I repainted my '59 MGA about a year and a half ago using a Dupont acrylic
basecoat-clearcoat system. This was the first car I painted and I won't try to
tell you it came out perfect. I did some in my basement, some on the carport
and
some out in the back yard hanging from the bird feeder. The major flaws were in
the body prep and runs - both of which came back to haunt me. The one comment I
got was from my local mechanic - an old snuff-dipping gearhead who has
sufficient
color to make me believe he probably knows what he is talking about - who told
me
he has seen "helluva lot worse paint jobs for big money." The days of backyard
auto may be numbered (I've gotten one citation from the county for having a junk
car - I told the officer I had more money in the engine of my junk car than he
made in a month and that when I got it back together I'd kick his butt any day -
it's a balanced, turbo buick with all the goodies) - but they ain'f over yet.
ralph cordell
'59 MGA, '84 Turbo Regal, '87 Grand national, '96 Roadmonster
Mike Rambour wrote:
> At 12:27 PM 8/11/99 -0400, Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
> >.....snip...
> >response. After too many scare responses, I'm afraid the days of painting my
> >own cars has gone. (Somehow the thought of creating a "chamber" big enough
> >for me and the car, then pumping it full of cyanide compounds just doesn't
> >....snip....
>
> I have to disagree with the days being over. You can easily build a
> cheap plastic dropcloth wall in your garage to build that chamber and then
> rent a fresh air system to paint the car. In my case I bought a HobbyAir
> system, its $300 and that adds to the cost of the painting but I use it a
> lot for lots of things. Like glass beading, sand blasting and painting
> small parts late at night when the garage door is closed. After I
> purchased mine, I found you could rent similar items for $28/day at the
> tool rental place, for that price I would have considered renting it when I
> paint the car but I am glad I bought the HobbyAir since I use it a lot anyway.
>
> Todays paints are NASTY but the days are not over, I still prefer saying
> "yes that is a run in the paint, but its MY run". And I think I do a
> better quality job than most shops that I could afford will do anyway
> because I will make sure every nook and cranny has paint in it, rather than
> go, that spot wont be seen after its assembled lets ignore it. I can't
> afford the shops that would do it right, money or time wise. The cosmetic
> quality of the paint would be better from a shop than I will do but it is
> MY paint job on MY car, and if I am happy with it isn't that all that
> matters anyway?
>
> mike
>
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