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Had a paint match disaster on a 2022 Ford in blue last month
I was at my bay in Cleveland mixing a custom blend for a rear quarter panel, and the color looked perfect under the shop lights. When we rolled the car outside, it was a full shade off in natural light. I had to redo the whole blend process, adding three extra tints over two hours to get it right. Anyone else run into this with newer metallic paints?
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tara_williams16mo ago
Metallics are always a pain but is it really a disaster? Two hours to fix a blend on a new car seems pretty standard. The lighting change thing happens to everyone, you just tweak it and move on. Calling it a disaster makes a normal shop day sound way more dramatic than it is.
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bettyk536mo ago
Come on, @tara_williams1, two hours on a brand new car is a big deal. That's lost time and money on a job that should be straightforward. Calling it a disaster is fair when your whole schedule gets thrown off.
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taylor3055mo ago
Lighting can really trick you on these newer blues. It's not just about the two hours, it's about the whole job getting stalled. @bettyk53 has a point about the schedule. When a simple blend turns into a full redo, it throws off the rest of your day. That's more than just a normal tweak.
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