How much to strip a vette??
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Melting Slicks
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How much to strip a vette??
I am curious what most people pay to have there vette stripped.
Here is my scenario
Decklid and hartop were already stripped.
1. Body shop managed to strip 90 percent of the car, but cut into fiberglass with DA sanders. The rear taillamp panel and front grill/below headlight area are not stripped.
2. Doors, hood, hardtop, and decklid are in first coat of filler primer.
3. Headlight buckets were fit(in other words-the area around the headlight buckets were sanded)
What would you expect to pay for this work??
Here is my scenario
Decklid and hartop were already stripped.
1. Body shop managed to strip 90 percent of the car, but cut into fiberglass with DA sanders. The rear taillamp panel and front grill/below headlight area are not stripped.
2. Doors, hood, hardtop, and decklid are in first coat of filler primer.
3. Headlight buckets were fit(in other words-the area around the headlight buckets were sanded)
What would you expect to pay for this work??
Racer
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From: Farmington Hills Michigan
I thought you guys were settling for $2.000 ?
It looks like a lot of work has been done, but if your saying - say 80 grit DA paper has left you problems with some of the fiberglass I don't know. Perhaps a heavy coat of primer.
I have used an 80 DA on a lot of paint work, but always was working on steel.
It looks like a lot of work has been done, but if your saying - say 80 grit DA paper has left you problems with some of the fiberglass I don't know. Perhaps a heavy coat of primer.
I have used an 80 DA on a lot of paint work, but always was working on steel.
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St. Jude Donor '07
this doesn't answer your question...
but for future reference; i stipped the 'lacquer' off my 62 myself with a razorblade scraper. took a day... and NO damage to the fiberglass.... 
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Melting Slicks
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We agreed on 2,000. I sent my father to pick it up since i could not get away from everything going on here and they told him 4,000 and he cut them a check. Car is now at the new painter and he said that it was going to take 8-10,000 to fix the car and paint it.
I am about to have a nervous break down. When i first dropped the car off it was suppose to be media blasted for 2,200, but then something happened and they chose to strip it with a DA sander. I asked how much that would cost comparatively speaking and he said the same amount it just takes longer obvioulsly. Well, they didnt even finish stripping the damn car and all they did with the hood doors decklid and hardtop was spray one coat of primer on them-they havent even been filled or blocked yet. This is going to get ugly. Not to mention the paint on myother car has problems.
I am going to try to cool down over the weekend before i call b/c i think i might start aggressively yelling and threatining if i call anytime soon. Many cold beers will be had this weekend.
I am about to have a nervous break down. When i first dropped the car off it was suppose to be media blasted for 2,200, but then something happened and they chose to strip it with a DA sander. I asked how much that would cost comparatively speaking and he said the same amount it just takes longer obvioulsly. Well, they didnt even finish stripping the damn car and all they did with the hood doors decklid and hardtop was spray one coat of primer on them-they havent even been filled or blocked yet. This is going to get ugly. Not to mention the paint on myother car has problems.
I am going to try to cool down over the weekend before i call b/c i think i might start aggressively yelling and threatining if i call anytime soon. Many cold beers will be had this weekend.
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From: Fort Wayne IN
How much to strip a Vette
I had my 63 SWC media blasted by a local, but well-known source. I was very happy with the results. I believe that I paid about $800 for the job. It took a day to get it done completely. The only issue that I had was the media (small plastic pellets) get into everything and you need to mask vents and heater openings etc. prior to sending the car out.
I had pulled my engine prior to also which does make it easier.
I have pics after the job ... which I can send along if you like.
addy
I had pulled my engine prior to also which does make it easier.
I have pics after the job ... which I can send along if you like.
addy
Melting Slicks
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From: Kissimme now from LI,NY
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Cobrastang,
From what I can tell 2 k should have sufficed... They definitly took advantage of your dad and didn't HONOR what they told you.. I'm not sure what you pay per hour, but here on LI, NY most places are $60/hr so @2k they have 33hrs and @4k they have 66hrs. I don't even think they hit they 33hrs...
Your wise to cool down over the weekend with some brews, but next week I would tell them to give you back 2k (or stop the check today!!) or have them give you the rest of the $$$ to fix their shoddy workmanship....
Sorry that happened to you...
/joe
From what I can tell 2 k should have sufficed... They definitly took advantage of your dad and didn't HONOR what they told you.. I'm not sure what you pay per hour, but here on LI, NY most places are $60/hr so @2k they have 33hrs and @4k they have 66hrs. I don't even think they hit they 33hrs...
Your wise to cool down over the weekend with some brews, but next week I would tell them to give you back 2k (or stop the check today!!) or have them give you the rest of the $$$ to fix their shoddy workmanship....
Sorry that happened to you...
/joe
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From: N J
Originally Posted by nassau66427
If it isn't too late already, stopping payment on the check will certainly get their attention.
Not a bad idea. I think when they said "something happened and we used the DA instead"......that "something" sounds like more $$$$ ending up in their own pocket. Good luck with this and try to enjoy the holiday.
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From: Newark DE
if you agreed on $2k and they told your dad $4K I wouldn't wait over the weekend but put a stop on the check immediately!
Than go over on Monday, tell them you put a stop on the check and why and than settle for what was agreed upon although from what I can see even $2k seems awfully high for what has been done so far.
Than go over on Monday, tell them you put a stop on the check and why and than settle for what was agreed upon although from what I can see even $2k seems awfully high for what has been done so far.
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Originally Posted by ghostrider20
I thought using a DA on a midyear was tantamount to disaster?
Mark
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From: Newark DE
Originally Posted by ghostrider20
I thought using a DA on a midyear was tantamount to disaster?
Mark
Mark
very easy to oversand and round off the sharp feature lines of the car.
Someone in the past did that to my car and when it was in for new paint last year my bodyguy.painter had to rebuild up the peaks of the fender because of that as they were too rounded over from oversanding.
I personally feel chemical stripping is by far the safest method to strip a Corvette body - less risk of damage that way. Sanding can round off sharp feature lines and razor method can end up with gouges in the fiberglass that require repair if you aren't extremely careful.
Right now I have the 2nd corvette in a year in the paintshop for a complete strip and repaint and the '65 last year was chemical stripped and this current one is being chemical stripped.
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From: Del Boca Vista FL
I used Captain Lee's Spra Strip on my 63. You work a small section at a time (1 -2 sq feet) to remove the paint. In order to neutralize it you use water. Then, after neutralizing it I took soft scrub and a scotch brite pad and finished removal of every trace of primer left on the glass after the spra strip treatment. Came down to bare white fiberglass with ease. Took me about 40 hours. Also took the soft scrub and scotch brite to the interior to strip it bare after carpet removal.
Rich
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From: Newark DE
Originally Posted by Vogie
Which stripping chemical do you use and how do you insure it is gone before painting? Thanks.
Captian Lee's seems to be the most popular one.
As Rich stated, water neutralizes it but the painter that did my '65 goes to extremes just to be on the safe side. He has specialized on paining old vettes (only does vettes and only does C1, C2 and C3 cars) for 30 years and it's the only way he strips a car.
He does one panel at a time only.
after stripping a panel he wipes it down with lacquer thinner, than washes with soapy water, rinses with clean water, than another wipe down with lacquer thinner.
Than he moves on to the next panel.
After stripping the entire car he than goes thru the entire cleaning process as listed above again.
After stripping and cleaning the car he lets the car sit for at least two weeks to "vent". This allows any possible remaining chemical residue to vent out of the fiberglass before starting any needed bodywork or prep for paint
As I said, he takes it to extremes but in 30 years he claims he hasn't had a single car come back with solvent popping issues!
I can say that the paint on my '65 is now a year old and no issues at all with solvent popping from the chemical strippers