# Paint Problem on S2k

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 4, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-problem-on-s2k/267146 "2013-06-04T20:21:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-problem-on-s2k/267146/44 "2013-06-05T10:14:00Z")

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> [@Unofficial 2008 Olympics thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unofficial-2008-olympics-thread/52893/15):
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> Just wheeled my shit box out in the sun. Again, no blending, color matches perfectly.
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> ![http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff80/killerblackbird/Album%203/B1B54563-B929-4B3A-B401-C128F91FFAFC-1945-000000C3887C1930_zps7c966833.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/8/283c33798028c27dedd0462a9f7c347189e960f9.jpeg)

you got RETARDED lucky. I would love to know who painted it, what product they shot, and i doubt but who knows maybe they rememeber… what the gun pressures and setup was.

Also, I forgot to mention clearcoat can and WILL change shade outcome. Same basecoat cleared half with A and half with B you might see the difference. Granted thats a mile off on the OP’s car, but its alllll these little variables that add up in the end.

And jake said its a tri coat? I didnt look at the color code at all here to look into it. But if thats true, thats another GIANT factor. Tri coats are Basecoat, Mid coat (usually pearls or effects in a carrier) then a Clear coat. And some high end paints REQUIRE a specific clear to get the results.

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