Boss painted

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z76232

Discussion Starter · Apr 8, 2001

Check this out guys. After 16 months of body prep and engine and front end rebuilding by 70 Boss 302 was ready for paint. Decided to go basecoat/clear. Since it's a sold color (grabber yellow) I painted it disassembled. I first bought 1& 1/2 gallons of paint and did the inside and under the hood and fenders and on top of the hood and trunk. Looked like I was not going to have enough paint left so I bought 1/2 gal more and mixed it with what I had left. I painted the rest of the Boss. One of the best paint jobs I ever did, smooth as glass but here's the catcher. I reassemble the car and the colors don't match. In the sun the hood is a beautiful grabber yellow and the rest of the car looks like a not quite ripe banana. Really looks like CRAP. I've decided to re-paint but I haven't talked to the paint store. Don't know quite what to say. I don't feel it was my fault but I should have known better than to mix paint. $400 down the drain plus all the prep work again.
What do you guys suggest? Hopefully someone can learn from this.
Dave

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Mach1LloydAb

· #6 · Apr 9, 2001

In my opinion it is somewhat the mixers fault.The scales they use to mix the paint can tell the difference in two drops of tinter. On the other hand in my experince I too don't use two different mix batches. There are just too many other varyables ,coverage,air presure,humidity,temperature and how heavy a guy lays it on. So a guy doesn't need to have to think about batch mixes to. I've even painted another part a day later using the same can of paint and had a mismatch.You have got to hold your face just right and pray [ a bunch] Good Luck and have FUN

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