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| Bogaat |
 Jun 20 2007, 11:36 AM
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I am getting my car back from the body shop today. They filled a few holes and basically got the car to the point where I just need to mask, sand lightly and then put on my base/clear coats. I have a guy who can do it in his shop for some amount of money, but I am thinking I could just do it myself. I have a garage I can setup, compressor and I can buy one of those Eastwood guns. I have done a little spray painting a few years back, but nothing to the quality of an exterior paint job. Should I do it myself or shell out the money? The body shop I was at wanted an extra 1200 to do the paint...didn't make sense. All thoughts are appreciated. I will post pics of the car when I get it back later this evening.
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| Borderline |
Jun 20 2007, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 8-February 05 From: San Juan Bautista, CA Member No.: 3,577 Region Association: Northern California |
On a strictly financial grounds, it will prolly cost you the $1200 to do it yourself. There's a lot of little stuff that adds up. I paid $350/gal for single stage urethane paint, and that didn't include the reducers and curing agents.
On the other hand, it's a lot of fun to say "I painted it myself" , but when the response is "I can see that"??? Actually people have said nice things about my paint job. I don't recommend a color change: Big PITA. Good luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Bogaat Paint it myself? Jun 20 2007, 11:36 AM
jasons I can't tell you what you should do. But, the... Jun 20 2007, 11:49 AM Bogaat 1200 did include the materials. This is for a two... Jun 20 2007, 11:52 AM jasons Can your compressor keep up with a paint gun? Are... Jun 20 2007, 11:59 AM
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Can your compressor keep up with a paint gun? Ar... Jun 20 2007, 12:01 PM jasons I would do the math on the paint materials. Go to... Jun 20 2007, 12:11 PM DonTraver This is from the classics forum, should give you m... Jun 20 2007, 12:27 PM thomasotten I did my own, and it looks better than any shop ar... Jun 20 2007, 01:11 PM SLKWrx Only bit of advice, wait for a good 0 humidity day... Jun 20 2007, 03:03 PM |
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