For the paint guys.....

[ssupercoolss]

I replaced my driver side fender. At one point in my cars life, i believe the wheel flew off the car and smooshed up the fender and the inner fender. I gave the old fender to the local paint supply shop, who told me they have some type of device they could use to match up the paint. I knew there was a very good chance it would not match perfectly, but i needed a starting point since i am without any type of paint code. I painted it last weekend. It is not a perfect match, cant really pick it up where the hood meets the fender, but where the fender meets the door you definitely can. I'm actually ok with it since my car isnt winning any awards anyways, and it looks way better painted blue than black primer, or for that matter, all smooshed up. I was pretty sure at some point i would end up at a body shop to have some other work done. I have a spot of rust i should fix on the door, about 6" back from the fender. I have fixed the rust behind the door on the quarter. i sprayed that with a rattle can of "ford engine blue" which again, matches pretty close.

Should i just go to the body shop to get a quote for painting the whole side of my car? I figure this might be better than having them blend the fender into the door, and then blending the other area behind the door, again into the door, and into the quarter.

 

[NOT A TA]

Paint the whole side.

 

[xten]

To make it look right, you should blend into the hood. I realize nobody wants to do that, I guess it would depend on how particular you are and how good the shop is with tinting and DO NOT paint the quarter all the way up to the deck lid if the quarter matches the deck lid now.

 

[mark wagner]

usually just blending the door is sufficient, but if it is not close enough you could also blend the hood. painting the whole side is unnecessary and if you do the quarter where do you stop with the clear? Hint: the other door

 

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Blend the clear at the top of the sail panel at the roof. If the painter knows what he is doing the clear blend will be invisible.
Mark

usually just blending the door is sufficient, but if it is not close enough you could also blend the hood. painting the whole side is unnecessary and if you do the quarter where do you stop with the clear? Hint: the other door

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[mark wagner]

Blend the clear at the top of the sail panel at the roof. If the painter knows what he is doing the clear blend will be invisible.
Mark


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yes , sorta. if you are a GOOD painter you know this will work-but only temporarily.

 

[bodymanbill]

We almost never do open blends at my shop, like Mark said we can make them look good but they ALWAYS brake down over time and start peeling back

 

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Well I hate to say this but if your painters blends are peeling back or failing the painter is doing something wrong, They do them every day in our collision shop and when they buff the blends they are invisible, Even on a black car and they do not fail.. 99 percent of the painters out there just don't know how to do them correctly. if you want I will educate you guys on how to do a clear blend and I will even do it on a black hood and I guarantee you will not see the blend.
Mark

We almost never do open blends at my shop, like Mark said we can make them look good but they ALWAYS brake down over time and start peeling back

 

[biendog]

Well I hate to say this but if your painters blends are peeling back or failing the painter is doing something wrong, They do them every day in our collision shop and when they buff the blends they are invisible, Even on a black car and they do not fail.. 99 percent of the painters out there just don't know how to do them correctly. if you want I will educate you guys on how to do a clear blend and I will even do it on a black hood and I guarantee you will not see the blend.
Mark

When you say blend the black hood,do you clear the entire hood?

 

[bodymanbill]

I've been painting for 30 years probably anywhere from 15 to 30 cars a month and like i said making an invisible blend isn't that hard but it doesn't last long term, there isn't a single paint manufacturer that will warranty it and theres a reason for that. While most people won't notice it for maybe a few years there not for a quality repair