sprayed boot - Saxperience

Robbie-Flat-Arch · 10th May 2011, 18:17

okay so some of you know i sprayed my own boot with spray cans and its slightly darker than the rest of the car not sure if this is because the rest of the car has faded but is there anything i can do/use to help with the colour difference?

J222JRA · 10th May 2011, 19:03

Get paint mixed to the correct shade and not an off the shelf shade.

Robbie-Flat-Arch · 10th May 2011, 19:09

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Originally Posted by J222JRA

Get paint mixed to the correct shade and not an off the shelf shade.

i couldnt find anywhere local that did it

Robbie-Flat-Arch · 10th May 2011, 19:13

im guessing there isnt anything i will be able to do then?

f13sta · 10th May 2011, 19:20

might be cause you used the wrong primer, could try polishing it with a machine polisher (the rest of car)

Robbie-Flat-Arch · 10th May 2011, 19:23

okay well i used the primer is said to use. it wasnt done ages ago so might be wearing in still i guess

Luke-saxo · 10th May 2011, 19:35

never get the same finish with cans so will look slightly different colour

Robbie-Flat-Arch · 10th May 2011, 19:41

okay mate thanks do you think a good compound could help a little bit? if so what products would be good

Luke-saxo · 10th May 2011, 20:10

3m g4 cutting compound is good stuff mate they use it when resprayed cars

Robbie-Flat-Arch · 10th May 2011, 20:33

okay mate u got any tips for when using it

johnr32 · 10th May 2011, 23:01

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Originally Posted by Luke-saxo

never get the same finish with cans so will look slightly different colour

never get the same finish with cans = true
Alot of the time the slightly different colour is because it wasnt blended in.

LEWIS1234 · 10th May 2011, 23:45

i work in a body shop pal its because youve used spary cans mate, if ya going to polish it youse fast cut , you could try blening it into the next panel to try and take your eye of it and polish it back,but be careful were you mask and dont hardline it be harder to polish back..good luck mate