Paint, Is There A Way To Match It 100%?

[anhandrew]

I got into a pretty bad accident yesterday. I am now facing with getting my AV fixed and painted. Does anyone know if their is a type of paint that matches best. The body shop tells me they can't match it 100% but with PPG(brand) that the color will be very close and they will have to just blend it together.

Anythoughts?

Andrew

 

[Chief]

The color code / WA number is 11U WA-382E for LPM.

If they can't match it, I would take it somewhere else.

 

[anhandrew]

goo
what brand paint would that be?
PPG, Dupont?

thx

andrew

 

[ygmn]

They can match the color as the color code is there...

Do not let them do part of a panel make them do the entire panel....otherwise they would have to blend in the clearcoat which will never last..

The problem will be matching the stock orange peel....the body shop will either have too much or not enough......

Good Luck

 

[GoldBowTie]

Do not let them do part of a panel make them do the entire panel....otherwise they would have to blend in the clearcoat which will never last..

The problem will be matching the stock orange peel....the body shop will either have too much or not enough......

Good Luck

I too am having some body work repaired - front left fender. Saw it yesterday - they painted the repair and then clear coated the entire fender panel. There seemed to be more orange peel than factory. I am hoping that it buffs out some and isn't quite as bad when finished.

They pomise that it will look "good as new" when they are finished. We'll see.

 

[Ted]

I painted cars and trucks in a previous life and have some experience. the solid colors are easy to match, the metalics are harder because the color will look different depending on the painters technique a really good painter should be able to get it close. don't accept it untill you like it in the sun and shade.

 

[Johnny_D]

There seemed to be more orange peel than factory. ?I am hoping that it buffs out some and isn't quite as bad when finished.

***Disclaimer this info is from 25 years ago working in a paint shop, may be different now****

I don?t recall ever being able to buff out orange peel. To remove it we had to wet sand by hand then buff with a fine compound and finish buffing with a glaze. If it has already been shoot with clear coat they?re past that stage.

Normally the lighter the color the more the orange peels. A good painter can paint your body with out any peel if you want to pay for the extra time to do so.

 

[ygmn]

Orange peel (OP) is removed by wet sanding and can be done on the clear...problem is they have to be good to make it match the factory OP

After wet sanding a rotary buffer is used with products to remove these sanding marks...then they follow up with a glaze.,.,. they should not wax fresh body shop paint for at least 30 days only a glaze will do......