I’m jumping in here to say a few words:
First of all, Tom is one of the nicest, most generous and forgiving people on the Planet!
Secondly, I made a very “Rookie”mistake on @goosemans
Paint color and what you are seeing is the re-paint of the correct color because of my bungled mistake!
At Maggie, Tom told me he loved the dark cherry Sling color and we decided to paint his. When the time came, I was trying to remember the color as I’d only seen it briefly at MV. Sooooooo I go to PPG and asked for some ‘Dark Cherry’ samples and I chose one off of the card. They mixed up the Candy (put on a silver base) and sent me on my way.
Tom came and I did my thing. But after the candy was clear coated, it really was lighter than I remembered. But being stupid, I painted away and added a few touches, put it back together and came up with this:
Boy.... that was not what I thought it would be but everyone here loved it and I had nothing to compare it to so I assumed it was all in my head!
Tom picked her up, and, being the gentleman he is, didn’t say a word. But even though everyone here liked it, the person who mattered didn’t! So he hesitantly PM’d the problem and thus the repaint—— First ever!
A side explanation but not an excuse for my mistake.... PPG forgot to add the black to the Candy and when shown the sample they agreed to furnish the paint and supplies for free. They know how tough it is to do Candies and the finish color can not be accurate because it changes after clearing especially on dark candy. But I did not spray out a test panel, I did not stop the paint when I had a question on it and I let the Two Week Deadline come before Tom.... That was a grave mistake!
Thankfully, I got it corrected and he has this:
Tom, my friend, I owe you big time and will make this up to you. I made the mistake. I’m not perfect by any means and after literally 1000’s of paint jobs you think I would know that by now. Consider this an open apology for all to see. I had to write this because I don’t want Members to think I do everything right or would try to hide this.