Same paint, and you can still see the line? Blend it #shorts
Right paint code, fresh paint, and you can still see where the repair stops? That line is the edge of the new colour. Blend it: colour to hiding over the repair, each coat a little further out than the last, a few psi lower every coat, then clear over the whole panel, edge to edge. Never stop the clear in the middle of a panel.
Full video, six levels from a first blend to a tri-coat, every number from the paint makers' own sheets: the link above.
The panel shots are 3D illustrations, labelled on screen, not a real repair. Basecoat and clear want real ventilation and a respirator made for paint.
In this video
- 0:00 See the line?
- 0:03 Blended, it's gone
- 0:06 Cover, step out, softer
- 0:14 Clear the whole panel
- 0:18 The full guide
- 0:26 See the line?
Shop what's in the video
Transcript
See the line? Same paint. See the line?
Blended, it's gone Blend it, and it's gone.
Cover, step out, softer One: colour to hiding. Two: each coat further out. Three: a few psi lower.
Clear the whole panel Then clear the whole panel. Edge to edge.
The full guide Metallics and tri-coats: full guide below. Next up: how much clear a bumper takes. Follow so you don't miss it.
See the line? See the line?
AutofxMart: paint mixed to the code and body shop supplies, shipped from South San Francisco. Video by Upshift.
