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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:20:44 GMT
From: Bob <uctraingNOSPAMnopsamanet.com>
Subject: Re: How to match imola red color


On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:50:29 +0000, Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com> wrote: >Yes, and red is the most difficult colour to match since it often fades. In the 90's Saab used a single stage paint for non metallic colors like red, black, white. This contributes to fade, although it allows you to polish the car and restore the color. When it's time to patch, it's an issue. Single stage paint is getting difficult to find. Body men (very good ones) will tell you that they can't produce the same durability as a baked factory one stage - which is itself already a little troublesome as you have mentioned. Because of fade, they suggest a two stage with clear coat. Getting OT... After some long discussions with my body man, I agreed to allow him to use clear coat for some repairs I needed. He matched the color almost perfectly (he tests and retests), then clearcoated the new panels (two stage paint) and cleared back over some adjoining panels to blend it. He's got a _very_ good paint man who paints, blocks it out, and makes it perfect. Charges a small fortune, but you can't tell that there was ever any paint work done. The only downside is that I have to buff the non-CC panels yearly to keep them up to snuff with the clearcoated sections... but I had to do that anyway to make the car look new each year and now there's actually a little less to buff.

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