Shooting is rather quick and painless. It is the prep work that can take
hundreds of hours, while shooting is two or three. (and I am slow). I stand
behind the belief that anyone can do a good paint job on their own. The
same paint and chemicals are available. but after you do it once you
realize it is best to let a professional do the whole deal for you.
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou [mailto:doug@dougbraun.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:46 AM
To: Trevor Boicey; Jason
Cc: pbowen@intellinetics.com; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Spitfire Painting Saga, finally completed
I'm wondering: How much of the time and hassle is the prep vs the actual
shooting?
Or: What is the most intelligent way to divide the various prep/painting
tasks
between yourself and a shop? My car already has a crummy, peeling, DPO
paint job over the original, so it might need serious stripping or sanding.
Thanks,
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 12:21 AM 9/6/01 , Trevor Boicey wrote:
>Jason wrote:
> >
> > 9.) Painting your own car is probably not really worth the head ache.
> > 10.) I now understand, and will gladly pay $3000 for a good paint job.
>
> I can agree with this as well. I painted my MGB and it
>came out fine, but when it came time to paint the MG ZB
>the quotes to get it done sounded VERY reasonable compared
>to the work of doing it myself!
>
> The other issue is the chemistry, you likely can't use
>the same death-inducing paints that the pros can, unless
>you buy or rent all the breathing gear.
>
> In my case, my garage is attached, so I'd have to also
>buy breathing gear for my wife and three cats while I
>painted. ;>
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