Paint Matching for Rookies
The Red Oxide Primer Surfacer of the repair area ^ was key into helping the transparent covering top coats of red to be able to cover the repair.
Had that been a gray primer surfacer, forget it > it would have taken 10 coats of the transparent red topcoat to cover it. That in itself would have brung on all kinds of paint problems...
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