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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From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of DLylis@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:22 PM
To: tr3a@comcast.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
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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