[TR] Painting a car

[Andrew Uprichard]

I agree:  I found a guy who let me go to his shop every weekend and I have
done moist of the grunt work.  But he is going to paint it.  I think you'd
always feel bad about a substandard paint job.

Andrew

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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [TR] Painting a car

I am with Darrell on this one.  You are concerned about all the right
things 
except you left out SILICONE!  I never found the source (even  changed 
compressors) but the guy who eventually painted the remaining car for me
identified 
it as the problem.
IMHO if you are satisfied with orange peel, sags, etc but a relatively
clean 
looking car, then paint it yourself.  My recommendation is to find  someone 
who will spray it for you in the proper environment.  Make a deal  that you
do 
all the prep work as well as the wet sanding and buffing.  You  will gain
the 
personal satisfaction that you are looking for without the  aggravation. 
I got mine sprayed for $1200 materials included and the paint was about  
$500.  I have since found that it could have been done cheaper, but I was
OK with 
that.
BTW you are likely to have to sign a statement that you will not come back  
and bitch as the key to a great paint job is prep and you are going to be
doing 
 that.
 
David  Lylis
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