PAINT Q

**pajerokid** · April 4th, 2003 12:43 PM

Do all "straight color" paints really match in terms of color???

I recently had my hood repainted and i used Nippon's Acrylic "Manhattan Gray". The color of the repainted area doesent match the rest of the body (fenders). I know, UV rays discolor paint, but ang layo talaga.

Is it possible for two cans of the same paint to be different??? :roll:

**logbook** · April 4th, 2003 01:03 PM

same thing happened to our car...nagpa-pintura kme ng hood sa casa pero the color of the hood was redder than the fenders...

nagkamali lang ba yung casa or ganun talaga dahil sa natural tendency of the paint to discolor over time? (btw, 99 civic yung car so hindi masyado matanda)

**kimpOy** · April 4th, 2003 01:25 PM

its possible that the paint is not match sa body
1. by a virtue of discoloration
2. by the paint itself

manhattan grey is an old color.

piant is a mixture of pigments (colors) and binders (the paint itself)

pigments are measured by weight so there's a possibility of overshooting a pigment by a gram, one batch is hundreds of liters

so still we have to color match it to be sure.

**chieffy** · April 4th, 2003 01:34 PM

sir kimpOy, ano pong mga pintura ang dala ninyo?

**kimpOy** · April 4th, 2003 01:39 PM

chieffy,
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always bring your gas tank cap, if you cannot bring your car

**momoyster** · April 4th, 2003 07:51 PM

d casa did the same 2 my hood, turned out 2 b a lighter shade than the rest of the body.is there no remedy para magpantay ang color? re-painting is not an option kac

**ssaloon** · April 4th, 2003 10:16 PM

diba dapat lahat ng cars may 1 can of touch up paint?

as far as the mismatching of car paint, tama ata kayong lahat to say that newly painted parts/panels dont match that of the unrepainted parts because of natural discoloration due to exposure to the elements. kaya ginagawa ng mga auto paint shops ay bubugahan din nila ng konti yung surrounding panels para magmerge yung newly painted parts into each other in order to create an optical illusion na match nga yung colors. well that's what they did to our CRV when we had the front-right fender repaired and repainted.

cheers! :D