Spray out card question

[dreaddan]

In the continuing sager that is my cars respray I've got a spray out card with the colour they want to try next..
Only it looks a little too dark, someone's mentioned that as it's on plastic rather than metal that it might look better. Is this the case or should it be spot on on the card?
also (this is the stupid question) am I right in saying that I shouldn't be able to read what's printed on the card (under the paint) but I should be able to tell something's there by holding it at a angle under the light.


Cheers
Dan

[peteO]

dreaddan said:

In the continuing sager that is my cars respray I've got a spray out card with the colour they want to try next..
Only it looks a little too dark, someone's mentioned that as it's on plastic rather than metal that it might look better. Is this the case or should it be spot on on the card?

Do you mean a spray out card or a colour chip?...

A spray out card being one they have done themselves? Or a colour chip from manufacturer?

If the spray out card has been primed, it wouldnt make a difference. As you'd prime the plasitc too.

dreaddan said:

also (this is the stupid question) am I right in saying that I shouldn't be able to read what's printed on the card (under the paint) but I should be able to tell something's there by holding it at a angle under the light.

Why do you think you shoud be able to see what under it? A spray out card may have little squares on it (kinda like chequerboard), this is to establish you have full opacity (coverage)...

You want full coverage so you cant see anything through it. There may be slight variation to the intensity of the colour dependant upon the light source and the angle of which the light source is hitting it. Which is why its worth taking it out in to sunlight and laying it on different panels of the car such as: bonnect, roof, wing... to see the colour difference

Hope this helps (even though you posted a while ago)

Pete

[XL5]

Plastic bumpers generally change colour especially in metallic colors. The plastic has a static charge and the metallic paint will settle different than on metal parts, causing pigment floatation that will shift the colour darker or lighter. The other reason is surface temperature, if the metal is colder, the bumper will look lighter, if the metal is hotter than the bumper, the colour on the bumper will look darker.

[dreaddan]

ohps sorry that's a typo it should have read 'should I be able to'.
I could tell there was a logo and a name below which I couldn't quite make out.

As far as I know it was one they had done but as they asked for it back I wonder if it was from the manufacturer..
although the logo on the back wasn't the same as the paint suppler.

My suspicions were correct, the colour was a little too dark. Though they did my boot lid they've also not done well.

As a independent inspection will cost 1/2 of what I expect I'll have to fork out for someone else to fix the issues I might as well just get someone decent to sort it out.

Thanks..