Subject	You will spend almost as much doing it yourself. Before
Posted by	ZTicket(Dallas) on March 15, 2007 at 10:08 AM
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In Reply To	Painting your own car... posted by Nismo_Gizmo on March 15, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Message	you "think" about it another day, go to autobody101.com/the body & paint forum/and read and ask those guys lots of questions. It's not as cheap as you think it might be. You have to use "paint systems" i.e. chemicals from the same manufacture(PPG). Cherry Red Pearl is about $120.00 per quart. Add the cost of Base coat reducers/hardners/epoxy primer & it's hardner, clear coat & it's hardner, not to mention sandpaper/sandpaper blocks/gun cleaner....bla bla bla. You will easily spend $1500 - $2000 just on supplies. Now, factor in technique/experience, which you have none, and I would bet the idea of painting your own car, just faded a bit.
Follow Ups	Painting your own car... - Nismo_Gizmo 08:26:38 03/15/07 take it to a body shop <-- best advice anyone can give you (n/m) - ZEngineer 08:32:39 03/15/07 2nd. (n/m) - Aqualung 09:41:41 03/15/07 Go to Eastwood.com and buy their tutorial videos (n/m) - Technomancer 08:33:02 03/15/07 there's no way a rookie can pull off a PEARL paint job - ZEngineer 08:38:35 03/15/07 agreed - awesom-o 08:50:13 03/15/07 2nd - zachttu (Lubbock) 10:15:41 03/15/07 From Eastwood's site - Technomancer 13:35:24 03/15/07 GFY (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 09:19:24 03/15/07 Thanks! - Scotts94z32 13:05:32 03/15/07 Out of sheer curiosity how bad is your paint right now? - Seafordguy 09:21:28 03/15/07 you were more than patient with him and the other kid - ZEngineer 09:33:15 03/15/07 HA - I'd forgotten about that. I really was trying to be - Seafordguy 09:38:41 03/15/07 I especially enjoyed his counter-argument - ZEngineer 10:09:56 03/15/07 If i thought he was referring to me with that, i would have - Nismo_Gizmo 10:25:34 03/15/07 (He was referring to SeaFORDguy) (n/m) - TT XTZ 10:37:40 03/15/07 *never went to (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 12:21:05 03/15/07 sigh....good times. (n/m) - Seafordguy 10:48:49 03/15/07 Get a porter cable polisher and take a look at these pics of - whatsthegoodword 09:32:31 03/15/07 What kind of compound did you use with that? (n/m) - Broke_as_**** 10:04:19 03/15/07 Portercable w/3m finesse it rubbing compound. It's a very - whatsthegoodword 11:13:45 03/15/07 What most people leave out is the fact that.... - 1badz32 (MN) 10:12:32 03/15/07 just take it to the paint shop...just my opinion - z_trbl_mkr 11:15:30 03/15/07 invest 3-500$ in the skool of hard knocks.... - 1badz32 (MN) 09:46:52 03/15/07 more like 3-5 years - Adam (NoVA) 12:22:24 03/15/07 Re: Painting your own car... - canyoncarver 10:05:11 03/15/07 You will spend almost as much doing it yourself. Before - ZTicket(Dallas) 10:08:56 03/15/07 dont forget about the paint sprayer. - zachttu (Lubbock) 10:13:18 03/15/07 so whats my best bet from here? - Nismo_Gizmo 10:30:04 03/15/07 i just really think that you will not be happy - zachttu (Lubbock) 10:46:54 03/15/07 a body shop wont have problems matching paint... - Ted(Snowflake Customs) 11:51:25 03/15/07 I've done this before.... read... - Ted(Snowflake Customs) 11:02:50 03/15/07 ^^^^ enough reason for me to pay someone to do it (n/m) - zachttu (Lubbock) 12:38:30 03/15/07 Holy wow. Painting is crazy hard. :( (n/m) - CaliguyPurdue (redesigning) 13:31:25 03/15/07 Re: I've done this before.... read... - Nismo_Gizmo 14:28:14 03/15/07 I say try it! - BlackRyuji 12:58:42 03/15/07 Wanna buy my paint gun? - NisBo 04:43:18 03/16/07
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