Paintwork scratched while servicing

[Kianbeng]

Hmm....2 tones of colours usually comes in when the spray painter is not experienced enough in mixing colours, or did not use the exact color code and mix it himself with all the paint he has.

 

For such a new car, usually it's quite straightforward. Get the colour code off the firewall....or the metal plate could be in the glove compartment, or near the driver's door......blah. With the colour code, get the colours mixed at a accredited paint shop.

 

With the correct colour paint, and if the spray painter still stuff it up, then he's lousy!

 

Infact, sometimes the distributor has the paint mixed, and canned. But most of the time, these spray painters mix it themselves coz they believes they can do a good job as well.

[Koolaba]

Hi,

 

S*** H*** has verified with me the colour code of my car, so they've got the right colour. For light coloured cars, 2 toned colours is especially obvious if the painter sprays too thick a layer, or that the surface preparation (ie. putty, cement) was not properly done. If u visit most of the paintshops, u'll notice that most of them will apply the putty/cement over an area which is not particuarly smooth, sand it so that the surface is even & send it for respraying. I think this is the case of S*** H*** 'cos after 2 weeks, I can see the 'contour maps' forming ie. areas where putty has been applied.

 

A more complete & thorough process will be to use putty to patch up the uneven layer, spray with a layer of primer throughout, then spraying the correct base coat (actual colour), lacquer. The former method is employed by most paintshops because it is time-saving.

 

Hope that your friend has visited the right person to do the job.

[Fabiaman]

Correct me if I am wrong: My experience is that cars that had a portion resprayed, eg front door shouldnt have any 2 tone colour unless the painter really screwed up biggie time.

 

But I understand that a respray job is quite obvious if you squat down and see the car body at a different angle and the un-uniformity will be shown.

[Kianbeng]

Correct me if I am wrong: My experience is that cars that had a portion resprayed, eg front door shouldnt have any 2 tone colour unless the painter really screwed up biggie time.

 

But I understand that a respray job is quite obvious if you squat down and see the car body at a different angle and the un-uniformity will be shown.

 

You are right in some sense. If you meant a portion as a complete portion ie, a complete door, a complete front mudguard, a complete bonnet. Then yes. You can't see the difference if the new paint is very close. Infact you don't need an exact match since there is no need for continuity due to the gaps at each panel boundaries.

 

But if the difference is quite a bit, and if the panel you are spraying is ie, the front door, then you might be able to see some difference when compared with the rear door since they are aligned together in the same plane.

 

But if the difference is quite a bit and if the panel you are spraying is the bonnet, then most likely you can't tell the difference.

 

But so far I have been talking about colour only. I think if you squat down and see closely, I think you probably can see the bumps and dents (uneven surface) due to the quality of workmenship when they do putty jobs. But as it's still putty at the end of the day, you can't really compare with a new sheet of pressed metal which will surely be flatter.

 

Kianbeng