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Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:16 pm
by cardo
Wonder if anyone can give me a spot of advice.....
I've been having a few cracks repaired on the gel coat on the front clam of my '99 135 Sport.Problem being that my painter is having a nightmare trying to get a decent match on the paint.
He's had 4 batches made up from different sources/manufacturers and all are different! None of them have the correct blue tint that they should have and range from nearly straight silver to lilac/purple tints....
My car has had localised paintwork in the past but is,on the whole,pretty original.We had a paint guy out with a spectrometer who came back with a 97% match....that also was nowhere near!
Has anyone on here had any experience of matching this colour?
I believe Du Pont was the original manufacturer but the formulation should be the same across the board :?

Cheers

Cardo

Re: Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:52 pm
by Ferg
Dom had a freshen up recently at the front and the match was pretty much perfect. Drop him a PM :D

Re: Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:17 pm
by cardo
Thanks Ferg,

PM on its way :D

Re: Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:58 pm
by campbell
Ferg wrote:Dom had a freshen up recently at the front and the match was pretty much perfect. Drop him a PM :D
Yup. They got the skin tone spot on. Can't comment on the waxing though.

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Re: Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:26 pm
by Dominic
cardo wrote:Thanks Ferg,

PM on its way :D
YHPM :thumbsup

Re: Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:30 pm
by Dominic
campbell wrote:
Ferg wrote:Dom had a freshen up recently at the front and the match was pretty much perfect. Drop him a PM :D
Yup. They got the skin tone spot on. Can't comment on the waxing though.

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No waxing here - baldness comes naturally.. :oops:

Re: Elise s1 quicksilver paint problem

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:19 am
by campbell
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