Hi all,

 

So my little ke20 needed some paint, but that the same time i was doing engine conversion (still am) and its at my dads work shop. So i decided to paint the shell first put everything in it then paint the guards, doors, bonnet and boot, so they didnt get damaged when opening and closing, when wiring and rooting around.

 

I used acrylic paint, metallic neon blue, actually off of a 95 bmw, now before i painted i practiced on a guard the paint looked great nice colour and everything, so i went to it and painted my shell but the colour came up alot darker, which i didnt mind as it looks fair good, but today when i painted my doors and boot the paint came up the original colour, or the colour that it should so nothing matches.

 

I prepped everthing in the same manner, same primer, same guid coat same sandpaper, absolutly every thing, even paint mix's and stuff, even the heat of the day was similar. i can't figure out why i have two colours can any one help me??

 

its easy enough for me to paint my doors etc again as they are still off the car but the shell has almost everthing init. if all else fails ill just take out lights and mask it and spray all in one go, with doors on and stuff (as the doors are already blocked).

 

this is a pic of the boot and rear end.... spot the difference

 

any advice would be awesome!!!! ps. the white in between panels is cut and polish not undercoat, or old paint, very messy buffer

Edited January 6, 200818 yr by Pete-ke20

*I'm not a painter* but I have tried my hand at it a couple of times, I reckon if you block the hole lot back it'll give you a last chance to fix any minor imperfections you may have missed and lay down a couple of nice wet coats over top, It'll look a million bucks. Mirror finish FTW :P

 

Cheers Harvo

not a painter either - but drying time will alter the paint colour. maybe one day was more humid than the other....

With metallic paint the whole car should be sprayed together, the metallic flakes will never sit the same otherwise.

 

my guess with your two different colors though, is that you simply didnt stir you paint well enough before using it.

 

With metallic it is also important that you swirl the pot of you gun to stir it also, fairly often, between strokes.

 

hope this helps :P

There are a few really good Car painting books on ebay. Lots of new ideas and pics far more information than you can get from here.

Yeh, both days were similar, but the thing that confuses me is that i sprayed a practise panel on the same day and time as the shell and it cam out the boot colour also, i got my fan right on the panel then went to the shell, both shell and panel were same base to start and everything.....

 

ah i have done the door blocks, so will rubb back with 1200 and just spray the outside again.

 

just can't figure out why i can shoot two colour from the same mix

nice colour choice, more pics please.

well the darker looks better anyway, maybe the way the panel was hanging, or the amount of paint you put on.

 

more paint = darker colour...

sorry don't have any other pics, the bonnet is not painted yet neigther are the guards...

 

it was just darker of the gun too ah well just gonna finish everything else then rub back and spray like i said...

 

yeh i like the darker colour too was ment to be a neon blue like the boot but like the shell colour better...

 

would look for the colour code, only am slightly under the weather atm, and off to bed, in hope that more sleep = less hang over

 

 

 

cheers for the replys guys!!!!