David I totally agree.... I am now and always have been a proponent of the
Driveway Paint job...Here is the basics of how I would do it...
Find a Paint supplier.... buy the guy a Donut and cup of coffee.... go hang
out for a bit in otherwords.... tell him your going to buy 100% of your
materials from him ... Paint, Sandpaper and so on.....all you require is
that he walk you through each of the steps.... He isn't going to teach you
how to paint your car... but he might help more then you suspect... He is a
salesman.... his job is to sell his products .... He knows them and how to
use them... and since he is recommending each step in the process he will
sell you a TOTAL system which is compatible... each step of the way... from
Primer to Clearcoat... he may even know of a booth avalible at a local
collage or something... ( booths are over rated )
the only paint that is hard to shoot are metalic's... Straight color is
simple... and I don't care what it looks like up front I can fix it....
that's why I paint in my driveway... which is gravel down at the shop...
The key to a quality paint job isn't the shine....it's the Prep and
Cleanliness of the surface when the paint is applied and how well you sand
and polish it afterwards... or between the base coat and the clear coat....
Color sanding is a wonderful thing and a polisher is a cheap way to a show
quality shine...
Don't think this is a quick way to a cheap paint job....it's expensive...
even if you own the air compressor and sanders.... ( if you don't the
cheapies at the hardware store are fine for the couple of times in your life
you going to do this ) My favorite paint is PPG Delstar but use whatever
the nicest guy recommends... you might even go to a couple of folks just to
see how many donuts you can eat in a Morning... none of it is Bad Paint
unless it's cheap.
Keith Turk ( yes I painted the Camaro in my driveway... and the rest of my
cars ) ( when Hot Rod wrote the article the guy was amazed... he had seen
Bazillion buck jobs that weren't as nice ) www.landracing.com/soal
----- Original Message -----
From "David Riker" <davriker at pacbell.net>
To: "Spridget Mail List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: body shop questions.
> Along the same line, and I think someone touched on it before. A lot of
the
> prep guys will do extra work for some side $$ also. And on the paint.
Ask
> the guy who actually will be shooting it what he likes to use best. I was
> all set to buy one kind of paint but my painter had never shot it before
and
> didn't want to risk a re-do when the paint and clear coat alone were over
> $500. Point three, MACCO, EARL et. al do not use the same quality of
paint
> as the $2000 guy. If they paid $500 for materials, how could they stay in
> business charging $199??? A cheap paint fades and looses its gloss. A
good
> paint has better pigment stability, stays glossy longer, and resists
surface
> scratches. There is no place to skimp on body and paint work. One missed
> step anywhere in the process will result in disappointing results.
> David Riker
> 74 Midget
> 63 Falcon
> 70 Torino
> http://home.pacbell.net/davriker
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elliott, Patrick" <patrick.elliott@attws.com>
> To: "Toby Atwater" <tob.sprite.landcruiser@home.com>
> Cc: "Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail)" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:57 AM
> Subject: RE: body shop questions.
>
>
> > I suggest you do all the prep work your self. Then go talk to Macco or
> Earl.
> > Tell them what your after. They use the same paints that the 2k guys
does,
> > They spray cars all day, and It takes very little paint for a sprite.
The
> > reason the $199 jobs suck is the lack of good prep. I've seen cars that
> they
> > didn't even wash first...
> >
> > I did this at "Miracle" a local Earl clone. I told the painter that
I'd
> > slip him a fifty if it didn't have any runs. For $400 out the door I got
> > three coats of color, door jams, both sides of boot and bonnet. It's not
> > concurs, But it's a whole lot better then I could do. I had only asked
for
> > two coats of color, But he said he had mixed too much paint so he gave
it
> > another shot for fun.
> >
> > Chose a bright color. It over whelms the eyes and hides bad body work.
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