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Originally Posted by jmk
Stretch,
It is really pretty good. These panels were never meant to match. Matching body to bumper is very hard (look closely at a modern car, and you'll see what I mean), and the technology to do a decent job did not really come about until the early '90's (I was actually a part of that leap in technology.).
The only suggestion is that the panels do look mottled. Look at them closely, and you see the variation in color. Try adjusting the air/paint ratio on the gun. Usually a little wetter (more paint, less air) helps this.
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I think the mottled effect in the pictures is partly due to the flash on my point and shoot camera and the paint (which is metallic). I kept on painting until I couldn't see any colour variations when I tilted the panels at different angles in sunlight. I also checked them under a strip light when it was dark too because sometimes that shows up flaws that you can't see during daytime.
Directly after spraying, when dry, the paint did feel a little powdery to the touch but a buff with a bit of toilet paper smoothed it all out. Would I need more paint (from a gun) to get it to spray without this powdery effect?