My car was professionally painted using a stock VW colour ( KLM Blau ). This was 6 or 7 years ago. With the passage of time I have had to do a few minor touch up jobs. The problem is that the repair paint I get made up at my local spares shop is a shade or two darker than the original. I suppose it is possible the original has faded but it is garaged most of the time. I know that professional repairers can match faded paint ( I don't know how exactly ) but how to do that at the DIY aerosol level. Any ideas? TIA.
VRS in Derby do a match service and also do aerosols. I haven't tried it myself but my local body shop gave me their details when they repaired
my wife's car.
https://vrsexpress.co.uk/
I'd try a dedicated autopaint shop. It's been a while, but the shop we used to use had a book of colour chip cards with a couple of lighter tints for each base colour to match faded paint.
As above
Dedicated paint shop will put a spectrometer on the paintwork and then match it for you
Our local place will then fill an aerosol can or mix a touch up pot
I think you should go for a professional paint correction service for your car paint correction service for your car. The kind of quality & benefits you get from this will outweigh a DIY job and I strongly recommend doing it the right way.
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Originally posted by archieedavidson
I think you should go for a professional paint correction service for your car paint correction service for your car. The kind of quality & benefits you get from this will outweigh a DIY job and I strongly recommend doing it the right way.
I'd bet my leg and my left kidney on it. 1st post, location is same as the business linked.
Not that having a conflict of interest is an issue, just supposed to be divulged.
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Originally posted by cliftyhanger
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Originally posted by archieedavidson
I think you should go for a professional paint correction service for your car paint correction service for your car. The kind of quality & benefits you get from this will outweigh a DIY job and I strongly recommend doing it the right way.
For clarity, have you any connections to the company you linked to?
