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I'm committed now...
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I'm committed now...
Took the Vette off to be painted today. We have a new DIY Auto Center in the area called Painters Lane. It was 11 degrees out in my garage but it was 72 in their's when I got started. Here's a few pictures of today's progress. Not bad for 8 hours. Paint is spiderwebbed all the way thru the gelcat so it all has to come off.
Here's the goal...
Here's the goal...
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Sounds like a neat place to work on your ride. Should make it a whole lot more fun to work on rather than in your garage. 
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Originally Posted by c3_guy
How does the DIY facility work? Do you pay by the day or a set fee for the job with a time limit? I have never heard of that before, but it seems like a good deal for us cold weather folks.
I got in on a package deal. All the time I need to do the car in a heated bay with tool room use and 2 hours f heated paintbooth time for $500. Doesn't matter if it takes 2 weeks or a year. I never pay for bay time for this project, the painting.They have hourly rates for the bays. $15/hr incl tool room. $7.5/hr w/o tool room. Machine shop has a fee by piece of equipment, like sandblaster, mig welder, etc. 2 post lift and Kwik lift are available too.