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Old 09-28-2009, 10:36 AM
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The further south you go, the worse this problem gets. Worse, it's almost impossible to match ANY paint, and red is among the most difficult. Just about any metallic is impossible due to the way that the flakes lay down when the paint is sprayed.

A lot of painters wouldn't even try to paint one body part at a time, they would paint to blend all sides your eye could see at one time adjacent to one another - so, for example, if you wanted to paint a fender, it would take the hood or a good part of it, the top of the other fender (maybe), and the side of the car with the replacement fender (at least up to a good part of the door). It's all done with "fooling the eye".
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