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Originally Posted by Frosty
huh... well said... has me wondering about matte again.... I bet less light penetrates to colored under layer... might fade less too
~Frost
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I was hesitant too, but I thought what the heck, just give it a shot. 3 months later I've got no regrets at all! It just depends now on your personal preference, whether you want to stand out or blend in
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Originally Posted by JDy80
According to the paint specialist at the VDC (fuzzy memory of what he said), but basically it comes down to the color tone when mixing the paint together, its hard to get the exact precise match between one frozen silver to another frozen silver. They showed us color swatches of space grey for example from over the years and not one was an exact match and when you put it on a coat like theres (since its not exactly matte, it still has a bit of sheen to it where matte shouldn't reflect that much light) it gets really difficult to get exactly right. The repaired portion was definitely frozen silver but it was really easy to tell where it was resprayed. Quite an eye opening experience. Hopefully they figure out an easy way to repair, but for now, looks like a pretty lengthy process to get it right.
Actually a funny story is when they talked about us looking at the 6 Series grand sport coupe, they specifially said to please don't try to poke and touch the paint finish too much as its difficult to get rid of the oil residue from the finger prints and it was the photo car used in the promotions, of course the first thing I notice coming back from the tour to take a look were fingerprints running up the hood.
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Yeah the oil residue can be an issue, I believe the Swissvax opaque paint cleaner will get rid of all of that!
I know the paint will have a sheen to it when you apply it, but as far as I'm aware it's entirely the clearcoat that makes it matte...as for the colour matching, well...I've personally had very limited experience with panel beaters but I presume that will just come down to their experience and expertise to get the colour matching your car properly.