Update: My fender blend disaster and what I learned
Honestly, last week I totally botched a fender blend on a customer's truck. I mixed the paint myself and thought the match was spot on, but after the clear coat dried, it had a weird haze and didn't line up right. Turns out, I applied the base coat too thick in some spots and too thin in others. Had to sand everything down and redo it from scratch, which ate up a whole afternoon. The boss wasn't thrilled, and I had to eat the cost of the extra materials. Tbh, I was in a hurry to finish and skipped checking my spray gun settings. Has anyone run into this kind of paint issue before? How do you guys make sure your blends come out smooth every time?