Hey guys!

Its been a while!!! Starting to get back into the B now, as my son is finishing his exams very soon. The B has been hibernating and there is still loads to do on it.

Just a quick question, Have any of you noticed the boot lid and the soft-top lid being discoloured? My car is Broom yellow and the main body seems to be vibrant yet the boot lid and the roof lid are dull. I'm thinking a sand down then spray will do it.

Cheers,

Chris

Hi Chris,

On mine, the bit of the roof lid that sits inside the car is very slightly brighter than the bit that's exposed, but it's not noticeable. The boot matches fine. It's the doors that are a slightly different colour. I'd say that the mismatches are due to respraying somewhere in our vehicles' pasts. It's on my to do list.

Will

Ginestra said:

Hi Chris,

On mine, the bit of the roof lid that sits inside the car is very slightly brighter than the bit that's exposed, but it's not noticeable. The boot matches fine. It's the doors that are a slightly different colour. I'd say that the mismatches are due to respraying somewhere in our vehicles' pasts. It's on my to do list.

Will

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Exactly what I thought.

I think my Barchetta has been in a few accidents because the front bumper looks like it has been plastic-welded and such by a shoddy insurance job

Looking at the car now, the boot lid and roof lid seem to be really dull in contrast to the main body paintwork. Maybe it is just my eyes, or the light

Cheers,

Chris

It's quite normal for spayers to get Broom Yellow wrong. It was the same on my GT when I had the bumper done years ago. The paint comes out more of a dull mustardy colour than the lovely bright orignal yellow. You need to use someone really good who takes time to match up the paint, rather than simply take the paint code from a chart. I use a brilliant chap in Tewkesbury, but that's a long way from you...

Will

I also found some differences, but only if look very closely. car painters can mix colors by color number, but after years of sun and weather old paint loses full color. So its best to repaint whole car (expensive solution), or to polish old parts that will refresh a bit paint.

Not had any probs with my paint but car is garaged . If paint is dull howabout a light T-cut and good quality polish (i use Meguires polish myself).

Good Idea,

I must truly sound like an idiot, but is the Car Lacquered or clear coated? I have not yet done any paintwork on it and I am planning on doing so.

I ask this because I got a halford's touch up kit that came with just a primer pen and a paint pen.

Thanks guys,


Chris

Hiya, all modern mettalic and solid colour paints are clear coated, which is laquer .

What this means is that there will be a water base primer and colour coat and then a protective clear coat that is a celulose clear laquer.


A sure way to test this is to use some compound polish on a pad, and rub the paint, there should be no colour comming off.

If you find that on your pad there is the cars colour then it will have the old
Celulose paint, but I,d dought this on a Barchetta and is usualy only now found on old classic with solid colours.

You can polish the clear coat and bring back shine to paint but what can happen to paints with solid colours like yellow, blue and especially red is that the pigment in the base colour can fade even through the clear.

Try some 3M or Maguiars rubbing compound by hand and this should bring the gloss back and then add some wax protection.

I tried t-cut and polish, but still no result. I'm thinking a light sand to give it key, a few layers of halfords spray, and some lacquer.