touch up paint color match?
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touch up paint color match?
I bought some touch up paint for my cararra white 996 (got a rock chip )
I put the touch up paint on, and the white is not really the same color... the touch up paint is cararra wiess which is cararra white, but the touch up paint looks lighter.. the paint code on my car is LB9a, the touch up paint is just B9A, but it does say Cararra Weiss on it.
Are the touch up paints just soft of off in color, is white just a hard color to match, or did they give me the wrong touch up paint??? Its not waaaay off, but to a perfectionist, you can tell its not the same white....
PS. i am by no means a perfectionist, just picky.
I put the touch up paint on, and the white is not really the same color... the touch up paint is cararra wiess which is cararra white, but the touch up paint looks lighter.. the paint code on my car is LB9a, the touch up paint is just B9A, but it does say Cararra Weiss on it.
Are the touch up paints just soft of off in color, is white just a hard color to match, or did they give me the wrong touch up paint??? Its not waaaay off, but to a perfectionist, you can tell its not the same white....
PS. i am by no means a perfectionist, just picky.
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Delirium - I bought some touch up paint from Auto Visuals for my Lapis Blue '04 996. The color match was perfect. Here is their link.
http://www.autovisuals.com/
http://www.autovisuals.com/
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Originally Posted by delirium
Are the touch up paints just soft of off in color, is white just a hard color to match, or did they give me the wrong touch up paint??? Its not waaaay off, but to a perfectionist, you can tell its not the same white....
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Originally Posted by cchan
I do think whites are hard to match, but doesn't paint color also slightly change over time with exposure to sun, contaminants, etc.? And don't clear coats also yellow slightly over time? Maybe that's why the fresh touch up paint is whiter than the car? (just guessing here)
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Originally Posted by Gator911
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Do touch-up pens really work??
-Keith
Do touch-up pens really work??
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Originally Posted by delirium
Good question, are the tips on the auto visual pens fine or thick? Is the paint blobby or fine? I have heard differing stories...
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