The place local just uses a single stage DuPont paint with clearcoat, no
color sanding and all that. They do three coats. I saw their work and it
looks pretty good for all of $1,000- <$1,500 tops. The blaster and a couple
of body shops say they are good. Other places with two and three stage cost
a lot more - twice as much at least. They don't use epoxy primer here, but
I'm not sure what benefit that has.
The other issue I have is towing it around everywhere. I don't like paying
Uhaul for trailer every time I move my car 2 miles, but what can I do?
Thanks
Tim Beloney
VAR Development Manager
Wyse Technology
www.wyse.com
tbeloney(at)wyse.com <mailto:tbeloney(at)wyse.com>
510.749.9432 (phone)
510.714.2067 (cell/pgr)
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Gibbs [mailto:rgibbs(at)pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 5:55 AM
To: Timothy Beloney
Cc: tigers(at)autox.team.net; alpines(at)autox.team.net
Subject: Re: painter
Timothy Beloney wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any paint shop recommendation in the Bay
Area?
Tim,
I do not have any recommendations for painters in the Bay
area, but have
some general recommendations:
1. Call the local paint supplier(s)/jobbers and ask them for
recommendations. They sell paint to all of the local
businesses and may
be able to give you some insight. Might want to start witht
the Dupont
and PPG distributors, since these are high quality products
(actually
they both have a modest to high quality line of paints).
2. Talk with several potential paint shops. Same as getting
several
bids for a job. This accomplishes at least two purposes: 1)
it helps to
ensure that you get a fair price; and even more important:
2) it helps
to educate you about the job. In getting several quotes you
will
inevitably learn quite a bit about car painting. Do you
want the car
taken down to bare metal ? How straight do you want the
body panels ?
(If you are having the car painted a very dark color ripples
show up
more), how much will you want the car disassembled ? Single
stage paint
? Basecoat/clear ? Lacquer (I doubt they will paint with
lacquer),
enamel, enamel with hardner, urethane (sp?). Color sanded
and buffed ?
Fixed price job or cost plus ? ..... the paint shop will
need to know
your expectations to be able to cost this job. You will
learn a lot.
3. When you talk to the paint shops, I would suggest that
you write down
the relevant information , and produce a few photocopies
with the "to: "
part blank. Then hand write in the name of the paint shop
you are
requesting a bid from before you submit it. This lets the
paint shop
know that this is a competetive bid without having to bring
it up, which
can be awkward.
4. Paint shops make most of their profit on insurance
company repairs
and quick repaints. Primarily the former. Projects like
yours end up
being priced closer to their bottom line. Consequently your
car may or
may not be finished in time.
5. Select the paint shop prior to having the car media
blasted. For a
couple of reasons : they may be able to have this job done
at a lower
cost than you can negotiate, and you want to make sure that
the post
media priming is done with a product which is compatible
with the paint
product line that the shop will eventually use.
6. No paint job is 100% perfect. Have good talk with the
shop to
understand the quality vs price.
Good luck,
-Roger
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