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Originally Posted by 1966geeto
I to was in a quandary about getting my 66 painted I did not have the confidence to do it myself although I had researched for about a year bought the gun and equip to do it.At the last minute I backed out and went searching for a body shop well 2 years later and allot of grief and money my car is back home with the worst looking paint job I've ever seen.I am sick about it and don't know what to do to fix it they shop came highly recommended with 45 years of experience and specialty being hot rods.Once I dropped her off it took 5 months before they even touched it after that it was all down hill thought I was going to have a nervous break down.The car is a frame off restoration it is now back home and the body is sitting on 4x4s as it sat around his shop so long the frame got dusted with over spray I know this is a long story but just venting I am in very poor health and on a limited income so now I'm at a loss as to what to do the car has not been cut and buffed he keeps saying it will look great when it's done but cutting and buffing will not remove scratches in the base coat or dead spots in the paint I live in Tampa Fla and wish I had dragged it to one of the Macos or Carsmetics to get it shot I'm living a nightmare now.I guess just trying to get the point across have the confidence t do it yourself I wish I did good luck.There is a good website that can give you lots of info AUTOBODYSTORE .COM guys name is Len Stuart old school guy anyways good luck.One more thing the shop lost a bunch of small parts so now I have to repurchase this stuff..  |
Sorry to hear about this. I've had a similar experience to this & I know the feeling. Occurrences like this is one reason project cars get shelved,sold, etc.
I've considered doing my own paint work a few times and I am semi-confident in my abilities. But, after taking into consideration the insanely high cost of materials & equipment and the likelihood of the end result coming out looking like ass and having to redo everything at twice the cost (or more) a local Maaco made the most sense to me. I know the OP stated that wasn't really an option for him.
I do all my own prep work as I can handle that but the final paint being the number one most visible thing I see, well I prefer to leave it to a pro. But after reading the above horror story & knowing how hard it can be to find a competent shop/painter I can see why someone would want to shoot it themelf.