better simply from the gun, but he has : just sprayed the panels without caring if it matched or not.
Whilst there are all sorts of issues with the original paint that might make a match impossible (for example someone might have machine polished the original paint to ruin), sorry Steve but it is YOU who is taking a very simplistic "the painter was a wanker" approach not others, and thus are not actually being much help to the OP.
In these cases, especially when talking at a distance (never mind text only medium) there is never going to be a simple "yes" or "no" answer to this sort of problem.