How to Blend Car Paint Colors
If you have an accident and have to have bodywork done on your car, you will need to repaint it. After the bodywork is finished, there will be no paint on the car where the work was done. You will need to blend car paint to try to match the color of your car. Even though won’t be able to match your car’s color perfectly, you can get it close.
- Write down your car’s make, model, year, and color. Go to a local automobile repair shop and purchase some acrylic enamel paint in the same color as your car. Purchase a can that is 100-percent blending solvent, and another can of clear coat.
- Put your vehicle in a paint booth, or in a garage.
- Use a damp rag to clean the area you are going to paint. When finished, make sure you completely dry it with a dry rag.
- Use a steel wool pad to scrub the area you will be painting in a circular pattern. When finished, clean off the area with a clean soft towel.
- Cover the vehicle with a paint cover. When the car is covered, cut out the area of the cover that is covering the area you are going to paint. You will have to make the hole somewhat larger than the area you are going to paint.
- Put tape around the edges of the cover so that only the area you want painted is showing.
- Mix the paint you purchased with paint thinner according to the directions on the back of the can to reach the correct consistency to be used in a paint gun. Fill the paint gun with the mix when you are finished.
- Change the air pressure of the paint gun to 15 to 20 psi. Spray the paint on the car using quick back and forth sprays in a thin layer. Wait approximately 20 minutes and repeat the process until there is enough paint on the car.
- Open the paint gun and ensure it is only approximately one quarter-inch full. Fill the rest of the can up with the 100 percent blending solvent you purchased. When the coats are dry that you just put on, coat the panel of the car with the blending solvent spraying it quickly back and forth.
- Clean the paint gun using paint thinner. Put the clear coat paint into the paint gun according to the instructions on the can. Apply one thin coat and allow it to dry for 15 minutes. Repeat this process again two more times to apply a total of three coats.
- Allow the car to completely dry before you remove the cover.