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Re: $50 paint job [fintail]
by jlflemmons
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Jun 23, 2009 (12:14 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 23, 2009 11:29 am)
Back in high school a buddy had a VW bug. It was given to him, and needed a paint job. Well, Homer saved up his money and bought the paint, only to find out what it was going to cost to get it put on the car! So, he bought the best paint brush he could afford, gave the car a light sanding, and brushed on coats (non-reduced) until he ran out of paint. You could sure see the brushmarks, but that paint is probably still stuck to pieces of metal being used somewhere.
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- #17739 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [jlflemmons]
by fintail
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Jun 23, 2009 (12:38 pm)
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Replying to: jlflemmons (Jun 23, 2009 12:14 pm)
I am sure the current owner of that car appreciates his work 
In high school a kid I knew had an old Volvo 122/Amazon wagon...he painted it himself in his parents garage with some borrowed equipment. It actually turned out decently enough for a job done by a kid...the only problem was dirt/dust in the paint, but that can be worked down over time. I'd never attempt that...pushing my luck like that would not have good results.
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- #17740 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [fintail]
by lemmer
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Jun 24, 2009 (5:07 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 23, 2009 12:38 pm)
I had a friend that sprayed his 280ZX in college. It looked horrible with all kinds of runs, bubbles, dirt, etc. He thought it was concours worthy. A bad paint job is far worse than a older faded one to me.
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- #17741 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [fintail]
by andre1969
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Jun 24, 2009 (5:20 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 23, 2009 12:38 pm)
I used to have a neighbor that restored cars, and had a setup in one of his garage bays for painting cars. He did both of my Darts for me. He let me do some of the painting on the first Dart, but he did most of it. He let me do more of the second one, and it didn't come out nearly as well. The biggest problem I remember was flying insects getting attracted to the paint and getting stuck in it, while it was still wet.
I also made the mistake of wearing shorts when we did the first Dart. The mist from the paint ended up coating the hairs on my legs, and took several showers to finally wear off. Luckily it was beige paint, so it just made it look like I had blond hair, and not some wilder color like red or blue!
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- #17742 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [lemmer]
by fintail
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Jun 24, 2009 (5:57 am)
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Replying to: lemmer (Jun 24, 2009 5:07 am)
I will agree with that. An old paint job has patina, which is finally being given value as the "preservation" ideal becomes popular. A cheap paint job is just cheap, and makes one wonder what else is wrong.
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- #17743 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [andre1969]
by fintail
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Jun 24, 2009 (5:58 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 24, 2009 5:20 am)
I never had luck painting model cars...maybe some kind of automated machine in a sealed room would be a good thing to invent and market.
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- #17744 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [lemmer]
by lemko
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Jun 24, 2009 (6:56 am)
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Replying to: lemmer (Jun 23, 2009 11:08 am)
Oh man! That reminds me of my old next-door neighbor. He had a new black 911 Cabriolet. His wife was constantly fighting with him. Often when nothing good was on television, I'd listen to them go at it instead. The man always seemed to get the worst of it. I remember her bashing down the front door of their house one night. For a little woman, she was pretty strong. One day, I look out the window to see the wife tossing eggs at her husband's Porsche. I just looked on in horror and hoped she didn't get any on my new red 1994 Cadillac which was parked about a car's width away
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- #17745 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [fintail]
by lemko
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Jun 24, 2009 (7:03 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 24, 2009 5:58 am)
Me too! I remember building a model of a 1970 Chevrolet Impala. The parts I painted with a brush came out excellent, but when it came to spraying the body, the results were disappointing at best. I wanted to paint it the same beautiful dark blue metallic as the Impala Custom hardtop my Uncle Daniel once owned. It came out dull and orange-peely. The model still sits hidden in a cabinet in my basement.
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- #17746 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [lemko]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jun 24, 2009 (7:09 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 24, 2009 7:03 am)
How good a paint job looks is almost entirely dependent on the quality of the spray gun and the skill in the wrist of the sprayer.
A good man/woman with good tools and you'll usually have a nice result.
I saw a paint job once done in a guy's garage using an exhaust fan and a plastic sheet spray booth and man, this paint looked professional. He knew what he was doing, obviously.
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- #17747 of 19249
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Re: $50 paint job [Mr_Shiftright]
by texases
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Jun 24, 2009 (7:15 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 24, 2009 7:09 am)
"How good a paint job looks is almost entirely dependent on the quality of the spray gun and the skill in the wrist of the sprayer."
That's why I always get a laugh from the 'I don't want to pay for a paint job, so I'll try it myself...how hard could it be?' discussions on various boards. Especially the 'Oh, and I want to change the paint color too.' Wish I could be there to see the results.  
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