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The aerosol can label does say "Spectral", so it uses that companies technology. I imagine the mixing must have been really simplified by Spectral?
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No I meant one of those colour analysers…take a part in that has the existing paint on it, they scan it and produce an exact colour match (usually three) so that you can directly compare to find the right one by eye, then they mix up what you want
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Do a lot of bodyshops mix their own paint? I imagine that would be a lot more reliable and accurate than using a separate paint shop.
Bodyshop supplies do…trying to remember the one here between Shipley and bingley
Depends on the body shop. Some do but the equipment to do so can be extremely costly, so it tends to be bigger body shops.
The difference between a professional body shop and what you’re doing is the body shop will blend the paint on adjacent panels so while the colour may not be 100% you don’t seen the transition between the colour like you would do if you had two different panels right next to one another
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That is kind of neat. I won't be blending any adjacent panels, its just too difficult!
I haven't had a chance to do anything with the car, i'll get back to that next week.
My son is learning to drive in my EVO and scratched one of the doors today. I'm not bothered really, it was against a lamp post and doesn't affect the driveability.
I told him i was going to put the picture on the Fiat forum and he said "Yes, go on!". I'll probably give it a quick once over with some spray paint and flatten it with some filler at some point. No doubt the colour won't match lol.
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