Someone recently backed up into my car on the qauter panel near my passenger side door and ran off (i was working at the time so i didn't notice it till the next morning), so i called my insurance up and they told me to take it to a body shop. When i took it to the bodyshop they told me all the process that they were going to do on it, such as taking everything apart, bondo it, and painting it. Then they also mention something about blending the new paint with the old paint. Since i don't have the cash to pay my decductible, me and some friends are going to fix it ourself, (Labor cost from the shop was way too expensive). So my question is does anyone know how to blend the old paint with the new paint?

 

Blending paint is for a better paint match with other body parts. They spray some paint over the old paint and then reclear the whole piece. Hope you understand what I'm trying to say

 

They fix a spot on the quarter panel lets say. If it is far enough from the door then they can blend within the panel. Usually they reduce the paint at the blend area. If it is too close to the door and there is not enough room for a blend then they will blend into the door. But you have to reduce the paint on the blen area. You can not just spray some paint to a certain point and then clear over it. That way you can still tell the difference between the 2. But 1st you have to start off with a good enough color match. If you have a red car and your spray out looks pink or orange red then you will never be able to blend it lol.

 

so what your trying to say is that you just spray less paint over the old paint to blend it in and then clear coat it. right? i'll post up some pix later





Modified by halocore at 8:37 PM 10/6/2007

 

Explained it much better than me. haha

 

Yah kinda. You don't actually spray the paint to the end of the panel that you are blending too. The end of the panel is the old paint. There is no new paint on it. In the middle of the panel is the blend area. This is if we are talking only one panel of course. And in that blend area you have the reduced paint. And at the body work area you have the regular paint that is not reduced. Then it all gets cleared. About the best way i can explain it LOL.

 

the way i would explain it is let say ur painting the quarter and blending the door. first of all, u wanna start with a good enough variant that the paint looks as if though it will be blendable. u dont want to start with a color that is way off. if color needs some tinting, tint before spraying. your gonna spray basecoat on the whole quarter then the way i would do a blend is to go about 1/2 way down the door with the color and fan it outward so that the new paint will blend with the old. i hope that this description will help. although, if u have never blended or painted before, chances are its not gonna come out great. blending is something that requires experience to master. i guess my best advice would be to make sure that the color that u mix is as close to the original color on the car