Paint Question
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by Mr.Gearhead
SO..... do you guys think 800 grit will do the job? Should I ask for 600 grit??? And I thought rebuilding the frame was tough????? 
Maybe George D. can chime in on this.
Race Director
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by Mr.Gearhead
Hey 68, how is it going? Yeah... Jim and the guys at County are great. They DO charge for the work... but you don't need to ever go back for same issue!
The guy that painted my car is employed with same company. I don't personnally know him... (I do now) but he was recommended by another coworker. He lives here is VA and I am his first paying customer...
I spoke with him today and he agreed to have my car picked up on flat bed and taken back to his shop. WE are going to knock the paint down and spray the WHOLE car again. I WILL be there every time he picks up the HVLP gun. It really stinks because my body is back on my fresh rebuild frame. I guess I will just tape everything like crazy so I don't get overspray everywhere!
He said he is going to 800 grit everything then shoot the car again with base and also primer if necessary. He understands my issues "and will work to make me happy.... no need to get lawyers involved!" Oh yeah... of course he is paying for all the supplies. SO..... do you guys think 800 grit will do the job? Should I ask for 600 grit??? And I thought rebuilding the frame was tough?????
The guy that painted my car is employed with same company. I don't personnally know him... (I do now) but he was recommended by another coworker. He lives here is VA and I am his first paying customer...
I spoke with him today and he agreed to have my car picked up on flat bed and taken back to his shop. WE are going to knock the paint down and spray the WHOLE car again. I WILL be there every time he picks up the HVLP gun. It really stinks because my body is back on my fresh rebuild frame. I guess I will just tape everything like crazy so I don't get overspray everywhere!
He said he is going to 800 grit everything then shoot the car again with base and also primer if necessary. He understands my issues "and will work to make me happy.... no need to get lawyers involved!" Oh yeah... of course he is paying for all the supplies. SO..... do you guys think 800 grit will do the job? Should I ask for 600 grit??? And I thought rebuilding the frame was tough?????
I know you shouldn't have to...but when it came time to get the paint i would slip a $100 into the equation to make sure there is enough paint and i would say that i would like any left over paint for touch up purposes....
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: GA
Hey guys... the question came up... Do I want to clear coat it? I said I didn't know... What do you think? I was told he can knock it down and then shoot clear on top of the 800 grit prep'd surface... Would this be bad?
