Thread: PAINT BLENDING, YES or NO ?????????
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Old 03-31-2014, 08:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zeetah View Post
im still not familiar with what blending is, i looked it up and saw youtube vids, the things online said that they would have to spray a coat on the panels that adjoin the ( lets say my rear bumper in this case ), but i dont understand why they would spray over a perfectly fine panel such as the hatch, and the 2 quarter panels that touch the rear bumper, makes no sense, you cant just spray on top of clear coat especially when the other panels are perfect, and the youtube vids online did show anything like what i read online, the titles stated blending, but everything else was taped and covered, and only the bumper was painted and they called it blending.

i found the most expensive bodyshop, theyre the only mclaren dealership in North America i think, i know its the only one in Canada for sure though, they deal specifically with mclaren, audi, and porchse.

and idk if the insurance will tell me to just get the bumper repaired, or buy a brand new OEM one from nissan.
the reason for blending is to hide subtle difference in shading/metallics. they paint your entire bumper with the new paint, and then lightly work their way out from the edge of the adjoining parts so that its a gradual shift in shade and is unnoticeable. even if exact, there can be subtle differences with metallic content, etc, so the piece next to the bumper blends from the original paint one the far end to the new paint on the close end.
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