We refinish in AkzoNobel coatings mixed to your factory color code, then blend into the neighbouring panels so the repair does not announce itself.
We refinish in AkzoNobel automotive coatings, mixed to match your factory color. The panel we paint disappears into the ones we did not.
Every car carries a paint code from the factory, usually on a sticker in the driver's door jamb or under the hood. That code is where the mix starts, but it is not where it ends. Paint fades, and a five-year-old red has moved away from the red that left the plant.
So we mix to the code, spray a test card, and hold it against the panel in daylight before anything touches the car. If it is off, we adjust the mix and do it again. That step is why a repaired fender does not read as a repaired fender.
Metallics and pearls are the hard ones. Even a perfect mix can sit differently on a fresh panel than on the weathered one beside it, so we blend the new color out into the adjacent panels rather than stopping dead at the seam. It uses more material and more time, and it is the difference between a repair you can see from ten feet and one you cannot find.
Paint is not the slow part, curing is. A single panel is usually a few days including prep and cure time. A full respray or a color change runs longer because every jamb, edge and door shut has to be done properly rather than sprayed around. We give you a real number when we write the estimate, and we tell you if it moves.