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diddon

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20th Mar 04 at 14:19

Painting a wing mirror cover for my dad

Do you have to apply laqaur to flame red???

bubble

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20th Mar 04 at 14:22

nopey nope

diddon

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20th Mar 04 at 14:23

good cheers mate

penfold82

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20th Mar 04 at 15:00

Good luck tryin to get a colour match mate. Mines flame red and i'm repspraying is a nicer bmw red. That flame red fades like bastard.

Tom J

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20th Mar 04 at 15:09

quote:
Originally posted by penfold82
Good luck tryin to get a colour match mate. Mines flame red and i'm repspraying is a nicer bmw red. That flame red fades like bastard.

what bmw red is it?

Paul H

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20th Mar 04 at 15:49

easy colour to match up.did my mirrors myself and there spot on.only thing about flame red is when you have it under street lights at night you can see every bit that has been painted

bubble

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20th Mar 04 at 15:51

quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
easy colour to match up.did my mirrors myself and there spot on.only thing about flame red is when you have it under street lights at night you can see every bit that has been painted

and and and....sometimes under certain light mine looks orange

and its brand new!!!

Paul H

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20th Mar 04 at 15:57

yeah flame orange mine does this

MikeH

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20th Mar 04 at 16:09

thought mine was really bad, then i washed it and its not as bad as i thought

M4tt

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20th Mar 04 at 16:12

i got a flame red car and it looks really shite when it gets dirty, bit pink tbh

but once polished up and in the sun/summer it looks really nice

Red_SXi

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20th Mar 04 at 17:07

quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
easy colour to match up.did my mirrors myself and there spot on.only thing about flame red is when you have it under street lights at night you can see every bit that has been painted

Thats funny cos on my car the colour match at night looks perfect, it all goes the same shade, whereas during the day the match isn't as good

MikeH

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20th Mar 04 at 17:24

Mine looks great with rain on it

Kris TD

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20th Mar 04 at 17:28

as for laquer, it totally depends what type paint you are using, as for it fading, that also depends wat paint you are using. if you are using rattle cans from halfords then yes you need to laquer, if your using a 2 pac paint then you dont need too.

deanmcreynolds26

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20th Mar 04 at 17:34

my car looks red in the light at night! maybe has something to do with orange streetlights LOL... but love my car when i drive into a well lit petrol station and i day dream waiting to pay for my petrol!

diddon

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21st Mar 04 at 07:38

Painted the mirror, colour match is spot on

broster

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21st Mar 04 at 07:46

i found with my car when i first painted bits they were orangey! after awhile they went red tho. also have to wax it every weekend to keep it looking actually red! hard work but worth it imo

broster

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21st Mar 04 at 07:49

i found with my car when i first painted bits they were orangey! after awhile they went red tho. also have to wax it every weekend to keep it looking actually red! hard work but worth it imo

Graham

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21st Mar 04 at 07:50

i found when i sprayed mine that it was really red, like brandnew colour, as the rest of the car has gone quite a dark red now.

jam

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21st Mar 04 at 09:56

My flame red is spot on , after talking the guy at the bodyshop , i opted to go for full same colour respray incluing the kit .to get a good colour match . Also i got 2 coats of laquar put on , so its shiniey and hopfuley wont fade as quick

penfold82

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21st Mar 04 at 10:09

Half my car looks pink under garage lights and street lights. The only bits that dont are the ones i had replced when a silly bitch slammed her clio into me

The paint looks great in the rain.

Dunno what colour i'm gonna go for, i cant decide between the red i saw on a bmw or another nice shade i saw on a merc........... decisions decisions.

Red_SXi

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21st Mar 04 at 13:06

Only trouble with lacquering flame red is that when it fades you can't polish it back to a good colour because all you're doing is polishing the clear code, and no touching the red base coat.

Kris TD

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21st Mar 04 at 13:11

only reason it fades is cos the paint vauxhall used contained lead and was a complete load of bollox. if you spray with 2 pac it wont fade anything like the origanal paint has.

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