Bit of a Newmar rant.

[lostinfla]

I decided to do a little touch up on the bin areas of the coach, so not knowing where to purchase a small bit of matching color, I turned to Newmar parts dept. The gentleman I talked to said they do sell touch up kits, just shy of 100.00. I asked if the paint was base coat (flat finish) or single stage (gloss finish) and he said it was single stage, so I ordered one. The kit of 4 - 1 oz bottles were delivered about 2 weeks later. First nice day today, so I decided to go out and take care of one side of the coach. I carefully applied a coat of black to one small scratch, and stood back to admire my work. As the paint dried it turned flat, and now looks worse than the original damage. I took a sample of each color and let them dry with the same results. Called Newmar parts and they said "yeah, I guess that's the way they ship it. You can go to an automotive store and buy an aerosol of clear.... " at that point, I stopped listening. Lesson learned.

 

[Richpatty]

I would ask for the $100 back...as they did not sell you what they said. Did the color at least match?

 

[lostinfla]

I would ask for the $100 back...as they did not sell you what they said. Did the color at least match?

I'm pretty sure that's a dry well. The color does match, just flat. I'm going to try a little light compound on them.

 

[Holdmybeer]

I decided to do a little touch up on the bin areas of the coach, so not knowing where to purchase a small bit of matching color, I turned to Newmar parts dept. The gentleman I talked to said they do sell touch up kits, just shy of 100.00. I asked if the paint was base coat (flat finish) or single stage (gloss finish) and he said it was single stage, so I ordered one. The kit of 4 - 1 oz bottles were delivered about 2 weeks later. First nice day today, so I decided to go out and take care of one side of the coach. I carefully applied a coat of black to one small scratch, and stood back to admire my work. As the paint dried it turned flat, and now looks worse than the original damage. I took a sample of each color and let them dry with the same results. Called Newmar parts and they said "yeah, I guess that's the way they ship it. You can go to an automotive store and buy an aerosol of clear.... " at that point, I stopped listening. Lesson learned.

If the color matches but the sheen is wrong, I'd paint a good size square on cardboard then after it dries an auto paint supplier may be able to match and mix up a bit of it. Problem might however be finding an old style auto paint shop.

 

[lostinfla]

While employed at a huge collision shop, part of my duties when I started there was mixing automotive paint with various alternate shades. The paint on our coach was an upgrade from the Essex line and has purple, green and silver/gold fleck in the black, so not sure if they could even replicate.

 

[team bradfield]

My daughter's gloss black fingernail polish is a perfect match on the black areas of my DS

 

[lostinfla]

That's what I should have done. Tomorrow I'm going out and buying 100.00 worth of black nail polish.

 

[team bradfield]

I forgot to mention, she buys it at Dollar General, $1.45 a bottle

 

[Underboss]

I have been able to take a base coat paint, after wet sanding and polishing, you could not tell that there was not a clear coat. I have never attempted it with black but I have with custom mixes. Black is a tough color.

 

[lostinfla]

I have been able to take a base coat paint, after wet sanding and polishing, you could not tell that there was not a clear coat. I have never attempted it with black but I have with custom mixes. Black is a tough color.

Thanks!

 

[Roadglide117]

I've bought clear in airasol can and used a fine brush to go over there touch up paint