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Re: Painting my 77 Midget

Subject: Re: Painting my 77 Midget
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:30:56 -0600
Cc: Charles Christ <cfchrist@earthlink.net>, "Robert E. Shlafer" <PilotRob@webtv.net>, "William M. Gilroy" <w.lists@verizon.net>, spridget list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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Ok, how about behind a footwell panel? Do the color reading machines have lights
on them?? The true color will be there.

Charles Christ wrote:

> inside the trunk is not a bad idea, BUT!   not quite viable for a correct
> color shade!   why-O-why you ask?   a spare tire is a rubber / petroleum
> distalate with a rather high "carbon black" content.  whut's that got ta do
> with it yer asking?  well i'll tell ya!  over time that nice hot little
> pressure cooker of a trunk bakes the tire rubber senseless causing the oils
> to evaporate out of the tire.   those oils discolor paint!   ever see a
> trunk of a 30-40 year old car with a white trunk around where the tire
> physically made contact against the painted surface of the trunk?   the
> white paint is stained anything from a slight yellowing to a rather
> pronounced tan / brown color.   this discoloration is not just locally
> spread but throughout the entire trunk area.   this effects the shade of the
> pant in that area effecting the actual tone of the color.
> another consideration is the color analiser people have cautioned me that
> the color gun needs a uninterrupted surface(no braces or reinforcements or
> embossed reinforcements!).   once again why you ask?  the color analiser
> needs to look dead on atthe surface and if it is not it's trying to read
> refraction of difrent surfaces at one time causing a mis reading!
> just some of the do's and dont's of trying to work with your paint
> distributor.
> it reduces your frustration and wasted time running back and forth.
>
> chuck.





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