Thread: What Brand Paint?

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

In my opinion the very first thing to do on this project is to spray a test with the gold before touching the car. It is very likely to be a poor match. You have set up quite an adventure here. Keep expectations low and bear in mind that if anything goes wrong, you can simply wipe it all off with lacquer thinner and try again. I've been painting cars since the late 80s and did it as a full time job for awhile but always using professional grade products. Even with those, butt-matching an aged and previously repaired light metallic as you have planned almost never works. But surely it will be an improvement. Good luck. If I see a question I can answer, I will.

Lol you weren't supposed to look at this thread Your work is out of hand! Thanks for the tips, I really have 0 expectations for this outside of it not looking like the panel is coming to life and is threatening to eat the rest of the car lol. I do plan to eventually get a full body/paint job I have a good buddy who has a family run body shop locally. I have no Idea what I am doing just looking to have some fun.

spray inside the trunk. Matts totally right.
That duplicolor is probably what is on there right now, hence darker

Ooooo the trunk is a good Idea!

Originally Posted by bustaphoto

Lol you weren't supposed to look at this thread

My time at GPF has eventually taught me better than to bust folks' chops on rattle can repairs. I even tried it on my own black GPs and dang if it ain't an easy way to get around some pricey repairs. What you're doing DOES help the insurance value of your car if the results are half decent, like if you got hit in that door with the nasty molding. If you make it look passable, they won't knock $ off a settlement for it. I'll follow along here and help if I can but you may proceed with zero fear of me making disparaging remarks. At least if I do, know thats not my intent.

The trunk won't be faded inside, and your car has more than one exact shade of gold happening. Like in your sig pic its fairly obvious that your driver's door is from another car, and it may have been painted as a blend panel in a repair job before that. Gold is tricky enough in daylight, but artificial light can make it look way different. So can clearcoat. My point is that your color test should be in comparison to the panels surrounding what you want to paint.

My tip this visit is to also test for coverage. You'll want to know from your test how many coats it takes to totally cover what is underneath. Check in strong light, viewed straight on and at an angle. Perhaps use a test piece that has white and black on it when testing for coverage / color.

Don't judge color without clear, it can darken. If the gold color is dark, spray drier coats. If light, spray wetter. The amount of time that the flakes have to settle in the wet paint can affect the shade... OK I'll stop. Glad to help if I can, otherwise