CC993

Found a very nice, quality auto body mechanic to do my conversion...$500. or less to do the whole thing!! (I'd do it myself but I have a very busy practice (poor excuse, I know) and four daughters ...since he does not do a lot of work on Porsches he (and I) were wondering whether it is critical to use OEM paint...he generally uses a very high quality European paint...he is going to mix a couple of different combos for matching purposes...it's artic silver if that matters...thanks to all for your continuing help and saving me >600 bucks

Robin 993DX

Porsche does not make their own paint, it is mostly a Dupon or something in that sort. Body shops that repairs Porsche also uses 3rd party paints too, there is no such a as Porsche paint, the dealer certainly don't sell anything like that. In either case all the paint are mixed from different primary colors off the painter's paint system. The paint chart book from the paint supplier will supply information on how much of certain paint to mix to get a specific color, and the rest is up to the painter's experience, they will have to determine how much tint to add and etc to match the paint on your car, since oxidation are different from car to car and from paint to paint.

[ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Robin 993 DX In Atlanta ]

Robin 993DX

For example I have purchased some paint from a company call "Auto color", they looked up the Guards red paint in their book and mixed the paint for me. But to get the color to match perfect you will need to try out the paint on another object and once it is dried you would compare it to the original paint on your car to see if there are any color variations and then alter the paint from there.

Below is the web site for "Auto Color"

And a picture of the paint job I was doing for a friend's 993.


Auto Color

[ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Robin 993 DX In Atlanta ]

E. J. - 993 Alumni

Robin, you are a master of all trades.

Anir

Robin,

Don't you get all kinds of pollen and dust in the paint by spraying it outdoors?

I didn't realize you could get decent results outside of a paint booth.

Robin 993DX

That's why you have to pick a windless day to paint, and also the temperature of the day have to match the temperature fo the reducer that you are using. Also it is only possible if you paint smaller parts, painting the whole car, forget it. You will need a paint booth. The paint drys fairly quickly, and whatever particle that gets stuck on the paint can get buffered out later. The hardest part was matching the paint.

RT7

What about Sikken paint? Is it any better?

Ron

Robin 993DX

Sorry I am not familiar with that paint