Subject: Re: [Mgs] Paint

From: Dan DiBiase via Mgs <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:27:34 -0400

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Sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday, Rick!

Dan D
Central NJ USA
http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/

On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 7:38 AM Richard Lindsay via Mgs <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Hello friends,
>    I visited the painter yesterday, as planned, and recieved a nice
> surprise. Management had all of the paint dispensers replaced so the mix
> precision is now restored to new, not that it was ever bad. The paint guy
> knows the PPG Shopline paint inside and out. I have worked with the manager
> before on four previous jobs and she is fair and honest. She discounts the
> costs for me and measures the labor honestly (repeat customer).
>    The car requires very little body work so the labor charge is minimal.
> There are four holes in the rear deck lid that will be welded closed (old
> luggage rack mounts) and a small rust spot where water leaked in through
> one of the holes. Other than that, there are just a few dimples on the
> bonnet that will be flattened. And of course sanding to a stable base.
>    The finishing process will then be: repairs > high build epoxy sealant
> > block sanding > basecoat > 3 layers of clearcoat. All done in urethane
> for a wet-look gloss. One week turn around and starting on a Monday. Paint
> by the end of the week, final curing over the weekend.
>    Triumph number '82 Carmine' red paint color is of course, not in their
> color formula table. The car is 45 years old and as we know, somewhat rare
> to boot. I have the PPG, Dupont and Ditzler paint codes as well as the
> Triumph code but that doesn't really help. What I do have that will work is
> a bottle of Carmine red touchup paint and the color is correct. So, I'm
> going to paint a sample card with that paint and their color computer can
> scan and match it! The paint guy is meticulous and will mix a test to
> compare. After that its painting as normal. I will also save the formula in
> case of subsequent work (gasp).
>
>    Its Saturday morning so my junior mechanic, a.k.a. grandson, comes to
> help at the shop. We have great fun on Saturday mornings. We first have
> breakfast, then go to the shop. Sometimes we go to Harbor Freight together
> to walk the isles and get the free doodad of the week. Once at the shop we
> do actual work - for a while - then he rides his bike and visits with the
> guy in the unit next door. That guy often brings his teenage daughter along
> and she is great with Kelum...and she is a motorhead, restoring her old
> pickup truck.
>    That's it. Off to work and play.
>
> Rick
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday, Rick!<div><br=
></div><div>Dan D</div><div>Central NJ USA<br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><a href=3D"http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/" target=3D"_blank">=
http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/</a></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep=
 14, 2019 at 7:38 AM Richard Lindsay via Mgs &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mgs@auto=
x.team.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(2=
04,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:=
sans-serif">Hello friends,</span><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"font-family:san=
s-serif"><div dir=3D"auto"><div style=3D"width:328px;margin:16px 0px"><div>=
<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0I visited the painter yest=
erday, as planned, and recieved a nice surprise. Management had all of the =
paint dispensers replaced so the mix precision is now restored to new, not =
that it was ever bad. The paint guy knows the PPG Shopline paint inside and=
 out. I have worked with the manager before on four previous jobs and she i=
s fair and honest. She discounts the costs for me and measures the labor ho=
nestly (repeat customer).</div><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0The car requi=
res very little body work so the labor charge is minimal. There are four ho=
les in the rear deck lid that will be welded closed (old luggage rack mount=
s) and a small rust spot where water leaked in through one of the holes. Ot=
her than that, there are just a few dimples on the bonnet that will be flat=
tened. And of course sanding to a stable base.</div><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0The finishing process will then be: repairs &gt; high build epoxy=
 sealant &gt; block sanding &gt; basecoat &gt; 3 layers of clearcoat. All d=
one in urethane for a wet-look gloss. One week turn around and starting on =
a Monday. Paint by the end of the week, final curing over the weekend.</div=
><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0Triumph number &#39;82 Carmine&#39; red pai=
nt color is of course, not in their color formula table. The car is 45 year=
s old and as we know, somewhat rare to boot. I have the PPG, Dupont and Dit=
zler paint codes as well as the Triumph code but that doesn&#39;t really he=
lp. What I do have that will work is a bottle of Carmine red touchup paint =
and the color is correct. So, I&#39;m going to paint a sample card with tha=
t paint and their color computer can scan and match it! The paint guy is me=
ticulous and will mix a test to compare. After that its painting as normal.=
 I will also save the formula in case of subsequent work (gasp).</div><div =
dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0Its Saturday morning =
so my junior mechanic, a.k.a. grandson, comes to help at the shop. We have =
great fun on Saturday mornings. We first have breakfast, then go to the sho=
p. Sometimes we go to Harbor Freight together to walk the isles and get the=
 free doodad of the week. Once at the shop we do actual work - for a while =
- then he rides his bike and visits with the guy in the unit next door. Tha=
t guy often brings his teenage daughter along and she is great with Kelum..=
.and she is a motorhead, restoring her old pickup truck.</div><div dir=3D"a=
uto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0That&#39;s it. Off to work and play.</div><div dir=3D"aut=
o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Rick</div></div></div></div></div></div></di=
v>
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