You are right, clear coat would stick out lie a sore thumb. Stick
with what is on the car. Matching paint is more than just getting the
right color or shade. It involves blending and even a higher pressure from
the gun can change the shade.
...Art
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Joseph Cianciotti wrote:
> Spoke to someone (over the phone) today about repairing my vandalized
> door and lock. He mentioned using a clear coat to blend the paint. It
> seems kind of odd to me since my car doesn't have a clear coat. He said
> that's the only way to get it to match if the new paint isn't spot on
> correct. I asked why he wouldn't just repaint the door (or even just the
> lower half) and he said that getting the color to butt match is extremely
> difficult, though not impossible.
>
> I'm still not clear why. I thought that, like house paint, you bring a
> sample to the paint shop and they match it using some sort of
> computer-type gizmo. And that putting a clear coat on my car would make
> the repaired area look different from the rest of the car.
>
> What do you think? Please help. Thanks in advance.
>
> Joseph
> 67 Roadster
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