Originally published at: Mastering Paint Color Matching in Automotive Shop
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And all without a respirator!
As @anon29537550 points out, VOCs are no joke.
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Not just matching a colour, but predicting how it is going to apply and dry is amazing, I have watched printers and painters doing this too.
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It’s actually pretty easy. All you need is a good eye and maybe ten, fifteen years experience.
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When I was oil painting a lot, I got darn good at copying colors I was using, as well as matching paints other people were using.
I also used to mix paint up at walmart and know how easy it is to fuck up a bucket of paint by adding the wrong amount of dye.
It is extremely impressive this guy is just handing measuring dye and mixing. I would say that there is a cut and he could have mixed up the real batch properly, but all of those paint buckets seem to be self pour kind, not ones you measure out!
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It’s even possible that he first painted the item he’s supposed to match, so it has to be a perfect result.
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