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Finally got a perfect match on a silver metallic blend for a 2017 Ford Focus door.
I see a lot of guys just spraying the factory paint code and calling it good, but that never works right on older panels. The sun changes the color. For this Focus, the code was J7, but the door looked way more blue. I spent a full afternoon mixing in tiny amounts of a greenish fine metallic and a pinch of black to a pint of base. Tested it on a card under our shop lights and outside. The match was spot on, you couldn't see the line. It matters because a bad match makes a repair look cheap, even if the work is good. How do you all handle color matching on sun-faded cars, especially with tri-coats?
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ray_miller413mo ago
Man, tri-coats are the worst for that. Had a red Mazda last month that took forever to get right.
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joelh643mo ago
That Mazda red looked amazing once it was done though, @ray_miller41.
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gavin_kelly912mo ago
Yeah totally feel you @joelh64, that red really pops when it's done right but man tri-coats are brutal. I've seen way too many paint jobs go wrong because the base layer wasn't perfect or the metallic got patchy. It's one of those colors where you gotta be dead on with the spray pattern and not rush at all. Glad it turned out good for you both though, that's a win in my book.
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