Poor car bodywork repair

[Indyi]

Hello people

I just collected my mercedes clc in metallic black from the bodyshop today and I have to say I am not happy with the technicians repair work

I had the entire passenger side- front and back bumper - drivers door Re sprayed

I got the paint myself from a shop that uses a spectrometer so closest match possible the bodywork guy said he won't need to blend any panels as black matches up well and he will polish the entire car

You can clearly tell especially on the drivers door that it is a different colour!! Is it to late now to blend in to other panels??

[C. Grimsley]

Not great but why didn’t you let the body shop deal with it all? Now the issue is partly your fault as you supplied the paint, I own a body shop and would never use paint a customer supplied.

Do you have a picture? It can be rectified but it now means painting more panels to blend into.

Carl

[Indyi]

Oh sorry I will correct myself I went with him to get the paint!

[HustleRussell]

Indyi said:

Hello people

I just collected my mercedes clc in metallic black from the bodyshop today and I have to say I am not happy with the technicians repair work

I had the entire passenger side- front and back bumper - drivers door Re sprayed

I got the paint myself from a shop that uses a spectrometer so closest match possible the bodywork guy said he won't need to blend any panels as black matches up well and he will polish the entire car

You can clearly tell especially on the drivers door that it is a different colour!! Is it to late now to blend in to other panels??

You have really complicated matters by supplying your own paint. If the body shop had supplied the paint they would’ve used their experience and judgment with that product to achieve the best finish. If the paint was the wrong colour, you’d be well within right to point that out.

Manufacturers paint codes are super precise down to tenths of a gram. Painting a solid black to a manufacturers code often doesn’t require a blend.

[V8covin]

HustleRussell said:

Manufacturers paint codes are super precise down to tenths of a gram. Painting a solid black to a manufacturers code often doesn’t require a blend.

Firstly, just because a black is a solid colour doesn't mean all solid blacks are the same, they're not.
Secondly this car had metallic black paint,it should have been blended,like pretty much any colour is supposed to be.Paint manufacturers don't guarantee a match ever,spectrometer or not.
You do know the paint used in refinishing is not the same as what they use in manufacturing ?
To answer the OP's question if they've painted basecoat across the whole door then they can blend the adjacent panels to disguise the mismatch yes

[HustleRussell]

V8covin said:

Firstly, just because a black is a solid colour doesn't mean all solid blacks are the same, they're not.

I agree with much of what you said but will point out that I explicitly said black ‘to a manufacturer’s code’. I’m not one of those people who thinks black is black.

[Olas]

find a respected restorer if you want good bodywork - everywhere else just churns out average quality ste that satisfies those who see their car as an appliance.

[paintman]

You may recall your previous thread on this subject
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Blending onto the adjacent panels will help to disguise the driver's door but as I said in the other thread:

paintman said:

An eye match or one done with a spectrometer will be better than a chip match.
That said, absolute perfection so it can't be detected by the human eye in any lighting conditions would be a total respray using one batch of paint to do the whole vehicle.

V8covin also raised concern with the colour.

[V8covin]

HustleRussell said:

I agree with much of what you said but will point out that I explicitly said black ‘to a manufacturer’s code’. I’m not one of those people who thinks black is black.

A paint code just tells you what the colour name is,nothing more.The code is really no more an identifier than the name in most cases.
There will usually be numerous variants for each code......then add into the equation the numerous companies supplying refinishing paint and it becomes a bit of a lottery.

[V8covin]

paintman said:

V8covin also raised concern with the colour.

Ah right,so it's obsidian.
Edge to edge match ? Better chance of winning the lottery lol
No experienced painter would expect obsidian to match edge to edge

[Indyi]

I will take it back to him and get him to blend the paint in! Would he have to respray or just be able to blend in?

[V8covin]

Indyi said:

I will take it back to him and get him to blend the paint in! Would he have to respray or just be able to blend in?

Sounds as though you don't understand what blending means.
Basically he will fade the basecoat out from the edges nearest the door on the 2 adjacent panels and then clearcoat the whole panels.
It's basic stuff for any competent painter

[Indyi]

I have no idea I will take it back to him see what he says

[Indyi]

I'm fuming! Took it back he said nothing wrong it! Also I've noticed on the painted panels there is tiny dark spots looks as if he has filled chips with a paint brush!

[Timmos1974]

OH dear

Why didn't you let the bodyshop deal with all of it?

Dont understand