Re: Paint

Good information Ray. Just to add to that, if I am remembering this right, when they tried to match the color on the 13, the guy came back and said "Wow, that's not good". He said his reading was 13. He told me the lower the number the more accurate the match would be. He said if it's between 0-3 then it would be almost perfect, 3-6 and some people's eyes would see it, other's wouldn't. Anything higher than 6 would be considered noticable and not close enough, and the '13 model was pulling a 13 on his meter, so he knew it wouldn't be close, which is why I left it for them to try and blend.

What I've found over the years is most of these automotive paint stores have one old timer in there who can hit most anything. However, they tend to be grumpy bastards and you can't always get to them. If you walk in on the right day and they feel like it, they'll do just about anything for you. If you walk in and ask for help, one of the other people who doesn't have that skill set will always be the first to greet you and ask if you need help. Then you get stuck with a flunkie trying to solve a puzzle he's not qualitied to solve.

Most of us don't go into the paint stores enough to get first tier service from the grumpy guy. They are busy helping their big accounts and don't give a shit about selling a quart of paint it's going to take them 2 hours to figure out.
Statistics: Posted by Festus — Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:47 am