Sunflower Yellow, Painting Bumblebee |
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Sunflower Yellow, Painting Bumblebee |
rstover |
Feb 25 2018, 01:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 15-November 11 From: Kerrville, TX Member No.: 13,785 Region Association: Southwest Region |
After a rather cool damp winter further progress is now being made on painting the Bumblebee. I have given a lot of time trying to decide if I was going to tint the Sunflower yellow to match negative stripe from 914 rubber or use the Sunflower Yellow (L13K) as it is and not concern myself with a small difference between the paint and the negative stripe. I have decided to use the Sunflower yellow and live with any difference. Alex the painter called Friday and said that he had received the paint from his supplier and on first inspection it seemed quite different from the stripe. A big concern of mine is that we don't have anything sunflower yellow to match to except the stripe.
This is the can of paint as it arrived from the supplier. It is Axalta single stage paint. Under fluorescent light it seemed that difference was greater that under natural light. |
Olympic 914 |
Feb 25 2018, 01:21 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,668 Joined: 7-July 11 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 13,287 Region Association: North East States |
1st make sure the paint is stirred thoroughly, some pigments may settle. and 2nd the color may look slightly different when dry.
When I did a touch-up with my single stage it looked a bit lighter and I thought it didn't match even though it was paint from the same can. but when it dried there was no difference. The real trick is NOT pointing out the difference, if there is one. most people won't notice a difference. |
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