Thread: Paint Color
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Old 03-27-2007, 08:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
ijasond
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It can be difficult.

As a body shop owner/operator, it can be very frustrating to have people expecting to be able to match a 20-something year old paint job. It is faded, even if it doesn't appear to be. Paint technology is pretty amazing, but color matching is often one of the biggest headaches for an automotive painter. If it looks like a different shade of the same color, live with the difference or paint it all. There is however, the possibilty of human error on the part of the person who mixed it, so if it is way off base, you might want to take your paint & compare it to the chip you used to identify the color in the first place. We use only Sherwin-Williams products in our store, and we have been very happy with the color matching capabilities they provide. Good luck.
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