New member from Colchester

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:10 pm

Welcome!

I'm in Colchester near the A&E hospital.

Would be good to meet up so can laugh at the faded paintwork
on my track bb1.

Will I get any discount as a forum member?

ludeswamp · Post by **ludeswamp** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:24 pm

Blimey another one from colly, right so sat 4th august go fir a meal (maybe) then birch!!! If you don't know it yet you will all love it!!! Who's in??? Lude nor essential as will there will be others there also

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:34 pm

LO

Welcome new member to LG

Cheers

Toadster

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:41 pm

Alright mate, how's it going?

Post by **si import** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:29 am

Ill be at USC that weekend

SharpeConcepts · Post by **SharpeConcepts** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:41 am

Thanks for all the welcomes guys and hi Dom hows it going.

As for a meet id love to however I will only be able to join you in my Jetta as the Prelude is a good few months away yet + its my 30th on the 1st of Aug so im not sure if I will even be able to drive anywhere on the 4th

As for my work you can find out bits and pieces on my Facebook profile in my sig but it will be updated shortly to include a lot more work with photos from start to finish rather than just a jumble thats on it now. I will probably post up some photos tomorrow though.

SharpeConcepts · Post by **SharpeConcepts** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:43 am

Oh and as for discounts, of course you can all have a discount but I think you would struggle to find somebody that could match both my prices and quality but im happy to price up any work that you might be interested in having done.

CollyN · Post by **CollyN** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:59 am

Welcome to LG mate im a noob meself but have a question about paint iv a bb6 in pearl white iv had the back bumper painted twice and it is still off is there a trick to painting pearl paint?? The painter i had it with told me it's impossible to match because of the flip in it is he right or just rubbish??

SharpeConcepts · Post by **SharpeConcepts** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:09 am

CollyN wrote:Welcome to LG mate im a noob meself but have a question about paint iv a bb6 in pearl white iv had the back bumper painted twice and it is still off is there a trick to painting pearl paint?? The painter i had it with told me it's impossible to match because of the flip in it is he right or just rubbish??

With a lot of pearl and metallic paint we will always blend where we can to avoid the possibility of this problem occurring, however you can do many things to give yourself the best possible chance of getting an acceptable colour match when painting edge to edge like your bumper would be.

The painter themselves has some degree of control on the final colour achieved even after the paint is mixed and in the gun and he should have painted a sample spray out to check the colour before going near your bumper.

What did you pay to get the work done if you dont mind me asking?

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:14 pm

CollyN is it white diamond pearl. I use PPG Nexa Aquabase and the colour match is impossible on 16 year old pearl paint.
Iv resprayed my front and rear bumpers and my bumpers are noticeably whiter despite using the darkest varient of white diamond and doing various thicknesses and layers or the pearl layer.
This colour is also impossible to blend mid panel so it is an edge to edge repair. Had the same experience with the Toyota IQ Winter Blizzard and thas the same.
Unfortunately you will either have to accept the colour mismatch or full respray. Im doing the full respray panel by panel. I will get some pictures up of the mismatch next week. Its not that bad though.