Is there a orange peel matching process

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Danspeed1

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Hello,

Its been a few years since I have posted but I am a very frequent reader on here. My wife has a classic corvette that has low miles, all original and was in mint condition until a family member (thankfully not me) backed into it and damaged the bumper. She is really upset about this. She has a keen eye for colors notices things like orange peel. The damage to the car is causing a riff within the family and I am trying to get it fixed for he as quickly as possible. I am new to the area I am living in (Mooresville, NC) and I don`t have "a guy" anymore or a even a clue where to go. My plan is to find an ICAR certified body shop so at least they have updated equipment for paint match. Her concern is that the car has been well kept but the original orange peel still remains; she`s concerned that after the bumper is replaced and repainted it will never match the rest of the car (either too glossy clear, or too much orange peel). Is there are process I can follow that sort of blends the bumper into the car? I plan to polish it out myself after its painted. I know there is a ton of new pad technology out these days. I am a rotary guy but I recently purchased a long throw dual action.

Thanks!
 
My understanding is the painter has to eyeball the existing orange peel and try to match it. To paraphrase Accumulator, this is why you`ll want to find a guy who hasn`t just done this once, or 10 times, but someone who has done this hundreds of times. Which maybe is only 6 months working as a painter, I don`t know.
 
Yea, so that`s going to be an issue since I`ve only been here 6 months, I have no idea where to go and my painter is 750 miles away
 
Danspeed1 said:
Yea, so that`s going to be an issue since I`ve only been here 6 months, I have no idea where to go and my painter is 750 miles away
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Danspeed1
Sorry this had to happen to your wife`s car.. :(

You can find another great painter but you have to go find Shops, visit them, talk to the Owner, see their work, find out how many decades their Painter has experience, and go from there.. The Painter has to be minimum a Journeyman level...

There are great painters still around. You just need to find one, and not take anybody`s `word" for it, you have to go see for yourself, the work that this painter has done and is doing today...

And yes, it is way more than 6 months experience. In a great, custom, shop, 6 months in, and the Apprentice is still spraying the Primer coats and wet blocking them off with a guide coat, taping up the vehicle, and then the Painter comes in and lays down the coats of paint...

You need to ask the Owner of the Shop - "How great is your Painter in Matching the color AND the existing Texture of the paint????" "Show me examples of this"....

Hint -- the guy is going to be older, not younger...Yes, you can turn out great work as a kid, but you have no experience in all the different things that you have to be able to do, that only come with years and years of doing it..

What the painter is going to do is after the body work is done, is paint it in a way that leaves enough orange peel, that after compounding with the Rotary, still has the same amount of orange peel as the existing panels..

Dan F another Rotary Power guy..
 
I also haven`t posted in quite some time. Weird though because I signed up in 2003 and it`s showing 2009 when I view my profile, oh well.

The orange peel needs to be matched by the painter. It`s nice when you don`t have any orange peel because you can have the painter lay the clear on thick and then wet sand it down.
 
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