In & Out in 4 weeks.

Yer always hearin horror stories of shops takin 6 months to a year to do a paint job.
Doesn't really take that long if ya wanna "WORK"
Had this Vette delivered 4 weeks ago from today.
Had to strip off 4 previous paint jobs, do minor body work, epoxy prime, block, the squirt it BC/CC.
Color sand and buff.
Total billable hours - 120 plus materials
Customer inspected on Saturday and will pick up tomorrow.
Just makin a point, if a shop can't get yer car out in a reasonable time, they don't need to be in the business.

Finished ready 4 delivery

Looks great, too! I'd think sanding off four previous layers of paint was key to the job. Too many places would have told him they would just block, prime & shoot it again.

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Looks great, too! I'd think sanding off four previous layers of paint was key to the job. Too many places would have told him they would just block, prime & shoot it again.

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Thanx Roger,
Didn't sand it off thought, 2 boxes of razor blades and about 2 1/2 days and it was ready to scuff up the gelcoat with 80 grit and epoxy.

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Thanx Roger,
Didn't sand it off thought, 2 boxes of razor blades and about 2 1/2 days and it was ready to scuff up the gelcoat with 80 grit and epoxy.

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Using the razor blades as a scraper, about 85degrees to the surface, or "shaving" with them more like 20degrees? Either way that's a lot of hand work!! Results show it, though.

Very nice and yes I am glad you highlighted that four letter word that sadly heaps of the young folk don't understand, WORK . Nice colour also and as mentioned else where here, shiny will always look better then matt and you fell is if you need a step ladder to climb down to the bottom of that paint. The only negative I can see,is the colour is so close to what I want to paint my Bucket,it not funny. The positive, it is in America and not NZ so the likely hood of been parked beside me is pretty low I think.:HMMM:

You amaze me! Man, you are fast. And the work is top quality too. I think I have seen you build a 32 highboy in 4 weeks? Is that your record?

Thanx 4 the Kudo's
Yep did this 1 in 28 days (Less interior)

Nice work! Seems a reasonable billable time too. Obviously you guys aim to please. Wish you were here!

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Nice work! Seems a reasonable billable time too. Obviously you guys aim to please. Wish you were here!

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Thanx, but it ain't you guys.
This is a 1 man show.

Awesome DA34. What year is that? I have a 77. Looks close.

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Awesome DA34. What year is that? I have a 77. Looks close.

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72 4speed BB car #'s matching

Don,
Would you mind sharing some details of the razor blade scraping process. I understand that the four coats were lacquer, and that makes a big difference in the scraping process working, right? Blade in a scraper handle, or held loose in the fingers? Angle of attack? Just wondering, as it seems this is an old school technique that I'm not familiar with, and I get the impression I'm not alone.

I've scraped clear runs off with a blade. Never a whole car. What kind of razor blade? The thin or thick ones? I'm curious too. Only on fiberglass bodies or could it be done on metal also?

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Don,
Would you mind sharing some details of the razor blade scraping process. I understand that the four coats were lacquer, and that makes a big difference in the scraping process working, right? Blade in a scraper handle, or held loose in the fingers? Angle of attack? Just wondering, as it seems this is an old school technique that I'm not familiar with, and I get the impression I'm not alone.

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Roger, It ain't rocket science.
Just a couple boxes of $5 single edge razor blades, a good blade holder (shafted like a screwdriver), and dive into it.
Once ya get the feel of it, it ain't no big deal.
Just very time consuming.
Lacquer, enamel, urethane, that razor don't know the differance.
Actually easier to do a steel car as opposed to a glass car as the blade won't gouge the steel, but ya do break quite a few.
The real trick is to change blades a lot as they dull quickly.
On an average hood you'll use 10 - 15 blades, it's amazing how fast they dull.

So you're pushing the blade into the paint at a fairly steep angle, like maybe 30 to 45 degrees to the surface, as opposed to pulling the blade towards you like a scraper, which is the way I learned to shave down runs?

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So you're pushing the blade into the paint at a fairly steep angle, like maybe 30 to 45 degrees to the surface, as opposed to pulling the blade towards you like a scraper, which is the way I learned to shave down runs?

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Ya got it Rog,
Shavin a run, ya do from the top as it's heavy @ the top as opposed to the bottom.
Strippin is a whole differant world, just get underneath it and start pushin like hell. It'll start flyin off..