You say your friend ordered the correct paint to match the existing colour. well, actually, no he did not. he ordered the correct paint to match the colour the way it was when the car was brand new ! There is a difference !. Paint weathers and changes over the years. a professional spray shop has hundreds and hundreds of shade cards and will match your paint to what it is now. Each shade card will have a formulation on the back, a bit like a recipe in a cook book, and they will blend the correct formulation for the colour your cars is now and in the quantity needed ~ which is a very precise business.
What you do depends on your own ability. If you have to question yourself, or know you're not a good car painter then the two alternatives are live with it or pay a proper body shop to fix it.
Yes, it'll be expensive.
Professionals paint entire panels and often blend into unrepaired panels to make for subtle transitions .
you can always try to re do it but i would take it to a specialist and make your friend pay for it
Take to someone who knows what they are doing and make your friend a ex friend.
Cut the rust out, weld in patch, repaint. Also address any issues with weatherstripping or causes for moisture accumulation.
Hi There,
A while back I noticed my car had a few rust spots, and stupidly, I agreed to let a friend sort them out. From what he said, I was convinced he knew what he was doing. Well he sanded the rust and sprayed on the primer, but the sprayed the primer on without covering the surrounding area, so primer was 'splashed' over a wide area. He ordered the correct colour paint to match the existing colour (silver) and sprayed the area, including where the primer had splashed and dried. To cut a long story short, I'm now left with about lots of patchy areas of paintwork. It looks awful! There are two on the bonnet, three on the back, on the door panel etc... What should I do? Any help or advice would be much appreciated. The obvious answer is to take the car to a specialist, which I may do, but I'm wondering if there's anything I can do myself. Sand the areas, and start again?
Thank you.
