Paint problem's....

[Darkside TT]

Well i'm not a happy bunny....:cry::cry:

 

When i had the car sprayed about 9 months ago, the sprayer (a mate) said that the rear bumper flexed while putting it back on and got a couple of spider web cracks in it... he said if i got a fiber glass one he would spray it for free.... ok no probs i thought, then the rear pannel at the back cracked, where the third brake light used to be... grrr and where the door handles were smoothed the drivers side is startng to show the out line.... lastly there are a few cracks around wherethe LED lights were blended in, so thought i would get it all sorted in one go, a new rear bumper get the cracks ground and filled and the door sorted........ :dance:

 

 

but oh no it cant be done..... why i hear you ask..

 

well the coonts have stopped making my paint now and i only have about a litre left and even that is mixed with the flake i had put in......... :cry:

 

so how can i get this rectified with out geting anouther compete respray..... can i give a magic man the paint i have and get some more made up some where???:bow::bow:

 

Any advise would be a great help, and i really dont want to get another respray :nono: i think this one would involve some sanding back as it was a horrbile colour before....red! lol (only joking) and would be too much paint on the car.... if i had of got it and it was red i prob would have kept it that colour but it was in primer (over the red) so went loud....:tongue:

 

Cheers

 

Neil

Edited October 18, 2008 by Darkside TT

[Zairs]

Feel for ya bud, aint sure if you can get someone to mix it for ya. But if your getting a new rear bumper can I have first refusual on your old one if the price is right??

[ruishy1]

You could get paint mixed up, but it would never be exact, only the people who originally mixed it up know the quantities, to get the batch right :hurl:

 

I feel for you mate, i was in the same boat a few years back, in the end i just got something close, and had it blended but it just never looked the same :cry:

[SuffolkZX]

I should think the paint forumla will still exist, ICI for example have formulas going back many many years, as long as you have the code they can find it, unless of course the paint was mixed by eye in which case some people can match it but they are few and far between, failing that then you can get the paint matched by a sample via a machine, where it looks and prints out the closest match it can, the machines are expensive though and would probably have to be sent away to be sorted at cost.

[dublove]

Sounds like no 'elastisizer' additive was mixed into the paint that was applied to the bumper. Should be able to flex that baby all day long and still have perfect paint.

 

The 1 litre you have though - is it thinned already? Most custom auto paints need to be reduced down about 50%, if so you'd have 2 litres which would be more than enough.