Hi all, I got a clour matched base coat for my respray and while the colour is good the metallics in it seem almost too much. Will the clear tone the metallic down some? Currently the existing paint is quite subtle and I don't want it be be too over the top.

Thanks

If anything clear should make the metallic really "pop" which you don't want....not sure about your country there but were there possibly some "variant" formulas for your color?

Thanks, yes I did a couple of coats of clear on a spray out card and it did pop some

I looked into the mix and they've used a coarse high sparkle metallic, that's why it looks too much. 98M coarse metallic high sparkle lesonal.

Just an opinion but I doubt if anything is going to beat that mix into submission. That's more like the metallic I would use in a specialty or show car........

mad, ya mention respray- is it complete or repair type work?
if repair type work can ya feather/fade it to make it less noticable?

yeah way too much like a flake type metallic. It's a complete respray so will shine like a diamond in a goats bum (heard that somewhere), hope the auto paint place will mix me up another batch no charge, is it reasonable to expect that or is just my dumb mistake? I bought $800 worth of paint that day.

Hey, you didn't say.... "Mix me up this paint code, and oh, can you make it super shiny by putting the wrong size metallic in it, ok?" Seriously.....if you are spending that kind of money ANYWHERE they need to get the order right......

Thanks will give them a call

If you order a certain color they should blend that color per a recipe that the mfg has specified. If you didn't ask for it to be color matched to older paint your gonna be stuck with it. If they used the wrong size flake in the mix its on them.
Although mfg to mfg may use different sizes flake and or Toners. i.e. your original paint your trying to match is PPG and your going to Axalta dealer aka Dupont two completely different company's both have the recipe for the same color but yet use there own stuff to get there in theory they should be able to come up with an exact match but reality is much different.

When your trying to match older paint they will need a sample of what your trying to match so they can try to match the recipe too the older paint by adding or decreasing amounts of the toners or the size of the flake or Pearls etc.. added to the recipe to get a match.
Its difficult to do because its a guessing game in most cases the mfg gives guidance instructions on how to do it but the experience level of the person doing the mixing on the color bank counts when doing this. Just a drop or two of stuff can make or break a match.

The place I buy my color at charges more for this service and only one person is trained to do it so if shes out sick I'm waiting till she returns to work.