Mazda Genuine Touch-Up Paint (.44 fl oz, 13 ml)- Machine Gray (46G)

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Painters applying a four-stage refinishing job to a vehicle might need to extra operations added manually to the estimate, the DEG noted.

Vehicle manufacturers are busy creating new complex finishes,” Sherwin-Williams’ Clemsen said. “Trends point to increased four-stage colors and high chroma colors in the red and blue families with a deep and wet appearance.” For candy-type finishes, we recommend creating a step-down panel to determine the number of mid-coat layers required to achieve the correct color match,” she said. “The step-down panel is critical to ensuring optimal color match, as is overlap.”Here's what our customers are saying about our Touch Up Paint: Aaron B, owner of a 2021 Mazda CX-5 from Nutley, NJ

The color match was remarkably accurate. Application process including clear coat worked exactly as the instructions said it would. Very pleased with the result and will definitely patronize this product/company again. AC, owner of a 2020 Mazda Mazda6 from Denham Springs, LA The repair processes in the videos and technical bulletins below are intended to replicate the OEM finish as closely as possible utilizing products similar to those at the factory. Small to Medium Sized Spot Repair ProcessMachine Gray was developed to express the beauty of a machine’s strength and precision,” Mazda wrote in a 2016 news release.“With strong contrast between light and shadow and a sleek, high-density finish, it gives the impression that the vehicle’s body has been sculpted from a solid steel ingot.” The short make/year code for this paint on a 213058 in 2021, is 46G. The code 46G is unique to this paint color formulation for this year; therefore, the code can be used along with the manufacturer and year to specify the paint. For example: "46G 2021 Mazda". Apply 2-3 coats of Base coat leaving 10-15 minutes between coats. Leave 30 minutes before applying mid coat.

Some paint manufacturers recommend a cross-coat, although a drop-coat/control coat technique, as used on traditional high-metallic colors, is to be avoided. As an example, PPG recommends applying three to four wet coats of reduced 46G basecoat using an X-pattern cross-coat technique at 90 percent overlap. This helps align the leafing aluminum in a horizontal position, and this technique must be used in each coat. Control coats, Smith said, can cause an undesirable coarse, sparkly appearance.PPG has followed its guidance on Mazda’s dazzling but more complicated Soul Red Crystal paint with two videos on another “takumi” color, Machine Gray Metallic.