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<blockquote data-quote="TheGovernment" data-source="post: 14699193" data-attributes="member: 164426"><p>oldmodman, the painter used the classic excuse on your buddy and he bought it hook line and sinker LOL. I've been painting for 17 years, we tell people that because after a few weeks, you get used to the color and convince yourself it matches (to get them out of them). Paint doesn't change, the clear is the only thing that really cures BTW. The base, depending on whether its water or solvent is pretty much cured once it's dried before the clear goes on. It's impossible for the color to change. The clear can yellow a bit from the sun but the actual color is what it is.</p><p></p><p>to the OP, There is a extremely good chance the color will not be perfect. Your paint it 13 years old, the sun's UV will yellow the clear somewhat, thats not to say it won't match good enough. My advise is don't be anal about it, give the shop your car, don't get them to paint things and put them on yourself. They may need to do some blending on other panels if the match it's 100% (though you may get lucky and it may be pretty good) </p><p></p><p>Also your assumption that some people don't weigh the paint properly is 100% wrong. The crappy color matches come straight from the factory with their alternate variances for colors, that then gets compounded but the paint company not getting the match right from the variances and how you can have 5 different cars with the same color and the 5 cars can be 5 different variances. It's pretty crappy for us. We can tint colors by eye or color camera to try and get the color as good as possible but there's lots of colors that you HAVE to blend out to other panels, it's just the way it is. </p><p></p><p>I do mostly caddys and have am a hired gun for hotrods at a few different shops. My advise to you, go to the shop an nicely tell them you love your car and "hope" the color match is really good. If they know you might be anal, they will take more time if the color is not great. Don't go in there raving about your car like a crazy person (yes we get that ALL the time) Your car will be butched. Have realistic expectations, it will never be 100% unless it's a complete paint job. If it's not to your liking, be nice about it if you want it re-done, don't be a dick, you will regret it (or your car will anyways lol)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheGovernment, post: 14699193, member: 164426"] oldmodman, the painter used the classic excuse on your buddy and he bought it hook line and sinker LOL. I've been painting for 17 years, we tell people that because after a few weeks, you get used to the color and convince yourself it matches (to get them out of them). Paint doesn't change, the clear is the only thing that really cures BTW. The base, depending on whether its water or solvent is pretty much cured once it's dried before the clear goes on. It's impossible for the color to change. The clear can yellow a bit from the sun but the actual color is what it is. to the OP, There is a extremely good chance the color will not be perfect. Your paint it 13 years old, the sun's UV will yellow the clear somewhat, thats not to say it won't match good enough. My advise is don't be anal about it, give the shop your car, don't get them to paint things and put them on yourself. They may need to do some blending on other panels if the match it's 100% (though you may get lucky and it may be pretty good) Also your assumption that some people don't weigh the paint properly is 100% wrong. The crappy color matches come straight from the factory with their alternate variances for colors, that then gets compounded but the paint company not getting the match right from the variances and how you can have 5 different cars with the same color and the 5 cars can be 5 different variances. It's pretty crappy for us. We can tint colors by eye or color camera to try and get the color as good as possible but there's lots of colors that you HAVE to blend out to other panels, it's just the way it is. I do mostly caddys and have am a hired gun for hotrods at a few different shops. My advise to you, go to the shop an nicely tell them you love your car and "hope" the color match is really good. If they know you might be anal, they will take more time if the color is not great. Don't go in there raving about your car like a crazy person (yes we get that ALL the time) Your car will be butched. Have realistic expectations, it will never be 100% unless it's a complete paint job. If it's not to your liking, be nice about it if you want it re-done, don't be a dick, you will regret it (or your car will anyways lol) [/QUOTE]
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