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Automotive color match is crucial.
Three-angle measurements ensure part-to-part consistency with modern metallic paints
A comprehensive color-control program is one of the recent quality-improvement programs implemented at Centrifugal Coaters (Oakville, Ontario). This custom finisher paints various automotive external parts that must exactly match the color of other painted body parts. And matching the colors is especially challenging when the parts are painted with modern metallic or pearlescent finishes.
Among the many parts the company paints are spoilers for both the Saturn and Pontiac Grand Prix, wheel flares for the Corvette, and grille components for the Sunbird, GMC trucks, and Toyotas. …
