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ash-ov-boro
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they seem to have turned out a Lighter Colour Blue .. sprayed them using colour match paint from an aerosol can the spray job is spot on just it seems to be lighter than the car's colour any one know why or had the same problem?

anymore info you need let me know the steps i done was

Primerd- 3 Coat's Using grey primer

Sanded Down With Wet & Dry Sand paper

Colour -3 Coats Vauxhal arden blue

Lacquerd- 3 Coats

Any Help Muchly Apreachiated ..
am4nf
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Did you spray them at the angle they are fitted at?
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i had them on all differnt angles i had them off the car flat most of the time on a bench... laid flat if you know what i mean am4nf.. will try and upload some pics later today see if you's can see what my problem is that is if i can find the camera :S
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Having them laid flat can cause it to look different fitted to the car, as the body panels will have been sprayed hanging like they are fitted to the car, so your arches will have dried differently
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Also you have to remember your car is at least 10 years old, the paint will have faded
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its the arches that look faded for some reason though not the car .. i had the rear bumper hanging and it seems to have gone the same colour as the arches?
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Where did you get the paint from?
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was either motorworld or halfrauds cant remember now ..
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thanks for taking the time to explain am4nf
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use a darker / lighter primer depending whether you need a darker / lighter finish - or spray a coat (or3?) of black / white spray first?
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what do you mean faz i had been using grey primer mate do you recomend me to use some black gloss spray after the gray primer then the arden over the top ..?
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yea, primer, black, arden, laquer

replace black with white if they need to be made lighter in colour, black would, or should, make it darker
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will try that faz cheers mate thanks for taking the time to reply .. need more people like faz & am4nf on this forum's cheers lads
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tbh ive never heard of amanfs reply about angle u spray / dry at tbh - ill have to try that one
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cheers mate
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Its more so with high glitter paints faz
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quote:
Originally posted by ash-ov-boro
thanks for taking the time to explain am4nf


Your welcome defo try what faz said
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The roof and bonnet of a car look the same as the sides and they are painted at different angles
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you have a point there john
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Morning people

anyone else have any recomendations please ...

i did say please
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well tbh if you used a rattle can they are usually bad colour matches, if i was you . . . i would put up an add on here ofr colour coded arches, some guys on here will provide and paint for cheaper than expected!!
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so anyways trying the black over the grey primer then arden blue over the top done the primer yesterday left it harden for 24 hours or more flatted it down just put a few coats of black on when should i put the arden on soon as the black is dried or do i have to wait 24 hours again .. ?
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so anyways trying the black over the grey primer then arden blue over the top done the primer yesterday left it harden for 24 hours or more flatted it down just put a few coats of black on when should i put the arden on soon as the black is dried or do i have to wait 24 hours again .. ?
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ah well doesnt seem like this has worked either with the black under the arden still seems to be the same shade will get the lacquer on in the morning and see what happens then but think am going to have to go with a compressor next i think belton is right that the rattle cans are a really bad colour match
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to be honest mate i didnt really see how the painting arden blue straight onlto black would work, without just makin the blue come out awfully, you could try grey primer, then dust black over the top, so the blue paint that is on the black will be darker. But yea you are not gunna go wrong doing it with a compressor and gun, you wll get a perfect colour match, and a proffesional finish! if you do need em doing and cant do em yourself let me know, we could come to a deal! i stil have arden blue paint and will be painting my new bonnet soon
cheers

 
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