About this paint thing - I always figured some guy who stood there eight
hours a day with a paint gun in his hand is BOUND to get good at it sooner
or later!! If you can get them to use better quality paint, and have
someone (like a REAL bodyman) do the prep work, and take EVERYTHING off
the car that you do not want painted - you could get an excellent job.
I've had a lot of cars painted over the last 30 years or so - and I have
never found a guy who could "do it all". By this I mean - the best body
repair man I ever met couldn't paint worth a crap, also the best painter
was a lousy body straightener, and NONE of them were good "edge" guy.
(never painted around the edges so to speak.). Maybe if you could get a
guy to do the above and "cut it in also - you could get a good job "on the
cheap!". Just my .002 worth. Thanks for listening, DaveG.
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> From: Jim Wilson <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] paint
> Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 2:10 PM
>
> Guys,
> Steve has got it pretty good about Shiebs paint jobs. When I was in the
> service on of our guys had his rig painted there
> for $19.95. The trick was for that price all they did was paint, no prep
> what so ever and if it wasn't glass they
> didn't protect it. He did all his own sanding and mad "templates" for all
> the parts to be covered and removed every
> piece of chrome from the car before taking it down. The job came out
great
> and when I saw him about 10 years ago
> he still had the car (55 Chrysler) and it still looked good, little worse
> for the wear, but paint looked good for
> a 20+ year old job.
> I would guess that Maaco would be the same.
> Jim
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