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Are you going through this insurance for the repair, or are you going through your insurance and having them collect the money from his insurance?Im still sick from all this still....I know the guy didnt do it on purpose,,,,but it would no be wise for me to be in the same room with him for any length of time lol
Or if the wrong size flakes are used or if the paint wasn't freshly shaken/mixed.yes, silver is hard to match. If the metallic flakes aren't sprayed on the right way, the color is off.
What you need to compare is the other side of the car in the same way. Turn the car around 180 degrees and look at it from the rear tire, and see if the color changes the same way.
If both sides colorshift in the same way, then accept it as is.
I'm curious how bad it is. A camera would show it easily if it were really bad.
It is easier with darker colors but the age of the paint can have an effect as well. It is not that easy to get 100% match and the only way to get that is to paint the entire car. I feel for the OP.I owned silver cars for many years and had body work done on a few of those. Let me tell you it is not going to be a perfect match from every angle. Not unless they repaint the entire vehicle. Put simply, there is no way to get the metallic flakes in the same exact distribution in the finish. It does not matter how good the body shop may be. Darker colors are much easier to match.
This ^.I owned silver cars for many years and had body work done on a few of those. Let me tell you it is not going to be a perfect match from every angle. Not unless they repaint the entire vehicle. Put simply, there is no way to get the metallic flakes in the same exact distribution in the finish. It does not matter how good the body shop may be. . . . .[emphasis added]
Not exactly..I do this for a living...With pearls and reflective particles they come in batches with a mixture of micron sizes of particles..One batch may have 40 percent of particles with a particular micron size, the next batch of the same pearlecent pigment may have 60 percent of particles with that micron size..So although the pearl will be the same and the color the same, the reflective properties will be different from batch to batch. These ranges exist on the part of the manufacturer and batch approval has a spec range upon which they base their approvals. So although technically you are getting the same color and the formulation and mixture ratios can be exactly as was done in the original application of paint, the results can still vary when different batches of pearls and pigments are used. It can not be avoided unless everything is from the same batch. There are many variables in this process that can still be within spec and yet be slightly different...Hope this sheds some light on the subject..No excuse whatsoever for an inability to color match today. Especially on a just otb, new car. I could color match silver perfectly, given the proper DuPont numbers to start with, back in the 70's and I've never been more/better than a semi-talented amateur.
