“Blending? I just want it to be the same colour, love.”
Meet Karen.
Karen drives a 2017 Audi A3. It’s white. Well it was white. Now it’s a mixture of pearl, chalk, and mystery glossdepending on the angle and lighting.
One Saturday morning, while reversing out of her own drive with one eye on her phone and the other on her reusable Waitrose bag, Karen grazed her front passenger door against her own garden wall.
Naturally, the wall didn’t move.
đźš— The Patch Job
Karen wasn’t happy. Not at the wall. Not at herself. Definitely not at the scrape.
But instead of ringing a professional, she jumped on Facebook Marketplace and found “a bloke with a van.”
He said he’d do it cheap. “Same colour, dead easy.”
No spray booth. No clean air. No problem! (Allegedly.)
By Sunday afternoon, the job was “done.”
Karen stood back proudly… until she saw it in daylight the next morning. The freshly sprayed door now glared at the rest of the car like a bright white dinner plate on a table full of eggshell china.
🤨 The Realisation
“It’s supposed to be Glacier White,” she said, standing in our reception with sunglasses on indoors and a tone that could cut through aluminium.
“That’s not Glacier White. That’s Dulux Brilliant White. It’s all patchy. It looks ridiculous.”
She was right. It did.
The door looked like it had been photocopied in high contrast and glued on.
That’s when we gently broke the news…
🎯 The Truth Bomb
“Karen… it’s not just about what paint you use. It’s about how you apply it. And that’s where blending comes in.”
“Blending?” she said, like we’d just suggested she start meditating with crystals and essential oils.
We explained:
Even if we use the exact paint code, the rest of her car had aged. Sunlight, weather, and time all subtly change the colour and finish of original paintwork.
If we only paint the damaged panel, it will almost always stand out. Like painting just one square of a wall after a leak same colour, but you’ll still see the patch.
So what do we do? We blend.
🎨 What Is Blending, Anyway?
It’s the art (and science) of softly fading new paint into the surrounding panels like airbrushing, but with technical finesse and a lot less glitter.
✔️ It ensures there’s no harsh line between old and new
✔️ It makes the repair completely invisible
✔️ It gives the car a factory finish look
✔️ And yes it lasts
👩‍🎨 Enlightenment
Karen paused.
“So you don’t just slap it on and hope for the best?”
“Not unless you want to look like you’ve swapped doors with a fridge.”
“Right. Okay. Makes sense, I suppose.”
And just like that, Karen crossed over into her post DIY era.
🛠️ The Bodymatters Fix
A few days later, her Audi looked brand new again:
âś… Perfectly matched
âś… Properly blended
âś… No patchy eyesores
âś… No driveway disasters
✅ And her wall? Still smug, but we’ll leave that one for the builder.
🧠Moral of the Story?
Blending isn’t a luxury it’s how you stop your car looking like a patchwork quilt.
So if you ever hear, “Nah, we don’t need to blend it…” run.
Or better yet, come to us.
We’ll fix it properly, no Facebook cowboy nonsense.
#bodymatters #blending #colouraccurate
