Re: Painting Advice 02 Repair

[Jason Leung <jleung20@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don Bulman wrote:

>Another shop wants to feather and blend the paint and then clear coat.
>This will entail going into the front panel ahead of the door and the
>rear panel behind the door. This scares me. I don't want to mix paints
>and clearcoats and have one whole side painted (messed up)just to match
>a door that had to be  fixed and painted. He will use some paint by a
>company called "Herberts Standoy" What is anyone's experience with this
>sort of situation. (Seemed to be used to late model fix and paints)
>Any brands of straight one stage enamel that seem to blend better than
>others? Any to stay away from?

Perhaps what the bodyman said was "Hoechst Standox."  Hoechst is
a very large German conglomerate that, among many other things,
makes automotive finishes.  Two brands that they make are Standox
and Spies-Hecher.

Standox is allegedly used as OEM on Benzes.  I've heard from some
that Glasurit is used as OEM on BMWs.  Others have told me
that Spies-Hecher is used as OEM on BMWs.

For what its worth, I had to repair some gouged paint on a fender.
My car is Metallic Granit-Silber, and I had the bodyman re-shoot
the fender and blend the paint into the hood and front door with
Spies-Hecher.  This entailed shooting new clearcoat on to the entire
fender, door, and hood.

The resulting job was fabulous.  I cannot tell that the fender
was repainted.  I am elated over the reshoot, and I had the same
concerns as you do.  

Yet, I believe that the quality of the work is equally, if not
more important than the brand of paint used, so choose your bodyman
carefully.  

Good Luck,

Jason Leung
92 332i

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