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How To auto body tutorials @ CollisionBlast.com CollisionBlast.com – Custom Paint Jobs, such as a fade can be achieved by using this paint blending technique. In this video we demonstrate how to blend car paint. This is the process of spraying new paint and blending it into the old color to produce a color match. Ideally, you want to mix a color that is a blendable match. However, in this video we are mixing a color that is too dark, which will help us demonstrate the concept of a blend. Perhaps, you want to do a fade job of fading one color into another color! You could use this technique or tip to achieve that result. Visit http for more auto body and paint tips, training, and techniques.
@ButlerCollision I use a random orbital polisher on my car about once a year, so the clarity is about as good as it’s going to get. The color difference is still noticeable. I found a local Sherwin Wiliiams that claims they can tint the base color to match, so I’m going that route. Thanks.
@hoopfan71 You may try painting the spoiler and buffing the paint around it.
I’m installing a factory spoiler on my 20-year-old car with original metallic paint that has faded much lighter than the fresh OEM color. My thought was to spray the spoiler with an OEM base and clear base mixture to try to match the faded original paint. Do you think I can achieve a close match, or are the elements causing the fading too unpredictable? Since it’s just a spoiler, I’d like to keep it simple and avoid blending the panels. Thanks.
@RUSSRTOC Yes, if I did this for a living (daily basis) I would use a air supplied. As students or DIY, the 3M respirators work well and is approved. They do have half mask air supplied you may consider. However, to completely protect you face the full mask is best.
Love the vid but just a quid question on health and safety the clear your using is 2 pack? I was always thought you were req to wear a air fed B.A? And if not what half mask are you using as I use a half mask like you for base coats but go to a full face air respirator for clear and primer and to be honest it’s a pain movement and vision wise trying to do a perfect finishing coat of clear
@clevelandfan91 I am glad you found the video useful. Thanks for watching!
very good video. just the explanation i have needed for this. i love all your videos. please keep up the good work.
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@TalleresJimar Thanks for the king words and for watching my videos.
you are amazing, thanks for the video
@utsports You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!
I’m glad i looked up blending and found your video i haven’t heard of this technique before and i can tell that it works well and makes good sense so thanks for explaining the process and demonstrating also and if you or someone else came up with this technique of blending its pretty ingenious way of doing it so thanks again for teaching it
I’m glad i looked up blending and found your video i haven’t heard of this technique before and i can tell that it works well and makes good sense so thanks for explaining the process and demonstrating also and if you or someone else came up with this technique of blending its pretty injenious
hmm looks nice but u better know how much coat and paint u need to do da same on the other side
@bluewker You got the right idea. As far as using clear coat, you may be able to. Make sure your base coat and clear coat are compatiable with each other. I have never tried it so you may want to shoot a test panel first to see how it turns out. Thanks for watching.
Hey! You’re amazing at blending. The gist of this video seems to imply that you basically want to dilute the colour more and more as you do more coats. Is this the main principle behind the blending? Will this work if you use clearcoat instead of clear base?
@lute760 You could add pearl to your candy coats. However, I would spray a small test panel to see if it is the look you were wanting. It is hard to determine how pearl will affect the color.
Can candy red powdered pearl pigment be added to metallic candy red paint?
@riadlia You may not have to use blending clear, but it helps with colors that are hard to blend, such as high metallics or pearls. Also in the video I did extra steps showing how you can do a custom fade job. It really does make blending much easier.
i normaly belnd by flecking base into the next panal its faster and i always get a good match, i never had to mix base with clear am i missing out??
@alwynandjovanae Thanks for watching!
Real nice man. Wish I knew this trick a week ago!
@Krewnaygul yes, blend you paint, then extend your tri-coat. you may also want to spray a let doen panel to determine if 1-2 or 3 coats of the tri-coat match better. using this method by breaking it down with intercoat clear work great for hard to match paint. Thanks for watching.
so this would work with a tri coat paint job? i gotta repaint my front bumper, its mitsubishi glacier white and it seems like a bitch to blend
@ButlerCollision when you’re sanding to remove the clearcoat, using 800 or finer paper as you say, do you have to wet sand it or can you just do it dry?