New and old paint

[Edamski]

Just had a part of my sill painted up where it was all gouged by the previous owner, fella came down today and sanded it down after it was painted, to try and blend it all back in. Its gone from being abit brighter to being quite alot paler than the original. Much i can do? I'm guessing he polished it to much, was using G6 and a machine polisher.

He then went over my wing with some other polish/compound, im deffo gonna get it all machine polished now lol!

[James.G]

sundance is such a hard colour to match mate.

machine polishing is really really good, hopefully will get mine done after winter :)

[Edamski]

yea everyone has told me its hard to match! :( Had a diablo red one before this, do i keep getting hard to match ones!?

Was thinking of geting the front and rear smoothed but i dont want them to be different colours than the rest of the car, and i don't want a full re-spray :(

[James.G]

Hopefully Yella will see this.. hes a spraying and has had to match yellow befor i believe.. might give you some guidence.

[Mr yella]

If your getting the front smoothed , they will probably blend the colour across the tops of the wings, but they might be able to just blend it up the bonnet, if the colour isnt too bad .
Im still trying to get a spot on match, as it is a nightmare colour , i always use a white basecoat underneath yellow to try and get rid of the grreny look.
When i get a good match i will let you know what paint it was matched in ...lol

[Edamski]

the dude said he'd redoo the whole bonnet, thinking about it now. When the sill was done it was a little 'new' i think a polish would have been alright but he went over it twice with G6 and a machine, and its not laquered either :( and it was grey primer!

Such a minefield! Don't know if i can trust someone to do it lol!

[GTi Andy]

Just respary the whole car - then it'll match :p

Could always try fading it out over a bigger area then theres less chance it'll be noticeable

[will_1988]

i take it someone came to you to paint it? in my experience you'll always get a better job taking it to a bodyshop

[Mr yella]

the dude said he'd redoo the whole bonnet, thinking about it now. When the sill was done it was a little 'new' i think a polish would have been alright but he went over it twice with G6 and a machine, and its not laquered either :( and it was grey primer!

Such a mind field! Don't know if i can trust sopmeone to do it lol!

Not laquered? but saying that im not sure if you can get a varient in solid colour instead of basecoat , always better to blend the basecoat out and laquer it , as its a neater and better alround job .

[gti gaz]

alrite mate ive heard good things about a spray shop in wigan called brightside its round the bk of howdens joinery if ya know were that is pal sure they will beable to sort ya out :)

[Edamski]

is that in ince, the place pug send there stuff to i think might be near a joiners, forgot about them will go and ask, may be the same place.


Yea its unlaquered, he said he could do the whole sill but i dont want it all as bad.

A full respray would solve it lol, but the paint work is in good nick as it is and i can't afford one lol!

[Sean]

How do you fade the new paint then? I'm interested in getting colour to match aswell. You said something about sanding the laquer?

[xistance]

painting cars is anoyin even on white and black cars but you almost always have to get it faded in and body shoped.

[gti gaz]

is that in ince, the place pug send there stuff to i think might be near a joiners, forgot about them will go and ask, may be the same place.

no mate its near the ford dealers in wigan

[Edamski]

near gordons? doobys aint to far away from there, ill go have a look

[gti gaz]

yeah gordons pal