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Touch-up paint
So, I have a 31-year-old car with a 13-year-old paint job. What's the best way to go about finding a reasonable touch-up paint? Call Porsche and ask for #213 Irish Green or go to a body shop? Also, are quanities over 2 or 3 oz available? Thanks.
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What Moses said!
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Yep, Go to Paintscratch. Don't want to admit to the board the dumb thing I did two weeks ago but Paintscratch bailed me out.
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Be wary though of some of them. I got a rattle-can of touch up from the local paint-scratch distributor (san leandro color) a took in the lid. They were nice people but the results were less than satisfactory.
They "computer matched" it and it didnt turn out anything like the color that was on the car. I think the refractor may have read the origininal color underneath the top-fade. On top of that the can sprayed chunks and the finished product (also their same brand) clearcoat chipped right off. Their explanation was fade, and looking closely at a test color-card proved right. 2 or 3 spots needed it and it became worthwhile to do the whole car instead of my hack-work showing up. You will notice it unless you get the same brand and it 's not faded. Some tips would be to feather edge the paint, use 2-part high build primer, block sand very carefully, degrease with acetone(I think it leaves no residue) and feather it into the existing paint. I didn't trust myself to do it perfectly and am going to leave it to the experts. Doing the prep-work youself may save some money in the job. |
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Thanks everybody!
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