This is the same paint, painted on different days, different technique most likely, etc.
But you see the extreme mismatch.

In the near future, I want to repaint the sides of the bumper to better match the lighter fender.
Hopefully blend near the front corner of the bumper.

With clear coat on the bumper already, if I just scuff and base, will it just look even darker?
Should I start with white primer instead?

I have some leftover white epoxy primer.
Can epoxy primer be tinted mixed with urethane base?

I feel your pain, this happens to me every once in a while
on bumpers. Usually it's because I picked the wrong alternate
or the paint is old and faded a little.
Check with your supplier, they should have different alternates for your paint code.
A good supplier will help you with this.
Yes, you can scuff it real good and paint right over it again, but
sanding with a fine grit like 600 will level the surface better and
give a better job. Even with the right alternate the match is never
perfect when right next to an existing panel.
I can usually get really close but for perfect "can't tell a difference"
from the connecting panel you have to blend into the connecting panel.

Usually it's because I picked the wrong alternate
or the paint is old and faded a little.

i should clarify, this was the same brand new can of paint,
The bumper and rest of car painted within days of each other a month ago.
The paint on the plastic just dried very differently.

JCCLARK wrote:Yes, you can scuff it real good and paint right over it again,

so the same paint can actually look lighter when painting over clear undercoat, even if the current bumper looks darker?

I ask because silver metallic paint itself is sorta transparent, and I'm worried it won't be able to hide the darker bumper color, and the darker silver will show through, even though it's from the same can of paint.

I don't know, that mis match is pretty bad, hard to believe
it was the same paint. You have a problem that I don't understand.
I have had a bumper be a problem with the same paint once and it was
from static that builds up on plastic parts, but nowhere near that bad.
I think you have something else going on.
Are you sure the paint was mixed real good before you sprayed?
Some of those silvers settle out real fast, you have to keep them
agitated while spraying.
Did you use the same gun both times?
I'm just guessing at this point.
Sorry I'm not much help.

Get a small piece of metal to experiment with. Prep and spray it the same way as before and see if it matches the car.

I clearly looks like two different colors to me. Are you saying it came out of the same can as the rest of the car or just it was the same brand?

JCCLARK wrote:I don't know, that mis match is pretty bad, hard to believe
it was the same paint. You have a problem that I don't understand.
I have had a bumper be a problem with the same paint once and it was
from static that builds up on plastic parts, but nowhere near that bad.
I think you have something else going on.
Are you sure the paint was mixed real good before you sprayed?
Some of those silvers settle out real fast, you have to keep them
agitated while spraying.
Did you use the same gun both times?
I'm just guessing at this point.
Sorry I'm not much help.

i'm with JC here! i've seen some color difference, BUT not that bad..
Jay D.

badsix wrote:

JCCLARK wrote:I don't know, that mis match is pretty bad, hard to believe
it was the same paint. You have a problem that I don't understand.
I have had a bumper be a problem with the same paint once and it was
from static that builds up on plastic parts, but nowhere near that bad.
I think you have something else going on.
Are you sure the paint was mixed real good before you sprayed?
Some of those silvers settle out real fast, you have to keep them
agitated while spraying.
Did you use the same gun both times?
I'm just guessing at this point.
Sorry I'm not much help.

i'm with JC here! i've seen some color difference, BUT not that bad..
Jay D.

I know my skill level could not do it but, could a pro blend that big of a difference well into the fender?

pman6 wrote:
i should clarify, this was the same brand new can of paint,
The bumper and rest of car painted within days of each other a month ago.
The paint on the plastic just dried very differently.

To be clear This Was the same Brand of paint BUT came from a new can? Correct????

If so was it mixed at same store by same person?????

If not take paint back demand a corrected color to match what they sold you for the rest of the car

pman6 wrote:This is the same paint, painted on different days,

mismatch.jpg

Sounds like the same paint to me, how can you read that differently

The only thing I know for that much of a difference is the paint not being mixed real good.
A lot of colors, especially silvers, settle in the can real fast.
If you don't get the bottom mixed in well..........
I never had a paint shaker so
I use an acid brush to stir my small cans of paint,
there's usually sludge stuck to the bottom.