Cost Of Quality Paint Job

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  1. schroensr

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    +I preffer to do my own since I learned first hand from a painter that did it for a profession. I am able to do a show quality job at a fraction of the price because you need to be aware of certain factors when you paint. I don't have 30,000 tied up in a paint both with sata guns either. Patients an understanding of the products is key.
     
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    71maverick361 Vern Isaac

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    Can you come paint mine LOL #roadtrip
     
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    I could if you were close. I have painted dump trucks an cars very reasonable. It all depends on the paint cost. Color is the price factor.
     
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    71maverick361 Vern Isaac

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    Started on it today
     

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    Wow! I guess with a nice paint job, there is some assembly required.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    yep...anything you don't want body color...:thumbs2:

    pics. of my 71 I lost in "paint jail".
     

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    stumanchu Stuart

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    I have been trying so hard to get my car into one piece that tearing it down to that extent is mind boggling. One step at a time I guess.....and for me, baby steps! I suppose if I ever get to one of those Mav/Comet gatherings and see all the BEAUTIFUL cars, the tear apart bug might get me.
     
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    71maverick361 Vern Isaac

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    Yeah I liked my Mav but the paint was less than perfect for sure. So I wanted it to be as nice as possible.
    Hope to have it all back together before April 1st for a local car show

    71gold I like that white !!!!
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    thanks...that was the primer, never got to the paint..."1.5 years" :slap:
     
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    71maverick361 Vern Isaac

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    That's crazy 1.5 years. I would have lost interest long before then LOL
     
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    Dang.....a year and a half? how do you get the painter re-motivated?

    sounds like the painter lost interest.......yikes!
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    after 14K invested, he never finished... I gave the project to a friend...:yup:
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    I would have also but this was a Father/Son project...:yup:
     
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    What happen to it after the friend got it? What state of disassembly was it, when friend got it?
    I am to old for my car to be locked up for 1.5; I like driving it -- just the way it is. If it ever gets disassembled to the point of your 71, someone else will own it....
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    the pic. shows how it was when he got it. we loaded all the pieces and parts in the car, loaded it on a rollback and to his house it went. he has it as it was as far as I know.
    sad thing...I drove it to the paint shop...:yup:
    Patches has been there and back but a piece at a time.
    door off, door on...fender off, fender on...trunk "door" off, trunk" door" on...(I like "trunk door"):bouncy:
     

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