mfg Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, aardvark said: Again. a 2 hour fix. People are getting anal about an emblem placement so I've said enough. Easy to say “a two hour fix” however, as a former auto body shop technician & manager, I know how fussy folks can be about even the smallest details… and this askew Avanti nameplate IS NOT a small detail to a collector car owner… You should be able to comprehend that…. I’ve seen minor spot repair jobs on vehicles sometimes turn into complete repaints due to color variations that even an expert auto painter, who has mastered the art of tinting & blending, can’t overcome…. So please do not write off the work it would take to correct this nameplate error as a simple two hour job…. because you never know!….Thank you my friend! Edited February 13 by mfg Added text
aardvark Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 Likewise MFG. I was a Body worker and Painter. I hold to my timeline. The paint mix should be "in house or a match to the original car color ..I don't know, but a good Painter can blend. A mediocre one, maybe not.
mfg Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 21 minutes ago, aardvark said: Likewise MFG. I was a Body worker and Painter. I hold to my timeline. The paint mix should be "in house or a match to the original car color ..I don't know, but a good Painter can blend. A mediocre one, maybe not. Some colors are much more forgiving as far as blending paint goes than others… ‘Avanti Turquoise’, which the subject car is, can be a ‘toughy!
aardvark Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 just saying. i've been out of body paint for a long time.. Still I know what it takes.
mfg Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 1 hour ago, aardvark said: just saying. i've been out of body paint for a long time.. Still I know what it takes. On my own vehicles I always had a bit more paint mixed than I thought would be needed for the job….That way possible future ‘spot’ repairs could be performed with the exact color on the car…. This philosophy has paid off for me over the years!
aardvark Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 Exactly. I've done the same.. Kept a little in a baby food jar for the last car I had some touch up work done to (928 Porsche). If this owner goes back, likely the 'Painter' Guy has some left over....OR....had the ''mix info'' to make up a small batch. With an airbrush the touch up can be done by feathering out, then polish.
Footer Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 In his original post, Steven said he recently bought the car. He may or may not know who painted it or how long ago.
mfg Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 38 minutes ago, Footer said: In his original post, Steven said he recently bought the car. He may or may not know who painted it or how long ago. And that is exactly how a “two hour” spot & blend can sometimes turn into a complete refinish job!
Gunslinger Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 The Avanti has a one-piece body once it's all glued together. You cannot simply take off a fender...paint it and put it back on. When the '70 I had was damaged and required a left front fender and drivers door the body shop told the insurance adjuster it would require a complete repaint or a line would eventually form where the damaged area was...no matter how well blended it might be. The adjuster simply said "Do it!".
aardvark Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 The ''paint scanner'' tools are extremely accurate. The technology is amazing. Sometimes ya gotta tweak the results of the scan, but this car is as simple as it can get... No metal flake or special stuff like pearls. I hold to the airbrush and a few hours.
mfg Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 17 minutes ago, aardvark said: The ''paint scanner'' tools are extremely accurate. The technology is amazing. Sometimes ya gotta tweak the results of the scan, but this car is as simple as it can get... No metal flake or special stuff like pearls. I hold to the airbrush and a few hours. Sorry, but I must once again disagree…. Auto paint camera technology is indeed amazing… however, the accuracy of these scanners is, in all honesty, only ‘decent’. And ‘Avanti Turquoise’ is far from easy to match… Did you know that from day one there were at least TWO entirely different shades of ‘Avanti Turquoise’?……. The DuPont (Axalta) color was quite different from the Ditzler (PPG) color… both based on the same Studebaker factory (P-6332) paint code!
aardvark Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 If the cameras are close and a ''good'' painter then tweaks the paint mix, it a go. I had the entire bumper on my 928 Porsche painted, the match is near perfect. I don't think a solid simple color is an issue at all. Especially when doctored with a airbrush and blended. Thats my experience.
mfg Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 1 hour ago, aardvark said: If the cameras are close and a ''good'' painter then tweaks the paint mix, it a go. I had the entire bumper on my 928 Porsche painted, the match is near perfect. I don't think a solid simple color is an issue at all. Especially when doctored with a airbrush and blended. Thats my experience. ‘Avanti Turquoise’ is not a solid or ‘straight’ color…. It has a fine metallic content. I wish painting was simple… or even better if more customers were color blind!!
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