by muzza » Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:37 pm
The problem with metallic paints is that the little metal flakes lie a certain way when applied in factory, and the whole side is done at once, then when a part is repair painted the sprayer cannot replicate the spray pattern, method or angle to get the flakes to lie quite the same so they don't reflect light equally from all angles.
Most times the better repairers respray the entire side of a car for one door repair to avoid the sometimes obvious change between new and original paint.
Could be the colour is just not matched properly if it's different from all angles? Or old paint has faded a bit, or new paint is cheap and has faded?
Needs a respray to fix either way.
It is even harder with paints that have a "flick", one colour shade from one angle, another shade from another, they really need entire panels and sides respraying at once, adding lots to the cost.
Muzza
MY13 GT wagon auto - SOLD.
MY19 Golf R wagon current