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I finally quit guessing on blend panels after a painter at the PPG booth in Indy said one thing
Was at a trade show back in March and this old painter was doing a demo. Somebody asked him how far he takes a blend and he said "I don't blend, I tint." Whole room went quiet.
I've been spraying for 11 years and always just faded the color out across the next panel. He was talking about matching the ground coat first and only blending the midcoat if you have to. Blew my mind a little because I've been chasing blend distance for years when the real problem was my base was off by a hair from the start.
Tried it on a Silverado last week and cut my blend panel from 2 to 1. Color matched dead on under the booth lights at 3 different angles.
Anybody else here go that route or am I late to the party on this one?
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ivan_mason5d ago
Hold on, he said he doesn't blend at all? That goes against everything I was taught, and I've been doing this since the 90s. The idea that you nail the ground coat so close you barely have to fade anything out is wild to me, but it also makes a lot of sense when I think about all the comebacks I've had from bad blends. Sounds like the guy was saying most of us are fixing the wrong problem, we're spreading a bad match over two panels instead of just getting the color right on one. I might have to try this on the next silver or gold car that comes through, because those are the ones that always give me fits.
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