Estimating Tip – Mitchell – Color Matching & Mixing Toners

DEG Inquiry 39422 provides feedback from Mitchell stating that mixing toners from an in-shop mixing system is not included in their published refinish time considerations. 

Specifically, Mitchell clarifies: 

• Mixing individual toners from a mixing bank per a formula to create a quantity of paint for a specific color or code is not included in any published Mitchell labor time. 

• Determining the correct variant of a specific paint code (whether by using variant card decks or automated color-matching tools to arrive at a correct formulation) to mix toners and create a quantity of paint of a specific color is not included in any Mitchell refinish time. 

Mitchell advises referencing "Color match or tinting"from the Not Included Operations of the Refinish Procedure in the Mitchell P-pages for further details.

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