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RE: [TR] TR3 Color Codes

To: "Jerry Stasyszen" <jerry.stasyszen@sbcglobal.net>, "'Jim Muller'"
Subject: RE: [TR] TR3 Color Codes
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:06:25 -0800
> I thought I would chime in here.  I agree with the above statement and
> believe it demonstrates a problem.

What puzzles me is that One Day Paint had no trouble at all with the PPG code
for Mallard Blue.  He looked the magic number up on a computer, which gave him
the exact formula in his paint system.  Looked way too dark wet, still kinda
dark when first sprayed, but after almost 2 years, it looks darn good (if I do
say so myself).  Probably would have looked better if I hadn't asked him to
tweak it a bit <g>

> I still would say that two colors would appear
> different unless the same paint systems or pigments were being used.

There has been a lot of debate over that ... the truth is that it's almost
impossible to make two different paint jobs appear _exactly_ identical, even
with supposedly identical materials.  Take two different cans of paint; same
formula, same production line, but made a few days apart; spray them out
side-by-side and they aren't quite identical.  The paint makers even warn you to
mix the entire batch together for a single job, because the can-to-can variation
can be noticed sometimes.  Even doing that, paint applied one day may not look
the same as the paint applied the next day, especially if there has been a
change in the weather.

So, it all becomes a matter of "how close can you get" and "what does it
matter".

> All pigments are fugitive and  fade according to the conditions they
> are subjected too.

Yes, indeed.  Being covered and sealed slows the process down a great deal, but
doesn't stop it.  And the different pigments still change differently.

> Get it close and it's all Good.

Amen !
Randall


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