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PAINT4CARS -> RE: Paint (1/3/2007 9:56:00 AM)
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ORIGINAL: engine2
Touch bottles with exact paint code match can be found at Wal-Mart.
ok, not to sound like a jerk, but going to Wal-Mart to find Automotive Paint is about as effective as going to Wal-Mart to find a surgeon. :) Just cuz they have it on the shelf and it says its the correct color does not mean it is by no means. The only absolute way to get exact custom matched automotive paint is to get it from a company that makes it....from scratch...using raw tints and a complicated computer database. Only these specially trained color match specialists can take all the factors of your car into account and only these specialists can guarantee a good match. Here is what will happen if you go to Wal-Mart or any other place that has pre-made touch-up paint:
It's probably lacquer. Lacquer was discontinued by DuPont two years ago because it does not stand up to quality standards anymore; especially with great advancements in automotive refinishing technology like the use of 2-stage urethanes in basecoat/clearcoat systems. Anyway, the paint will only match if your the luckiest person on the planet, after you use it you will have to buff it out to achieve any gloss, and in a relatively short span of time I would not be surprised if the paint cracks from being god knows how old from sitting on the shelf and because Lacquer is just brittle. As I said before it's "probably" lacquer. If not, its a single stage Enamel, which is an improvement from Lacquer but still not great. Enamel may not be as brittle or as low quality but its still not going to match being pre-made and sitting on a shelf somewhere. In order to account for field alternates, VIN alternates, fading, and variations based on where it was painted, the store would have to be the size of the moon filled to the brim with touch-up bottles. :) You're only real solution is to get custom matched automotive paint from specially trained color match professionals. You're car is one of the biggest investments you will ever make and this is especially true for those out there that do a lot of custom work to their vehicles. Do yourself a favor and do it right the first time.
Now with that being said, if you're looking for custom matched automotive paint in touch-up bottles, spray cans, or paint pens, or even larger amounts like pints, quarts, or gallons then get this info for your car:
Make
Model
Year
Color Code (if you dont know it, those same professionals can tell you exactly where it is on your car)
VIN
With this info the specialists can custom make any color for any car that ever existed and they guarantee the match.
Its also useful to know that they can make bumper colors, interior colors, vinyl colors, rim/wheel colors, underhood colors etc. Just my 8 cents [;)]
-Mike
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